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February 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University The Conversation, CC BY-SA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people. Colonial commemorations such as the statues of James Cook ... <a title="A new public statue of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter shows a bright future for Australian monuments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/a-new-public-statue-of-archie-roach-and-ruby-hunter-shows-a-bright-future-for-australian-monuments-249484/" aria-label="Read more about A new public statue of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter shows a bright future for Australian monuments">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Associate Professor, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Masarik/Shutterstock In some overseas countries, pets can travel with their owners in a plane’s cabin, in a carrier under a seat. In Australia, pets must travel in the luggage hold of aircraft. But this ... <a title="Australians may soon be able to fly with their pets in a plane’s cabin – but not every pet is suited to it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/australians-may-soon-be-able-to-fly-with-their-pets-in-a-planes-cabin-but-not-every-pet-is-suited-to-it-249689/" aria-label="Read more about Australians may soon be able to fly with their pets in a plane’s cabin – but not every pet is suited to it">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee Morgenbesser, Associate Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Griffith University Many Americans have watched in horror as Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, has been permitted to tear through various offices of the United States government in recent weeks. Backed by President Donald ... <a title="Is Elon Musk taking over the US government? Here’s how ‘state capture’ works – and why we should be concerned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/is-elon-musk-taking-over-the-us-government-heres-how-state-capture-works-and-why-we-should-be-concerned-249471/" aria-label="Read more about Is Elon Musk taking over the US government? Here’s how ‘state capture’ works – and why we should be concerned">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University Miriam Alonso/Pexels The oral contraceptive pills Yaz and Yasmin will be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from March 1 2025, meaning Australian women will pay less for them. This listing follows advice from the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits ... <a title="Yaz and Yasmin contraceptive pills will be cheaper from March. How are they different from other pills?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/yaz-and-yasmin-contraceptive-pills-will-be-cheaper-from-march-how-are-they-different-from-other-pills-249480/" aria-label="Read more about Yaz and Yasmin contraceptive pills will be cheaper from March. How are they different from other pills?">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raffaele F Ciriello, Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Jan Antonin Kolar/Unsplash OpenAI’s “deep research” is the latest artificial intelligence (AI) tool making waves and promising to do in minutes what would take hours for a human expert to complete. Bundled as a feature ... <a title="OpenAI’s new ‘deep research’ agent is still just a fallible tool – not a human-level expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/openais-new-deep-research-agent-is-still-just-a-fallible-tool-not-a-human-level-expert-249496/" aria-label="Read more about OpenAI’s new ‘deep research’ agent is still just a fallible tool – not a human-level expert">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murray Print, Professor of Education, University of Sydney A federal parliamentary inquiry has just recommended civics and citizenship become a compulsory part of the Australian Curriculum, which covers the first year of school to Year 10. The committee also recommended a mandatory civics and citizenship course for ... <a title="There’s a new push to teach Australian students about civics. Here are 6 ways to do it well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/theres-a-new-push-to-teach-australian-students-about-civics-here-are-6-ways-to-do-it-well-249584/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a new push to teach Australian students about civics. Here are 6 ways to do it well">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phyllis Ohene-Agyei., Doctoral Researcher in Maternal Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Shutterstock/Dragana Gordic A growing number of women experience high blood sugar levels during pregnancy which typically resolve after birth. Known as gestational diabetes, this is the most common metabolic disorder in pregnancy and affects ... <a title="Diabetes during pregnancy can cause serious problems later – mothers need proper screening after birth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/diabetes-during-pregnancy-can-cause-serious-problems-later-mothers-need-proper-screening-after-birth-245658/" aria-label="Read more about Diabetes during pregnancy can cause serious problems later – mothers need proper screening after birth">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Salmon, Professor of Human Factors, University of the Sunshine Coast Google Deepmind / Unsplash This week, France hosted an AI Action Summit in Paris to discuss burning questions around artificial intelligence (AI), such as how people can trust AI technologies and how the world can govern ... <a title="Nobody wants to talk about AI safety. Instead they cling to 5 comforting myths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/nobody-wants-to-talk-about-ai-safety-instead-they-cling-to-5-comforting-myths-249489/" aria-label="Read more about Nobody wants to talk about AI safety. Instead they cling to 5 comforting myths">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan McElhone, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University A London court has found Sam Kerr not guilty of the racially aggravated harassment of Metropolitan Police officer Stephen Lovell. As captain of the Australian women’s national soccer team, Kerr was widely condemned when news broke she had used ... <a title="Sam Kerr verdict: what it means for law in the UK and the star athlete’s soccer career" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/sam-kerr-verdict-what-it-means-for-law-in-the-uk-and-the-star-athletes-soccer-career-249153/" aria-label="Read more about Sam Kerr verdict: what it means for law in the UK and the star athlete’s soccer career">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsten Banks, Lecturer, School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology Debris on the surface of Mars from the Perseverance mission, captured on April 19 2022. NASA/JPL-Caltech In his inauguration speech in January, United States President Donald Trump declared the US would “plant the ... <a title="Spacefarers may contaminate other worlds – but scientists have plans to keep the cosmos clean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/spacefarers-may-contaminate-other-worlds-but-scientists-have-plans-to-keep-the-cosmos-clean-249135/" aria-label="Read more about Spacefarers may contaminate other worlds – but scientists have plans to keep the cosmos clean">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alix Woolard, Senior Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Australia Stock Unit/Shutterstock Have you ever asked someone how their day was, or been chatting casually with a friend, only to have them tell you a horrific story that has left you feeling distressed or emotionally exhausted yourself? ... <a title="Trauma dumping: how sharing experiences on social media can cause distress for other users" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/trauma-dumping-how-sharing-experiences-on-social-media-can-cause-distress-for-other-users-246337/" aria-label="Read more about Trauma dumping: how sharing experiences on social media can cause distress for other users">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Quentin Grafton, Australian Laureate Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The Roper River Chris Ison/Shutterstock Water is now a contested resource around the world. Nowhere is this more evident than in the fight playing out over the Northern Territory’s Roper River – ... <a title="A fierce tussle over a Northern Territory river reveals Australia’s stark choice on water justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/a-fierce-tussle-over-a-northern-territory-river-reveals-australias-stark-choice-on-water-justice-248766/" aria-label="Read more about A fierce tussle over a Northern Territory river reveals Australia’s stark choice on water justice">Read more</a>
