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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Higgins, Professor & Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University An ABC report on Monday revealed a concerning rise in peer-on-peer sexual abuse within Australian primary schools. Data on Victorian schools shows hundreds of such incidents were reported in 2022 and 2023, with many ... <a title="With reports of students abusing peers in primary schools, how can parents help keep their kids safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/with-reports-of-students-abusing-peers-in-primary-schools-how-can-parents-help-keep-their-kids-safe-241786/" aria-label="Read more about With reports of students abusing peers in primary schools, how can parents help keep their kids safe?">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Boymal, Associate Professor of Economics, RMIT University BaLL LunLa/Shutterstock Australia’s fertility rate has fallen to a new record low of 1.5 babies per woman. That’s well below the “replacement rate” of 2.1 needed to sustain a country’s population. On face value, it might not seem like ... <a title="Australia’s fertility rate has reached a record low. What might that mean for the economy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/australias-fertility-rate-has-reached-a-record-low-what-might-that-mean-for-the-economy-241577/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s fertility rate has reached a record low. What might that mean for the economy?">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raffaele F Ciriello, Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Shutterstock Irish writer John Connolly once said: The nature of humanity, its essence, is to feel another’s pain as one’s own, and to act to take that pain away. For most of our history, we ... <a title="Humanising AI could lead us to dehumanise ourselves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/humanising-ai-could-lead-us-to-dehumanise-ourselves-240803/" aria-label="Read more about Humanising AI could lead us to dehumanise ourselves">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annette Greenhow, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University In September 2023, an Australian Senate committee released a landmark report on concussions and repeated head trauma in contact sports. The committee made 13 recommendations to improve outcomes for past, present and future players. The report emphasised shared ... <a title="A year on from the Senate inquiry into concussion, what’s changed and what comes next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/a-year-on-from-the-senate-inquiry-into-concussion-whats-changed-and-what-comes-next-239929/" aria-label="Read more about A year on from the Senate inquiry into concussion, what’s changed and what comes next?">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jongkil Jay Jeong, Senior Research Fellow in the School of Computing and Information System, The University of Melbourne Piotr Zajda/Shutterstock Despite huge advances in cyber security, one weakness continues to overshadow all others: human error. Research has consistently shown human error is responsible for an overwhelming majority ... <a title="Human error is the weakest link in the cyber security chain. Here are 3 ways to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/human-error-is-the-weakest-link-in-the-cyber-security-chain-here-are-3-ways-to-fix-it-241459/" aria-label="Read more about Human error is the weakest link in the cyber security chain. Here are 3 ways to fix it">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s recent decision to approve expansion plans for three New South Wales coal mines disappointed many people concerned with stabilising the global climate. Two of these mines, Narrabri and Mount Pleasant in New ... <a title="Expanding coal mines – and reaching net zero? Tanya Plibersek seems to believe both are possible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/expanding-coal-mines-and-reaching-net-zero-tanya-plibersek-seems-to-believe-both-are-possible-241007/" aria-label="Read more about Expanding coal mines – and reaching net zero? Tanya Plibersek seems to believe both are possible">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Yongqi Gu, Associate Professor, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images There is a belief widely held across the Western world: Chinese students are schooled through rote, passive learning – and an educational system like this ... <a title="What makes Chinese students so successful by international standards?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/what-makes-chinese-students-so-successful-by-international-standards-238325/" aria-label="Read more about What makes Chinese students so successful by international standards?">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney Later this week the government will receive the report of the year-long independent inquiry into its handling of the COVID pandemic. Among the issues it will have to contend with is air quality, in particular the air ... <a title="It would cost billions, but pay for itself over time. The economic case for air conditioning every Australian school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/it-would-cost-billions-but-pay-for-itself-over-time-the-economic-case-for-air-conditioning-every-australian-school-241465/" aria-label="Read more about It would cost billions, but pay for itself over time. The economic case for air conditioning every Australian school">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Houlihan, PhD Candidate in History, Monash University Prostock Studio / Shutterstock For anyone who has been online in Australia longer than a decade or so, the discussion around current proposals to set a minimum age for social media use might trigger a touch of déjà vu. ... <a title="A technical fix to keep kids safe online? Here’s what happened last time Australia tried to make a ‘clean’ internet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/a-technical-fix-to-keep-kids-safe-online-heres-what-happened-last-time-australia-tried-to-make-a-clean-internet-241371/" aria-label="Read more about A technical fix to keep kids safe online? Here’s what happened last time Australia tried to make a ‘clean’ internet">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rhys Thomas White, Scientist, Genomics and Bioinformatics, ESR Getty Images Anyone who has spent time inside a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) knows it’s intense. For the tiny babies cared for in these wards, any infection could prove fatal. Great care is taken to prevent the spread ... <a title="Genome sequencing developed to trace COVID is now protecting babies in intensive care from infectious diseases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/genome-sequencing-developed-to-trace-covid-is-now-protecting-babies-in-intensive-care-from-infectious-diseases-240299/" aria-label="Read more about Genome sequencing developed to trace COVID is now protecting babies in intensive care from infectious diseases">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Guastella, Professor and Clinical Psychologist, Michael Crouch Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health, University of Sydney ABO Photography/Shutterstock Neurodevelopmental conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism affect about one in ten children. These conditions impact learning, behaviour and development. Executive function delays ... <a title="What are executive function delays? Research shows they’re similar in ADHD and autism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/what-are-executive-function-delays-research-shows-theyre-similar-in-adhd-and-autism-238760/" aria-label="Read more about What are executive function delays? Research shows they’re similar in ADHD and autism">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Lee, Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University Pictrider/Shutterstock Welcome to our ‘Light and health’ series. Over six articles, we look at how light affects our physical and mental health in sometimes surprising ways. For most of our evolutionary history, human ... <a title="How light helped shape our skin colour, eyes and curly hair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/how-light-helped-shape-our-skin-colour-eyes-and-curly-hair-237240/" aria-label="Read more about How light helped shape our skin colour, eyes and curly hair">Read more</a>
