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September 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vitomir Kovanovic, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L), Education Futures, University of South Australia Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock It’s almost two years since ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022. Since then, educators worldwide have been grappling with what generative ... <a title="‘We nicknamed it Eddy’: what do schools and teachers think of AI in classrooms?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/27/we-nicknamed-it-eddy-what-do-schools-and-teachers-think-of-ai-in-classrooms-239396/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We nicknamed it Eddy’: what do schools and teachers think of AI in classrooms?">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa French, Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University IMDB P.J. Hogan’s classic Australian film Muriel’s Wedding is 30 and it plays as well today as it did when it had its world premiere. Muriel might have been “terrible” – but the film was ... <a title="‘We’re all Muriel’: why we still love Muriel’s Wedding, 30 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/27/were-all-muriel-why-we-still-love-muriels-wedding-30-years-on-236793/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re all Muriel’: why we still love Muriel’s Wedding, 30 years on">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon Hyndman, Associate Professor of Health & Physical Education (Adj.), Charles Sturt University The Brisbane Lions are the underdogs for Saturday’s AFL grand final against Sydney. After defeating Geelong in Victoria for the first time in 20 years, they have reached the grand final from fifth on ... <a title="What are the 10 greatest upsets in VFL/AFL grand final history?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/27/what-are-the-10-greatest-upsets-in-vfl-afl-grand-final-history-238976/" aria-label="Read more about What are the 10 greatest upsets in VFL/AFL grand final history?">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Lawrenson, Professor of Population Health, University of Waikato Surviving lung cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand could depend on whether you can access a GP – raising questions about equity in the country’s health system. Our new research examines the outcomes for patients who are diagnosed with ... <a title="Access to a GP can make all the difference in surviving lung cancer – and that is a problem for Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/27/access-to-a-gp-can-make-all-the-difference-in-surviving-lung-cancer-and-that-is-a-problem-for-maori-239808/" aria-label="Read more about Access to a GP can make all the difference in surviving lung cancer – and that is a problem for Māori">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra FOTOGRIN/Shutterstock Last month, a delegation led by Brendan Crabb, head of the Burnet Institute, a prestigious medical research body, met Anthony Albanese in the prime minister’s parliament house office. Its members, who included Lidia Morawska from Queensland University of Technology, ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Experts want Albanese to lead on indoor air quality as part of pandemic planning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/26/grattan-on-friday-experts-want-albanese-to-lead-on-indoor-air-quality-as-part-of-pandemic-planning-239829/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Experts want Albanese to lead on indoor air quality as part of pandemic planning">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hallam Stevens, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, James Cook University Ryan Carter Images / Shutterstock By now, many of us are probably familiar with artificial intelligence hype. AI will make artists redundant! AI can do lab experiments! AI will end grief! Even by these standards, the latest proclamation ... <a title="In a new manifesto, OpenAI’s Sam Altman envisions an AI utopia – and reveals glaring blind spots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/26/in-a-new-manifesto-openais-sam-altman-envisions-an-ai-utopia-and-reveals-glaring-blind-spots-239841/" aria-label="Read more about In a new manifesto, OpenAI’s Sam Altman envisions an AI utopia – and reveals glaring blind spots">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Scott, Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock A battle between private hospitals and private health insurers is playing out in public. At its heart is how much health insurers pay hospitals for their services, ... <a title="Are private hospitals really in trouble? And is more public funding the answer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/26/are-private-hospitals-really-in-trouble-and-is-more-public-funding-the-answer-238891/" aria-label="Read more about Are private hospitals really in trouble? And is more public funding the answer?">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritesh Chugh, Associate Professor – Information and Communications Technology, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock Have you noticed certain words and phrases popping up everywhere lately? Phrases such as “delve into” and “navigate the landscape” seem to feature in everything from social media posts to news articles and academic publications. ... <a title="ChatGPT is changing the way we write. Here’s how – and why it’s a problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/26/chatgpt-is-changing-the-way-we-write-heres-how-and-why-its-a-problem-239601/" aria-label="Read more about ChatGPT is changing the way we write. Here’s how – and why it’s a problem">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gordon Waddington, AIS Professor of Sports Medicine Research, University of Canberra Have you ever thought of an ankle sprain as a brain injury? Most people probably wouldn’t. However, we are starting to understand how the brain is constantly adapting, known as plasticity. Even though the damage of ... <a title="Is an ankle sprain also a brain injury? How neuroscience is helping athletes, astronauts and ‘average Joes’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/26/is-an-ankle-sprain-also-a-brain-injury-how-neuroscience-is-helping-athletes-astronauts-and-average-joes-230416/" aria-label="Read more about Is an ankle sprain also a brain injury? How neuroscience is helping athletes, astronauts and ‘average Joes’">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rewi Newnham, Professor in Physical Geography, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock/Sketchart With about 90% of New Zealand’s natural wetlands drained or severely damaged during the past decades, we need to understand the role of native plants in the restoration of these important habitats. ... <a title="The common raupō once kept NZ’s wetlands and lakes thriving – now it could help restore them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/26/the-common-raupo-once-kept-nzs-wetlands-and-lakes-thriving-now-it-could-help-restore-them-238887/" aria-label="Read more about The common raupō once kept NZ’s wetlands and lakes thriving – now it could help restore them">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marie-Eve Loiselle, Lecturer in Law, Macquarie University Last month, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivered a one-hour address on the danger of illegal immigration to the United States. His stage was the US-Mexico border in Arizona and the set piece of his performance was the border wall. ... <a title="Before Trump, there was a long history of race-baiting, fear-mongering and building walls on the US-Mexico border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/26/before-trump-there-was-a-long-history-of-race-baiting-fear-mongering-and-building-walls-on-the-us-mexico-border-238425/" aria-label="Read more about Before Trump, there was a long history of race-baiting, fear-mongering and building walls on the US-Mexico border">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Bleich, Professorial fellow, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University In countries with compulsory voting, such as Australia and many in Latin America, the system usually ensures an overwhelming majority of voters cast their ballots election after election. In the United States, it’s ... <a title="In a US presidential election with razor-thin margins, will ‘couch-sitters’ decide who wins?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/26/in-a-us-presidential-election-with-razor-thin-margins-will-couch-sitters-decide-who-wins-239394/" aria-label="Read more about In a US presidential election with razor-thin margins, will ‘couch-sitters’ decide who wins?">Read more</a>
