ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 13, 2025.
3D printed mini-placentas offer a new way to study pregnancy complications
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Richards, Lecturer in Biotechnology, University of Technology Sydney The placenta is a unique organ which exists only during pregnancy, growing at tumour-like speed to the size of a small dinner plate. The placenta is essential to the growth of every baby, but we’re missing key details
Belvoir’s Orlando is a love letter to the contemporary queer community that doesn’t quite come together
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cymbeline Buhler King, Research Officer, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University Brett Boardman/Belvoir The production opens on skates. We are flung into an Elizabethan world articulated with the beautiful simplicity of a circle motif. A circle is dusted on the stage, the queen is dressed with
AI hype has just shaken up the world’s rich list. What if the boom is really a bubble?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angel Zhong, Professor of Finance, RMIT University Just for a moment this week, Larry Ellison, co-founder of US cloud computing company Oracle, became the world’s richest person. The octogenarian tech titan briefly overtook Elon Musk after Oracle’s share price rocketed 43% in a day, adding about US$100
Lesbian Space Princess is a cheeky, intergalactic romp that turns the sci-fi genre on its head
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee Wallace, Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney Umbrella In Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese’s award-winning directorial debut, Lesbian Space Princess, outer space emerges as a new and inclusive habitat for a smart, funny story exploring the inner spaces of lesbian consciousness and self-affirmation. The film
Landmark report makes 54 recommendations to combat Islamophobia in Australia. Now government must act
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ozalp, Professor of Islamic Studies, Head of School, The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University Australian Muslim communities have been calling for official recognition of Islamophobia as a serious social problem for many years. Now, for the first time, the long-awaited report from
Fossil fuel expansion or Pacific security? Albanese is learning Australia can’t have both
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sought to strengthen security ties with Pacific island nations and counter China’s growing influence during a trip to the region this week. If he walks away with one lesson, it’s
Medicinal cannabis concerns include psychosis and child poisonings. We’re not the only ones worried
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rose Cairns, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, University of Sydney LordHenriVoton/Getty The ABC this week revealed more than 600 side effects have been reported in three years to the medicines regulator after Australians took unapproved medicinal cannabis. After a Freedom of Information request, the
