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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Collin Bjork, Senior Lecturer, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Getty Images The university sector in Aotearoa New Zealand is at a tipping point due to chronic underfunding, shifting enrolments and increasing costs from inflation. In response, the government has established two working groups to assess ... <a title="Clones in the classroom: why universities must be wary of embracing AI-driven teaching tools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/clones-in-the-classroom-why-universities-must-be-wary-of-embracing-ai-driven-teaching-tools-238977/" aria-label="Read more about Clones in the classroom: why universities must be wary of embracing AI-driven teaching tools">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fabio Serpiello, Professor and Director of Sport Strategy, CQUniversity Australia Dziurek/Shutterstock It’s the next global sporting event on a busy 2024 calendar – the 10th FIFA Futsal World Cup is underway in Uzbekistan. While the indoor soccer variant might be on your radar as a fun kids’ ... <a title="Australians are flocking to play futsal, a sport that helped launch many elite soccer careers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/australians-are-flocking-to-play-futsal-a-sport-that-helped-launch-many-elite-soccer-careers-238434/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are flocking to play futsal, a sport that helped launch many elite soccer careers">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Buning, Senior Lecturer in Tourism, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland Recent decisions by several Australian and New Zealand cities to discontinue shared e‑scooter services have again thrust misperceptions and moral panic into the limelight. Some city councils have terminated contracts with one operator of ... <a title="E-scooter riders flouting rules, blocking footpaths and causing accidents? We need to use smart solutions (and bust the myths)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/e-scooter-riders-flouting-rules-blocking-footpaths-and-causing-accidents-we-need-to-use-smart-solutions-and-bust-the-myths-237757/" aria-label="Read more about E-scooter riders flouting rules, blocking footpaths and causing accidents? We need to use smart solutions (and bust the myths)">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Barnes, Lecturer in Physics, Western Sydney University An artist’s illustration of Porphyrion. E. Wernquist / D. Nelson (IllustrisTNG Collaboration) / M. Oei The largest known black hole jets, 23 million light years across, have been discovered in the distant universe. This pair of particle beams launched ... <a title="Astronomers just detected the biggest black hole jets ever seen – and named them Porphyrion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/astronomers-just-detected-the-biggest-black-hole-jets-ever-seen-and-named-them-porphyrion-239297/" aria-label="Read more about Astronomers just detected the biggest black hole jets ever seen – and named them Porphyrion">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessie Jacobsen, Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences and Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau A global rise in autism diagnoses is putting the spotlight on this relatively common neurodevelopmental difference. A recent study identified autism in 1.3% of four- to five-year-olds in ... <a title="The genes tell a story: new research offers much-needed certainty for autistic New Zealanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/the-genes-tell-a-story-new-research-offers-much-needed-certainty-for-autistic-new-zealanders-239287/" aria-label="Read more about The genes tell a story: new research offers much-needed certainty for autistic New Zealanders">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren A. Miller, PhD Student in AR filters and digital beauty cultures on social media, Swinburne University of Technology Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock Meta has announced third-party augmented reality (AR) filters will no longer be available on its apps as of January 2025. This means more than two million ... <a title="Instagram has announced it will be removing beauty filters – but the damage is done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/instagram-has-announced-it-will-be-removing-beauty-filters-but-the-damage-is-done-238582/" aria-label="Read more about Instagram has announced it will be removing beauty filters – but the damage is done">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Yabsley, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Sydney The ATLAS detector under construction. CERN One of the most surprising predictions of physics is entanglement, a phenomenon where objects can be some distance apart but still linked together. The best-known examples of entanglement involve tiny chunks of ... <a title="Even the heaviest particles experience the usual quantum weirdness, new experiment shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/even-the-heaviest-particles-experience-the-usual-quantum-weirdness-new-experiment-shows-239138/" aria-label="Read more about Even the heaviest particles experience the usual quantum weirdness, new experiment shows">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Gardiner, PhD Candidate in Public Health, The University of Queensland World Obesity Federation From doctors’ offices to family gatherings, larger-bodied people report being bombarded with unsolicited advice about their eating and exercise habits. The underlying message? They “just need to lose weight” to fix almost any ... <a title="How we think about ‘obesity’ and body weight is changing. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/how-we-think-about-obesity-and-body-weight-is-changing-heres-why-238206/" aria-label="Read more about How we think about ‘obesity’ and body weight is changing. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Dale, Research Fellow, the Pensions and Intergenerational Equity (PIE) research hub, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau The recent submissions to parliament’s Health Select Committee makes one thing clear: a crisis looms for the aged care sector in New Zealand. This crisis centres on the funding ... <a title="A looming crisis means New Zealand must rethink how it pays for aged care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/a-looming-crisis-means-new-zealand-must-rethink-how-it-pays-for-aged-care-239299/" aria-label="Read more about A looming crisis means New Zealand must rethink how it pays for aged care">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Adjunct professor and adjunct senior lecturer in tourism management, University of South Australia idiz/Shutterstock Right now, Australia is one of the top five tourist destinations in the world, a distinction the World Economic Forum says it shares with only the United States, France, Spain and ... <a title="Climate change threatens Australian tourism more than is widely believed. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/climate-change-threatens-australian-tourism-more-than-is-widely-believed-heres-why-238768/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change threatens Australian tourism more than is widely believed. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Blake, PhD Student, Monash University Piyaset/Shutterstock Dying coral reefs, rainforests transforming into savannas, grasslands turning into deserts – these are ecosystem “tipping points”, boundary lines we’re desperate not to cross. In dynamic systems filled with life, these critical thresholds aren’t set in stone. Since organisms can ... <a title="How do ecosystems collapse? Our study shows evolution plays a role – and can delay a disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/18/how-do-ecosystems-collapse-our-study-shows-evolution-plays-a-role-and-can-delay-a-disaster-239000/" aria-label="Read more about How do ecosystems collapse? Our study shows evolution plays a role – and can delay a disaster">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has found many of its key measures stuck in a legislative quagmire, with both Greens and Coalition playing hardball with Labor’s plans. This week the government’s housing legislation has stalled in the Senate. The Greens are pitching for ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Adam Bandt on why the Greens are playing hardball on housing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/18/politics-with-michelle-grattan-adam-bandt-on-why-the-greens-are-playing-hardball-on-housing-239304/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Adam Bandt on why the Greens are playing hardball on housing">Read more</a>
