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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Sanderson, Dean of Research and Professor of Information Retrieval, RMIT University In his landmark ruling against Google earlier this week, United States district judge Amit Mehta said the tech giant has built “the industry’s highest quality search engine”. Judge Mehta made clear this was partly because ... <a title="A US judge just called Google the ‘highest quality search engine’. But how do we determine ‘quality’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/a-us-judge-just-called-google-the-highest-quality-search-engine-but-how-do-we-determine-quality-236308/" aria-label="Read more about A US judge just called Google the ‘highest quality search engine’. But how do we determine ‘quality’?">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University For decades, Australia’s largest independent oil and gas company, Woodside, has eyed off a prize: the largest known unconventional gas fields in the nation. But there’s a problem. The enormous Brecknock, Calliance and Torosa gas fields are hundreds of ... <a title="Huge gas fields – under a coral reef. Will a rejection on environmental grounds stop Woodside’s Browse project?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/huge-gas-fields-under-a-coral-reef-will-a-rejection-on-environmental-grounds-stop-woodsides-browse-project-236145/" aria-label="Read more about Huge gas fields – under a coral reef. Will a rejection on environmental grounds stop Woodside’s Browse project?">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility, Public Safety & Disaster Risk, UNSW Sydney Taylor Swift’s Eras’ Tour concerts in Vienna, scheduled for August 8–10, have been cancelled due to a foiled terrorist plot. The events were expected to draw around 65,000 attendees each night. Two suspects ... <a title="The cancellation of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows is the latest incident in a long history of concert terrorism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/the-cancellation-of-taylor-swifts-eras-tour-shows-is-the-latest-incident-in-a-long-history-of-concert-terrorism-236392/" aria-label="Read more about The cancellation of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows is the latest incident in a long history of concert terrorism">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fuller, Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash If you’re a parent, you’ll be well-acquainted with one of the more hotly debated parenting topics: screen time and kids. On the one hand, screen time helps kids learn, develop creativity and supports social ... <a title="We’re told to limit kids’ screen time. But how does it actually affect their health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/were-told-to-limit-kids-screen-time-but-how-does-it-actually-affect-their-health-235322/" aria-label="Read more about We’re told to limit kids’ screen time. But how does it actually affect their health?">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theresa Larkin, Associate professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong A classic image of the Olympics and Paralympics is an athlete at the end of a race struggling for breath, their heart obviously racing. But at the other end of the scale are athletes such as archers ... <a title="From maxing out to slowing down, how much do heart rates vary across sports?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/from-maxing-out-to-slowing-down-how-much-do-heart-rates-vary-across-sports-235594/" aria-label="Read more about From maxing out to slowing down, how much do heart rates vary across sports?">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Parsell, Professor, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland Florida Community Loan Fund/Flickr, CC BY-NC Australia needs to provide permanent supportive housing for many reasons. The most compelling reason is simple: it permanently ends homelessness for our most marginalised citizens. Permanent supportive housing combines affordable ... <a title="Australia needs permanent supportive housing to end homelessness – and it will pay for itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/australia-needs-permanent-supportive-housing-to-end-homelessness-and-it-will-pay-for-itself-235411/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs permanent supportive housing to end homelessness – and it will pay for itself">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Sinclair, Senior Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences and Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia Community glass artwork by Shark Bay Arts Council members of restored seagrass meadow on display at the Wirriya Jalyanu (seagrass) Festival. Elizabeth Sinclair/UWA Please be advised that the following article ... <a title="Healthy Country, healthy people: how shared knowledge is helping to restore a World Heritage area" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/healthy-country-healthy-people-how-shared-knowledge-is-helping-to-restore-a-world-heritage-area-235776/" aria-label="Read more about Healthy Country, healthy people: how shared knowledge is helping to restore a World Heritage area">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alberto Filgueiras, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia Children all over Australia have been watching the Olympics. At school and at home they have seen athletes win medals, waving flags and doing victory dances. For many this will be the first time they remember seeing the games. ... <a title="Thanks to Paris 2024, my kid wants to be an Olympian. What do I do now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/thanks-to-paris-2024-my-kid-wants-to-be-an-olympian-what-do-i-do-now-236126/" aria-label="Read more about Thanks to Paris 2024, my kid wants to be an Olympian. What do I do now?">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marta Khomyn, Lecturer, Finance and Data Analytics, University of Adelaide Arsenii Palivoda/Shutterstock We’ve just seen how quickly market turbulence can spread across the world of finance. At the start of the week, fears of a US recession and a Japanese interest rate hike sent shockwaves across equity ... <a title="Crypto was once touted as a ‘safe haven’ asset – why did it crash too this week?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/crypto-was-once-touted-as-a-safe-haven-asset-why-did-it-crash-too-this-week-236237/" aria-label="Read more about Crypto was once touted as a ‘safe haven’ asset – why did it crash too this week?">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gordon Peake, Adjunct lecturer, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University There is so much money sloshing around these days in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea, the stores are running short of goods and some locals are partying until dawn. The region’s ... <a title="A rare aid success story has brought riches to a hardscrabble corner of the Pacific. Will it last?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/a-rare-aid-success-story-has-brought-riches-to-a-hardscrabble-corner-of-the-pacific-will-it-last-233658/" aria-label="Read more about A rare aid success story has brought riches to a hardscrabble corner of the Pacific. Will it last?">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Marginson, Research Fellow, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University Most of the world has signed up to commitments to reduce emissions under the Paris Agreement. It aims to hold the increase in the global average temperature to “well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” and to pursue ... <a title="Australia mid-range in the list of winners and losers from global emissions targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/australia-mid-range-in-the-list-of-winners-and-losers-from-global-emissions-targets-226905/" aria-label="Read more about Australia mid-range in the list of winners and losers from global emissions targets">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marnie Lloydd, Senior Lecturer in Law and Co-Director New Zealand Centre for Public Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images The laws of war might seem of limited relevance in relatively peaceful New Zealand. But our soldiers participate in coalitions fighting wars abroad, ... <a title="A new report lays out NZ’s humanitarian duties under the laws of war – now it needs an action plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/a-new-report-lays-out-nzs-humanitarian-duties-under-the-laws-of-war-now-it-needs-an-action-plan-235880/" aria-label="Read more about A new report lays out NZ’s humanitarian duties under the laws of war – now it needs an action plan">Read more</a>
