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ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for October 9, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on October 9, 2025.
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Month: October 2025
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3 bathroom items you shouldn’t really share, according to an expert
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor Emerita, Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Peng Liu/Unsplash Imagine you’re away from home but forgot to pack your towel, razor or toothbrush. Should you use other people’s? Here’s why it’s probably best not to make a habit of it. ... <a title="3 bathroom items you shouldn’t really share, according to an expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/09/3-bathroom-items-you-shouldnt-really-share-according-to-an-expert-264109/" aria-label="Read more about 3 bathroom items you shouldn’t really share, according to an expert">Read more</a>
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An Australian chemist just won the Nobel prize. Here’s how his work is changing the world
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna D’Alessandro, Professor & Director, Net Zero Institute, University of Sydney Prof Robson in 2018, Auckland, New Zealand. Deanna D’Alessandro/6th Global MOFs Conference The 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded for the development of metal–organic frameworks: molecular structures that have large spaces within them, capable ... <a title="An Australian chemist just won the Nobel prize. Here’s how his work is changing the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/09/an-australian-chemist-just-won-the-nobel-prize-heres-how-his-work-is-changing-the-world-267094/" aria-label="Read more about An Australian chemist just won the Nobel prize. Here’s how his work is changing the world">Read more</a>
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Trump’s ratings steady as the US government shutdown drags into a second week
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 It’s been eight days since a partial US government shutdown began on October 1, owing to a failure by Congress to agree to a new budget by ... <a title="Trump’s ratings steady as the US government shutdown drags into a second week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/09/trumps-ratings-steady-as-the-us-government-shutdown-drags-into-a-second-week-266884/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s ratings steady as the US government shutdown drags into a second week">Read more</a>
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Competence and vision: how to be a successful opposition
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jill Sheppard, Senior Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University Sussan Ley’s challenge as opposition leader is to keep her party united and ready to govern in the event that the government loses public favour. That is, they need to be a ready alternative ... <a title="Competence and vision: how to be a successful opposition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/09/competence-and-vision-how-to-be-a-successful-opposition-266888/" aria-label="Read more about Competence and vision: how to be a successful opposition">Read more</a>
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Organised crime may be infiltrating Timor-Leste’s government. One minister is sounding the alarm
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Rose, Adjuct Lecturer, University of Adelaide Two decades after Timor-Leste gained its independence, the country is a complicated and qualified success story. Poverty and deep economic problems persist, but the country boasts a thriving democracy. Its ascension to the ASEAN regional bloc will come later this ... <a title="Organised crime may be infiltrating Timor-Leste’s government. One minister is sounding the alarm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/09/organised-crime-may-be-infiltrating-timor-lestes-government-one-minister-is-sounding-the-alarm-265879/" aria-label="Read more about Organised crime may be infiltrating Timor-Leste’s government. One minister is sounding the alarm">Read more</a>
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Women and kids often pay a heavy price when men drink. Our gender violence plan should reflect this
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne-Marie Laslett, Professor, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University SeventyFour/Getty Globally, up to one in three women who live with a male partner report he is a heavy drinker. Evidence shows men’s drinking increases the severity and frequency of violence towards women and harms to ... <a title="Women and kids often pay a heavy price when men drink. Our gender violence plan should reflect this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/09/women-and-kids-often-pay-a-heavy-price-when-men-drink-our-gender-violence-plan-should-reflect-this-266372/" aria-label="Read more about Women and kids often pay a heavy price when men drink. Our gender violence plan should reflect this">Read more</a>
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Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched a quantum technology
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eli Levenson-Falk, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Electrical and Computer Engineering, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences The quantum behavior of superconducting circuits like the small white square above was a major discovery. K. Cicak and R. Simmonds/NIST Quantum mechanics describes the weird ... <a title="Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched a quantum technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/09/nobel-prize-in-physics-awarded-for-ultracold-electronics-research-that-launched-a-quantum-technology-266979/" aria-label="Read more about Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched a quantum technology">Read more</a>
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Why do some songs get stuck in our heads so easily? The science of earworms
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emery Schubert, Professor, Empirical Musicology Laboratory, School of the Arts and Media, UNSW Sydney If you’ve watched the movie KPop Demon Hunters and see the word “golden”, what happens? Pause and think about it for a moment. For those unfamiliar, nothing will come to mind. But if ... <a title="Why do some songs get stuck in our heads so easily? The science of earworms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/09/why-do-some-songs-get-stuck-in-our-heads-so-easily-the-science-of-earworms-265863/" aria-label="Read more about Why do some songs get stuck in our heads so easily? The science of earworms">Read more</a>
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NZ’s native lizards are at risk from land development – future policy must ensure better protection
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher K. Woolley, Post-doctoral Researcher in Ecology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington James Reardon/Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA New Zealand’s land animals are not well protected when land is developed for new uses. Recent and proposed policy changes ... <a title="NZ’s native lizards are at risk from land development – future policy must ensure better protection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/09/nzs-native-lizards-are-at-risk-from-land-development-future-policy-must-ensure-better-protection-264765/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s native lizards are at risk from land development – future policy must ensure better protection">Read more</a>
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Renewables have now passed coal globally – and growth is fastest in countries like Bhutan and Nepal
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Reihana Mohideen, Principal Advisor, Just Energy Transition and Health, Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne Commuters pass a new solar array in the Maldives. Ishara S. Kodikara/Getty For the first time, renewables have toppled coal as the world’s leading source of electricity, in keeping ... <a title="Renewables have now passed coal globally – and growth is fastest in countries like Bhutan and Nepal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/09/renewables-have-now-passed-coal-globally-and-growth-is-fastest-in-countries-like-bhutan-and-nepal-263047/" aria-label="Read more about Renewables have now passed coal globally – and growth is fastest in countries like Bhutan and Nepal">Read more</a>
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‘I was 170th on their list’. What are the health impacts for families who can’t access daycare?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marg Rogers, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education; Post Doctoral Fellow, Manna Institute, University of New England Thomas Barwick/ Getty Images Imagine living in a town where three or more families are competing for a single early learning place. This is the reality for many families in regional, ... <a title="‘I was 170th on their list’. What are the health impacts for families who can’t access daycare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/09/i-was-170th-on-their-list-what-are-the-health-impacts-for-families-who-cant-access-daycare-266673/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I was 170th on their list’. What are the health impacts for families who can’t access daycare?">Read more</a>