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October 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lev Bromberg, PhD Candidate and Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Mark Brandon, Shutterstock The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has triggered concern about potentially detrimental effects on humans. However, the technology also has the potential to harm animals. An important policy reform now underway in Australia ... <a title="Animals in the machine: why the law needs to protect animals from AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/01/animals-in-the-machine-why-the-law-needs-to-protect-animals-from-ai-234176/" aria-label="Read more about Animals in the machine: why the law needs to protect animals from AI">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gordon Lister, Visiting Professor, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland Even among the huge peaks of the Himalayas, Mount Everest stands out. Julius Zetzsche / Unsplash Mount Everest (also known as Chomolungma or Sagarmāthā) is famously the highest mountain in the Himalayas and indeed on Earth. ... <a title="Why is Mount Everest so big? New research highlights a rogue river – but deeper forces are at work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/01/why-is-mount-everest-so-big-new-research-highlights-a-rogue-river-but-deeper-forces-are-at-work-239938/" aria-label="Read more about Why is Mount Everest so big? New research highlights a rogue river – but deeper forces are at work">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Coral Gartner, Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, The University of Queensland Zamrznuti tonovi/Shutterstock From today, October 1, new changes to Australian laws around vaping products should make it easier for adults to get low-dose nicotine vapes as a tool to quit ... <a title="Pharmacists are now allowed to supply nicotine vapes over the counter. But they might not be so easy to access" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/01/pharmacists-are-now-allowed-to-supply-nicotine-vapes-over-the-counter-but-they-might-not-be-so-easy-to-access-239719/" aria-label="Read more about Pharmacists are now allowed to supply nicotine vapes over the counter. But they might not be so easy to access">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Bourgeois, Postdoctoral researcher in the UQ Learning Lab, The University of Queensland Gatot Adri/Shutterstock Have you ever asked your child how school was today, only to be told it was “boring”? It’s a conversation sadly all-too-familiar to a lot of parents. Many are left wondering why ... <a title="‘School is boring’: what it means when your child says they’re bored in class, and how you can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/01/school-is-boring-what-it-means-when-your-child-says-theyre-bored-in-class-and-how-you-can-help-237560/" aria-label="Read more about ‘School is boring’: what it means when your child says they’re bored in class, and how you can help">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Baker, Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Since the end of his three-term New York City mayoralty in 2013, Michael Bloomberg hasn’t shied away from public attention. Presidential ambitions and global climate policy advocacy have kept him busy. But ... <a title="The ‘world’s mayor’ – how Michael Bloomberg uses philanthropy to change the way cities are run" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/01/the-worlds-mayor-how-michael-bloomberg-uses-philanthropy-to-change-the-way-cities-are-run-237538/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘world’s mayor’ – how Michael Bloomberg uses philanthropy to change the way cities are run">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gaunson, Associate Professor in Cinema Studies, RMIT University Madman Entertainment Directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura, 1954’s Seven Samurai (七人の侍, Shichinin no Samurai), is a technical and creative watershed of the action genre and world cinema. In 2021, Time Out magazine ... <a title="Seven Samurai at 70: the greatest action film of all time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/01/seven-samurai-at-70-the-greatest-action-film-of-all-time-234825/" aria-label="Read more about Seven Samurai at 70: the greatest action film of all time">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Markus Moos, Professor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo Anyone who has driven in Toronto during rush hour can tell you how busy the roads can get. In the face of traffic gridlock and rising commute times, Ontario Premier Doug Ford recently announced his government is exploring ... <a title="Doug Ford’s highway tunnel will not improve transport or housing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/01/doug-fords-highway-tunnel-will-not-improve-transport-or-housing-240059/" aria-label="Read more about Doug Ford’s highway tunnel will not improve transport or housing">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government, in a fresh strike against the supermarkets, has announced it will work with the states to reform regulations to help boost competition by opening more sites for new stores. The government also is providing about $30 million ... <a title="Government moves to tighten planning rules to stop land banking and boost supermarket competition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/01/government-moves-to-tighten-planning-rules-to-stop-land-banking-and-boost-supermarket-competition-240121/" aria-label="Read more about Government moves to tighten planning rules to stop land banking and boost supermarket competition">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has indicated it will examine the visa status of protesters waving Hezbollah flags at pro-Palestine demonstrations in Sydney and Melbourne over the weekend. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said on Monday the government was asking authorities in ... <a title="Hezbollah flag-carriers investigated by police, as government appoints envoy to combat Islamophobia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/30/hezbollah-flag-carriers-investigated-by-police-as-government-appoints-envoy-to-combat-islamophobia-240114/" aria-label="Read more about Hezbollah flag-carriers investigated by police, as government appoints envoy to combat Islamophobia">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Water flows in mainland Australia’s most important river system, the Murray-Darling Basin, have been declining for the past 50 years. The trend has largely been blamed on water extraction, but our new research ... <a title="New research reveals why the mighty Darling River is drying up – and it’s not just because we’re taking too much water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/30/new-research-reveals-why-the-mighty-darling-river-is-drying-up-and-its-not-just-because-were-taking-too-much-water-239923/" aria-label="Read more about New research reveals why the mighty Darling River is drying up – and it’s not just because we’re taking too much water">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish Bradley, Adjunct Lecturer, Anaesthetist and Aeromedical Retrieval Specialist, The University of Western Australia RugliG/Shutterstock From the creeks that wind through inner city Melbourne to the far outback in Western Australia, snake season is beginning. Over the cooler months snakes have been in state of brumation. This ... <a title="Snakes are waking up. What should you do if you’re bitten? And what if you’re a long way from help?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/30/snakes-are-waking-up-what-should-you-do-if-youre-bitten-and-what-if-youre-a-long-way-from-help-234365/" aria-label="Read more about Snakes are waking up. What should you do if you’re bitten? And what if you’re a long way from help?">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Breanna Lepre, Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, The University of Queensland BearFotos/Shutterstock More than 1.1 million Australians are estimated to be living with an eating disorder. Around one-third of these people are neurodivergent. So why are neurodivergent people, such as autistic people and those with ADHD, more ... <a title="Autistic people and those with ADHD are more likely to have eating disorders. Here’s why – and how this affects their treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/30/autistic-people-and-those-with-adhd-are-more-likely-to-have-eating-disorders-heres-why-and-how-this-affects-their-treatment-238759/" aria-label="Read more about Autistic people and those with ADHD are more likely to have eating disorders. Here’s why – and how this affects their treatment">Read more</a>
