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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Klein, Professor, School of Philosophy, Australian National University Shutterstock In June 2022, Google engineer Blake Lemoine made headlines by claiming the company’s LaMDA chatbot had achieved sentience. The software had the conversational ability of a precocious seven-year-old, Lemoine said, and we should assume it possessed a ... <a title="Why ChatGPT isn’t conscious – but future AI systems might be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/why-chatgpt-isnt-conscious-but-future-ai-systems-might-be-212860/" aria-label="Read more about Why ChatGPT isn’t conscious – but future AI systems might be">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan St John, Honorary Associate Professor, Economic Policy Centre, Auckland Business School, University of Auckland Casual observers could be forgiven for thinking the National Party’s recently released Working for Families tax policy had been cut and pasted from the Labour Party’s own policy. The similarities are certainly ... <a title="The Labour-National consensus on family support means the election won’t change much for NZ’s poorest households" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/the-labour-national-consensus-on-family-support-means-the-election-wont-change-much-for-nzs-poorest-households-212450/" aria-label="Read more about The Labour-National consensus on family support means the election won’t change much for NZ’s poorest households">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josephine Chau, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Macquarie University Shutterstock In modern life, many of us spend the majority of our waking hours sitting. A recent review of the research has reiterated the harmful health impacts of prolonged, unbroken periods of sitting. Many workplaces have adopted sit-stand ... <a title="Is standing at your desk actually better than sitting? Here’s what the evidence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/is-standing-at-your-desk-actually-better-than-sitting-heres-what-the-evidence-says-212618/" aria-label="Read more about Is standing at your desk actually better than sitting? Here’s what the evidence says">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David M Watson, Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University David M Watson Until recently, mistletoes were regarded as problematic pests across Australia. They were seen as having been introduced from elsewhere, exploiting helpless trees and driving their premature demise. Around the world, arborists and plantation managers used ... <a title="How we brought mistletoes back to the trees of Melbourne – while warding off hungry possums" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/how-we-brought-mistletoes-back-to-the-trees-of-melbourne-while-warding-off-hungry-possums-211742/" aria-label="Read more about How we brought mistletoes back to the trees of Melbourne – while warding off hungry possums">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marg Rogers, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, University of New England Parents have no doubt heard all the classic grumbles from children and teenagers. From “It’s not fair!” to “Not spinach again!” and our personal favourite, “Why do I have to do all the work?” All children ... <a title="‘It’s not fair!’ Kids grumble and complain for a reason, here’s how to handle it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/its-not-fair-kids-grumble-and-complain-for-a-reason-heres-how-to-handle-it-212621/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s not fair!’ Kids grumble and complain for a reason, here’s how to handle it">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Douglas, Honorary Senior Lecturer, UNSW Aviation and Fellow of the University of Wollongong, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Federal Transport Minister Catherine King has offered several explanations for the decision to deny the Qatari government’s request to fly extra flights into Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. None of ... <a title="Under ‘open skies’, the market, not the minister, would decide how often airlines could fly into Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/under-open-skies-the-market-not-the-minister-would-decide-how-often-airlines-could-fly-into-australia-213214/" aria-label="Read more about Under ‘open skies’, the market, not the minister, would decide how often airlines could fly into Australia">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dee Ninis, Earthquake Scientist, Monash University As locals continue to mourn the loss of more than 2,100 people, a mammoth search and rescue effort is underway in quake-struck Morocco. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck at 11:11 pm on Friday night, local time, with an epicentre in the ... <a title="Morocco earthquake: experts explain why buildings couldn’t withstand the force of the 6.8 magnitude quake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/morocco-earthquake-experts-explain-why-buildings-couldnt-withstand-the-force-of-the-6-8-magnitude-quake-213245/" aria-label="Read more about Morocco earthquake: experts explain why buildings couldn’t withstand the force of the 6.8 magnitude quake">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has provided another $1 billion for public and community housing to secure a deal with the Greens to finally pass the Housing Australia Future Fund. After months of stalling, the Greens agreed to pass the legislation through the ... <a title="Government provides another $1 billion to finally win Greens’ support for long-delayed housing bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/government-provides-another-1-billion-to-finally-win-greens-support-for-long-delayed-housing-bill-213248/" aria-label="Read more about Government provides another $1 billion to finally win Greens’ support for long-delayed housing bill">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Mealy, Lecturer in Computer Science, University of the Sunshine Coast Chris Yang/Unsplash Late last week, Google announced something called the Privacy Sandbox has been rolled out to a “majority” of Chrome users, and will reach 100% of users in the coming months. But what is it, ... <a title="Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads. Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/google-chrome-just-rolled-out-a-new-way-to-track-you-and-serve-ads-heres-what-you-need-to-know-213150/" aria-label="Read more about Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads. Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Huw Griffiths, Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Sydney Daniel Boud/Sydney Theatre Company It is easy to forget that when Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was first written and performed in February 1895, Ibsen’s A Doll’s House was already 16 years old. Both plays, ... <a title="Sydney Theatre Company’s new The Importance of Being Earnest: fresh, funny and completely joyous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/sydney-theatre-companys-new-the-importance-of-being-earnest-fresh-funny-and-completely-joyous-211906/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney Theatre Company’s new The Importance of Being Earnest: fresh, funny and completely joyous">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Jones, Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University This century, Australia has suffered more frequent and more severe bushfires. The Black Summer fires of 2019–20 were the worst on record for the area burned and property loss. How much climate change has contributed to these increases is a ... <a title="Fire regimes around Australia shifted abruptly 20 years ago – and falling humidity is why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/fire-regimes-around-australia-shifted-abruptly-20-years-ago-and-falling-humidity-is-why-209689/" aria-label="Read more about Fire regimes around Australia shifted abruptly 20 years ago – and falling humidity is why">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The referendum on the Indigenous Voice to parliament will be held on October 14. A national Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted September 6–9 from a sample ... <a title="Voice support and Albanese’s ratings continue to tumble in Resolve and other polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/voice-support-and-albaneses-ratings-continue-to-tumble-in-resolve-and-other-polls-212872/" aria-label="Read more about Voice support and Albanese’s ratings continue to tumble in Resolve and other polls">Read more</a>
