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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Polyakov, Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne Vera Livchak/Getty Prospective parents are being marketed genetic tests that claim to predict which IVF embryo will grow into the tallest, smartest or healthiest child. But these tests cannot deliver what ... <a title="Want a tall, smart child? How IVF tests are selling a dream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/want-a-tall-smart-child-how-ivf-tests-are-selling-a-dream-275211/" aria-label="Read more about Want a tall, smart child? How IVF tests are selling a dream">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images New Zealand is undertaking the most significant rewrite of firearms law in over 40 years. Overall, it’s a welcome step, as the law was messy and times have changed. But that’s not to say the proposed law ... <a title="The 4 big changes to gun laws that would make NZ safer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/the-4-big-changes-to-gun-laws-that-would-make-nz-safer-275085/" aria-label="Read more about The 4 big changes to gun laws that would make NZ safer">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University Queensland is a step closer to lifting a ban on political donations from property developers – despite a corruption watchdog’s warning that doing so in a A$7 billion Olympics building boom could raise “risks of undue or improper ... <a title="Amid an Olympic boom, it’s risky timing to lift a ban on developers’ political donations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/amid-an-olympic-boom-its-risky-timing-to-lift-a-ban-on-developers-political-donations-274740/" aria-label="Read more about Amid an Olympic boom, it’s risky timing to lift a ban on developers’ political donations">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University LarsZahnerPhotography/Getty Growing older often brings unexpected grooming challenges. This is particularly apparent when some areas that, when young, we could otherwise ignore start to develop hair. This includes our nose and ears, where hair grows thicker and ... <a title="Why do nose and ear hairs become longer and thicker as we age?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/why-do-nose-and-ear-hairs-become-longer-and-thicker-as-we-age-270677/" aria-label="Read more about Why do nose and ear hairs become longer and thicker as we age?">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Cumbo, Lecturer, Transdisciplinary School, University of Technology Sydney The Conversation, CC BY-SA ➡️ Click here to read the full interactive Bronwyn Cumbo receives funding from the Australia Public Policy Challenge Grant for her research investigating possibilities and challenges to establishing New South Wales as a sustainable ... <a title="Can Australia build one of the world’s largest data centres?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/can-australia-build-one-of-the-worlds-largest-data-centres-273703/" aria-label="Read more about Can Australia build one of the world’s largest data centres?">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Angelakis, PhD Candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Adelaide University Nathan Angelakis, CC BY-NC Most seals give birth to a pup around the same time each year, and wean them and send them on their way within 12 months in an annual cycle. Australian sea lions ... <a title="Sea lion camera reveals mother taking pup on educational foraging expedition in the wild" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/sea-lion-camera-reveals-mother-taking-pup-on-educational-foraging-expedition-in-the-wild-275407/" aria-label="Read more about Sea lion camera reveals mother taking pup on educational foraging expedition in the wild">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenton Prosser, Partner, Government & Public Sector, Providence / Honorary Fellow, Australian National University Phil Boorman/Getty Images The number of young people in Australia prescribed medication for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increased more that tenfold in 20 years, our new research shows, while it is no longer ... <a title="ADHD prescriptions are up tenfold, with the wealthiest kids most likely to be medicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/adhd-prescriptions-are-up-tenfold-with-the-wealthiest-kids-most-likely-to-be-medicated-274938/" aria-label="Read more about ADHD prescriptions are up tenfold, with the wealthiest kids most likely to be medicated">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Whiterod, Researcher, Adelaide University Michael Obeysekera/Unsplash, CC BY At 2,500 km long, the Murray is Australia’s longest river. It provides 3 million people with drinking water and irrigates around 1.5 million hectares of farmland. But this intensive use has come at a cost: the lower Murray ... <a title="The lower Murray is officially on life support. Will we save it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/the-lower-murray-is-officially-on-life-support-will-we-save-it-274969/" aria-label="Read more about The lower Murray is officially on life support. Will we save it?">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophia Waters, Senior Lecturer in Writing, University of New England Photo by RDNE Stock project/Pexels University study is a major commitment and is quite different to high school. This big new phase of life can feel both daunting and exciting. But many first years don’t have anyone ... <a title="6 tips to survive and thrive in your first year of university" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/6-tips-to-survive-and-thrive-in-your-first-year-of-university-274011/" aria-label="Read more about 6 tips to survive and thrive in your first year of university">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophia Duan, Associate Dean, Research and Industry Engagement, La Trobe University Herney/Pixabay The global economy is bracing for major job disruption as artificial intelligence (AI) advances and spreads across industries. Experts have been warning about this shift for years, and fiercely debating whether the benefits of an ... <a title="AI isn’t likely to wipe out all farming jobs – but it is changing who bears the risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/ai-isnt-likely-to-wipe-out-all-farming-jobs-but-it-is-changing-who-bears-the-risks-275227/" aria-label="Read more about AI isn’t likely to wipe out all farming jobs – but it is changing who bears the risks">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Panizza Allmark, Professor of Visual & Cultural Studies, Edith Cowan University Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune and Michael Ochs Archives, via Getty In January, over the course of three days, Bruce Springsteen wrote, recorded and released the political protest song Streets of Minneapolis. The song’s release was ... <a title="From ‘this machine kills fascists’ to ‘King Trump’s private army’: the art of protest music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/from-this-machine-kills-fascists-to-king-trumps-private-army-the-art-of-protest-music-274974/" aria-label="Read more about From ‘this machine kills fascists’ to ‘King Trump’s private army’: the art of protest music">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Law, Member of Deakin Cyber and the Centre for Law as Protection, Deakin University, Deakin University The NSW Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the extraordinary powers given to police to disrupt protests against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Sydney ... <a title="Isaac Herzog visit: protesters lose challenge to sweeping special police powers. What now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/isaac-herzog-visit-protesters-lose-challenge-to-sweeping-special-police-powers-what-now-275436/" aria-label="Read more about Isaac Herzog visit: protesters lose challenge to sweeping special police powers. What now?">Read more</a>
