ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on December 12, 2025.
An expert’s pick of the best board games to play (and gift) this summer
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Thompson, Lecturer in History and Communications, University of Southern Queensland Pexels / Pavel Danilyuk, CC BY In a world that can seem increasingly digitised and isolating, board games offer a unique chance to connect with others. And over the holiday period, the right game can make
Should Australia establish an independent body to investigate scientific misconduct? We asked 5 experts
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Drew Rooke, Deputy Science + Technology Editor, The Conversation National Cancer Institute Most of us trust scientists. We believe they are not just competent, but honest as well. This belief is well-founded. However, scientists are also human – and sometimes they can make mistakes. These mistakes can
Tracking the US build-up in the Caribbean
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By R. Evan Ellis, Latin America Research Professor, US Army War College Planet Labs/Sentinel-2/The Conversation, CC BY-SA ➡️ Click here to view the interactive visual feature mapping the US military in the Caribbean The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any
Faster, cheaper … but better? The devil in the resource management reform detail
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill McKay, Senior Lecturer Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering and Design, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau When the coalition government this week unveiled reforms to finally replace New Zealand’s Resource Management Act (RMA), many of us would have been glad to see the back of
Can you only poo at home? A gastroenterologist explains what the Germans call ‘heimscheisser’
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Image by Steve DiMatteo from Pixabay Poo anxiety, bashful bowels, shy bowel syndrome: they’re all terms for what’s medically known as parcopresis or difficulty pooping when you’re not at home. The Germans have given a name
Travel influencers ‘do crazy things’ to entertain us – and downplay the risks
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney It’s common for Australians to use social media to find their next hike or swimming spot. And there’s a huge array of travel influencers willing to supply the #inspo for their
Why do we wake up shortly before our alarm goes off? It’s not by chance
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yaqoot Fatima, Professor of Sleep Health, University of the Sunshine Coast Malvestida/Unsplash You’ve probably experienced it – your alarm is set for 6:30am, yet somehow your eyes snap open a few minutes before it goes off. There’s no sound, no external cue, just the body somehow knowing
Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes detected at the crumbling end of Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thanh-Son Pham, ARC DECRA Fellow in Geophysics, Australian National University Copernicus / ESA, CC BY Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the northern hemisphere more than 20 years ago, these quakes occur when huge chunks of ice
The United States CDC has abandoned science in its new advice about vaccines and autism
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised its long-standing guidance about vaccines and autism. The guidance once stated clearly and correctly that the evidence shows no link between vaccines and the development of autism. Now
Big batteries are now outcompeting gas in the grid – and gas-rich Western Australia is at the forefront
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University Australia’s electricity grids are undergoing a profound transformation. Solar and wind have provided 99% of new generating capacity since 2015. Last month, renewables hit parity with fossil fuels for the first time. But there’s a lesser-known part to the story.
With Nvidia’s second-best AI chips headed for China, the US shifts priorities from security to trade
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Draper, Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Trade and Environment, University of Adelaide JIM WATSON/Getty This week, US President Donald Trump approved previously banned exports of Nvidia’s powerful H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China. In
What’s the safest way to walk home at night? We’ve created an AI-powered app that shows you
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilya Ilyankou, PhD candidate at SpaceTimeLab, UCL Night-time view of Derry city centre in Northern Ireland, where the Safest Way app is promoted in pubs to advise on safer walking routes. Irina WS/Shutterstock In the historic walled city of Derry (also known as Londonderry) in Northern Ireland,
Grattan on Friday: Albanese’s social media ban is bold reform, but it will take years to judge its real success
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Among those cheering Wednesday’s start of the Albanese government’s groundbreaking ban on social media accounts for under-16s was former Liberal MP David Coleman, who lost his seat in May. Coleman, who’d been assistant minister to Prime Minister Scott Morrison for
‘Tough on crime’ policies are causing Indigenous people to die in custody
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney When a First Nations person dies in custody, it sends shockwaves through families and communities. The trauma of losing a loved one adds to a sense of despair that First Nations lives are expendable, that no one is
More focus is needed on childhood sexual abuse to combat Australia’s suicide problem
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Wyles, PhD candidate and Research Fellow at the Disrupting Violence Beacon, Griffith University Kian Mousazadeh Unsplash One person dies from suicide every 40 seconds according to the World Health Organisation. In Australia, men are three times more likely to die by suicide than women. The Australian
ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for December 11, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on December 11, 2025.
