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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debbie Passey, Digital Health Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without algorithms. So, we’ve all heard ... <a title="Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/why-are-algorithms-called-algorithms-a-brief-history-of-the-persian-polymath-youve-likely-never-heard-of-229286/" aria-label="Read more about Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josephine Barbaro, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, Psychologist, La Trobe University Unsplash We’ve come a long way in terms of understanding that everyone thinks, interacts and experiences the world differently. In the past, autistic people, people with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and other profiles were categorised ... <a title="Neuroaffirming care values the strengths and differences of autistic people, those with ADHD or other profiles. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/neuroaffirming-care-values-the-strengths-and-differences-of-autistic-people-those-with-adhd-or-other-profiles-heres-how-227449/" aria-label="Read more about Neuroaffirming care values the strengths and differences of autistic people, those with ADHD or other profiles. Here’s how">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s deputy opposition leader James Nomane has accused the government of “reckless economic management” that has forced devaluation to manage loan repayments in foreign currency and placate the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prime Minister James Marape “must stop lying to the people of Papua New Guinea”, he said in a statement ... <a title="‘Reckless’ kina devaluation spells disaster for PNG, says Nomane" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/reckless-kina-devaluation-spells-disaster-for-png-says-nomane/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Reckless’ kina devaluation spells disaster for PNG, says Nomane">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz) “Follow the money” is the classic directive to journalists trying to understand where power and influence lie in society. In terms of uncovering who influences various New Zealand political parties and governments, it therefore pays to look at who is funding them. The political parties are ... <a title="Bryce Edwards Analysis – Following the political money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/bryce-edwards-analysis-following-the-political-money/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards Analysis – Following the political money">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
RNZ News As Israel presses ahead with strikes in Rafah and seizing the Rafah crossing from Egypt, aid agencies are sounding the alarm of a “catastrophic humanitarian situation”. Rafah was “significant” because it was the only part in Gaza that had not been terribly damaged by the conflict, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for ... <a title="Rafah ‘last place of safety’ in Gaza, UN aid boss warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/rafah-last-place-of-safety-in-gaza-un-aid-boss-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Rafah ‘last place of safety’ in Gaza, UN aid boss warns">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Cooke, Honorary Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland We feel ecological grief when we lose places, species or ecosystems we value and love. These losses are a growing threat to mental health and wellbeing globally. We all see news of environmental degradation and ... <a title="Many people are feeling ecological grief. How can we help those whose work puts them at risk?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/many-people-are-feeling-ecological-grief-how-can-we-help-those-whose-work-puts-them-at-risk-228793/" aria-label="Read more about Many people are feeling ecological grief. How can we help those whose work puts them at risk?">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shauna Brail, Associate Professor, Institute for Management & Innovation, University of Toronto A shift to hybrid and remote work continues to affect worker presence in Toronto’s downtown. (Shutterstock) Downtown Toronto, the core of Canada’s largest city, continues to reel from the lingering aftereffects of the pandemic. Yet ... <a title="Revitalizing Toronto’s downtown core after COVID-19 greatly benefits the city and the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/revitalizing-torontos-downtown-core-after-covid-19-greatly-benefits-the-city-and-the-region-228653/" aria-label="Read more about Revitalizing Toronto’s downtown core after COVID-19 greatly benefits the city and the region">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock This article contains information on deaths in custody and the names of deceased people, and describes ongoing colonial violence towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. First Nations people in Australia are the most imprisoned people in ... <a title="First Nations imprisonment is already at a record high. Unless government policy changes, it will only get worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/first-nations-imprisonment-is-already-at-a-record-high-unless-government-policy-changes-it-will-only-get-worse-226612/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations imprisonment is already at a record high. Unless government policy changes, it will only get worse">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Simpson, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Macquarie University Netflix Baby Reindeer’s phenomenal success has much to do with its writer and lead, Richard Gadd, who plays Donny in a tender semi-autobiographical account of sexual abuse, harassment and stalking. Gadd’s story has brought a fresh perspective on male ... <a title="Martha isn’t Baby Reindeer’s biggest villain. So why is she painted as such?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/martha-isnt-baby-reindeers-biggest-villain-so-why-is-she-painted-as-such-229367/" aria-label="Read more about Martha isn’t Baby Reindeer’s biggest villain. So why is she painted as such?">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle KarolinaGrabowska/Pexels If you didn’t have food allergies as a child, is it possible to develop them as an adult? The short answer is yes. But the reasons why are much more complicated. Preschoolers are about four ... <a title="Yes, adults can develop food allergies. Here are 4 types you need to know about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/yes-adults-can-develop-food-allergies-here-are-4-types-you-need-to-know-about-223342/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, adults can develop food allergies. Here are 4 types you need to know about">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Moon, Professor of History, Auckland University of Technology Ans Westra, self-portrait, c. 1963. National Library ref AWM-0705-F They try but invariably fail – those writers who believe they are capable of encapsulating in prose or verse the essence of what it means to be a New ... <a title="An outsider on the inside: how Ans Westra created New Zealand’s ‘national photo album’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/an-outsider-on-the-inside-how-ans-westra-created-new-zealands-national-photo-album-229176/" aria-label="Read more about An outsider on the inside: how Ans Westra created New Zealand’s ‘national photo album’">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Franco Montalto, Professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering and Director, Sustainable Water Resource Engineering Laboratory, Drexel University Water runs into a storm drain in a Los Angeles alley on Aug. 19, 2023, during Tropical Storm Hilary. Citizen of the Planet/Universal Images Group via Getty Images “When ... <a title="As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/as-climate-change-amplifies-urban-flooding-heres-how-communities-can-become-sponge-cities-217075/" aria-label="Read more about As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’">Read more</a>
