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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelvin (Shiu Fung) Wong, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Personality tests have become increasingly popular in daily life. From hiring to dating, they promise to help us understand who we are and how we are similar, or different, to others. But do ... <a title="Are you really an ISFJ? The truth about personality tests – and why we keep taking them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/are-you-really-an-isfj-the-truth-about-personality-tests-and-why-we-keep-taking-them-261183/" aria-label="Read more about Are you really an ISFJ? The truth about personality tests – and why we keep taking them">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Rudge, Law Lecturer, University of Sydney Jane Khomi/Getty A small Australian trial that used psychedelic-assisted therapy to improve the mental health and wellbeing of terminally ill patients is in the news today. The results are based on research conducted in Melbourne involving 35 people. All had ... <a title="Two years on from Australia’s bold psychedelic experiment, here are our concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/two-years-on-from-australias-bold-psychedelic-experiment-here-are-our-concerns-261367/" aria-label="Read more about Two years on from Australia’s bold psychedelic experiment, here are our concerns">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University The South Australian Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence has released its final report. Led by Royal Commissioner Natasha Stott Despoja, the 700-page report presents findings from extensive consultations, including more than 380 written ... <a title="South Australia’s domestic and sexual violence royal commission recommendations should be embraced across the country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/south-australias-domestic-and-sexual-violence-royal-commission-recommendations-should-be-embraced-across-the-country-263521/" aria-label="Read more about South Australia’s domestic and sexual violence royal commission recommendations should be embraced across the country">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsten Zemke, Pouako Matua (Senior Lecturer) in Ethnomusicology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Matariki has come and gone for another year, but the melody still shimmers. I’m referring in particular to a song released for the 2025 Māori new year: Matariki Hunga Nui – Calling Me ... <a title="Calling me home: how a Matariki anthem wrote a new chapter in the story of Māori country music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/calling-me-home-how-a-matariki-anthem-wrote-a-new-chapter-in-the-story-of-maori-country-music-260790/" aria-label="Read more about Calling me home: how a Matariki anthem wrote a new chapter in the story of Māori country music">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Baker, Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide Unsplash, CC BY-NC-SA Most Australians invest much of their income into housing, making employment, education and retirement decisions based on the location, timing and strength of their housing investment. Across the nation, the housing choices of the last ... <a title="Housing can be good for productivity. Here are 5 ways we can build it better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/housing-can-be-good-for-productivity-here-are-5-ways-we-can-build-it-better-263335/" aria-label="Read more about Housing can be good for productivity. Here are 5 ways we can build it better">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Boucaut, Lecturer, media and cultural studies, University of Adelaide The AFL is facing a monumental stress test in its efforts to tackle homophobia, with one of the league’s biggest stars facing a season-ending suspension on the eve of the finals series. Adelaide star Izak Rankine has ... <a title="Australian sports media is compounding the AFL’s homophobia problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/australian-sports-media-is-compounding-the-afls-homophobia-problem-263427/" aria-label="Read more about Australian sports media is compounding the AFL’s homophobia problem">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eva F Nisa, Associate Professor, Cultural Anthropology, Australian National University Afriadi Hikmal/NurPhoto via Getty Images As the world grapples with myriad environmental problems, a growing number of studies shows the role of religion is key. Religion influences people’s worldviews, including how we think about nature and our ... <a title="‘Green Islam’: how Muslims are powering environmental action across the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/green-islam-how-muslims-are-powering-environmental-action-across-the-world-261380/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Green Islam’: how Muslims are powering environmental action across the world">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tania Barone, Research Associate in Galaxy Evolution, Swinburne University of Technology LRG 3-757, or the Cosmic Horseshoe, where the yellow galaxy has magnified the light of the blue one farther away. NASA, ESA Astronomers are living in a golden age of bigger and better telescopes. But even ... <a title="The most powerful tool in an astronomer’s arsenal is a lens – but not the kind you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/the-most-powerful-tool-in-an-astronomers-arsenal-is-a-lens-but-not-the-kind-you-might-think-262630/" aria-label="Read more about The most powerful tool in an astronomer’s arsenal is a lens – but not the kind you might think">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
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 The Liberals won 14 of the 35 lower house seats at the July 19 Tasmanian state election, Labor ten, the Greens five, independents five and the Shooters, ... <a title="Liberals retain government in Tasmania, while federal Labor keeps big lead in polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/liberals-retain-government-in-tasmania-while-federal-labor-keeps-big-lead-in-polls-263306/" aria-label="Read more about Liberals retain government in Tasmania, while federal Labor keeps big lead in polls">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Marie Brennan, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato Ham was one of the chimpanzees NASA used during the 1960s to test the Mercury capsule before human space flight. NASA/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA This week, Russia is expected to launch its Bion-M No.2 biosatellite from the ... <a title="We’ve been sending animals into space for 7 decades – yet there are still no rules to protect them from harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/weve-been-sending-animals-into-space-for-7-decades-yet-there-are-still-no-rules-to-protect-them-from-harm-263332/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve been sending animals into space for 7 decades – yet there are still no rules to protect them from harm">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fellow, Victoria University; Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said recently the Israeli cabinet has “lost its reason and humanity” in Gaza, reflecting a ... <a title="How can Western countries back up Palestine recognition with action? Here are 4 ways to pressure Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/how-can-western-countries-back-up-palestine-recognition-with-action-here-are-4-ways-to-pressure-israel-263273/" aria-label="Read more about How can Western countries back up Palestine recognition with action? Here are 4 ways to pressure Israel">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have used artificial intelligence (AI) to design two new antibiotics effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or “superbugs”. This is a potentially exciting development, but it’s important ... <a title="AI has produced 2 new antibiotics to kill ‘superbugs’. It’s promising – but we shouldn’t get too excited yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/ai-has-produced-2-new-antibiotics-to-kill-superbugs-its-promising-but-we-shouldnt-get-too-excited-yet-263327/" aria-label="Read more about AI has produced 2 new antibiotics to kill ‘superbugs’. It’s promising – but we shouldn’t get too excited yet">Read more</a>
