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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>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Conservation and Wildlife Management, University of Sydney Uwe-Bergwitz/Getty Australia is home to an extraordinary variety of wildlife, ranging from striking palm cockatoos to elusive mountain pygmy-possums and remarkable rat-kangaroos. Most of us never get to see these creatures in real life ... <a title="Want to see Australia’s rare and remarkable species for yourself? Here are 10 standout spots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/want-to-see-australias-rare-and-remarkable-species-for-yourself-here-are-10-standout-spots-262128/" aria-label="Read more about Want to see Australia’s rare and remarkable species for yourself? Here are 10 standout spots">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Micah Boerma, Adjunct Lecturer, School of Psychology and Wellbeing, University of Southern Queensland Helena Lopes/Pexels , CC BY In less than four months, world-first legislation will ban Australian under-16s from certain social media platforms. Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram, X, Reddit and YouTube will all be off limits ... <a title="The social media ban is coming, whether families like it or not: 5 ways to prepare kids and teens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/the-social-media-ban-is-coming-whether-families-like-it-or-not-5-ways-to-prepare-kids-and-teens-263346/" aria-label="Read more about The social media ban is coming, whether families like it or not: 5 ways to prepare kids and teens">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amir Arjomandi, Associate Professor of Economics, School of Business, University of Wollongong Pixabay/Pexels Over recent decades, farmland values in Australia have soared. Nationally, the price of broadacre farmland – used for cropping or sheep and beef grazing – has increased by more than eightfold since 1992. It ... <a title="Australian farmland values are at lofty heights. Research reveals this could be hurting some farmers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/australian-farmland-values-are-at-lofty-heights-research-reveals-this-could-be-hurting-some-farmers-263180/" aria-label="Read more about Australian farmland values are at lofty heights. Research reveals this could be hurting some farmers">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland Ever ordered a salad on a first date when you really wanted the burger? Many of us eat differently when we’re around other people, often without realising it. Our food choices shift depending on who’s ... <a title="Matcha latte for the likes: how ‘performative eating’ is changing our relationship with food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/matcha-latte-for-the-likes-how-performative-eating-is-changing-our-relationship-with-food-262620/" aria-label="Read more about Matcha latte for the likes: how ‘performative eating’ is changing our relationship with food">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John McCormick, Director of the Centre for Transformative Media Technologies, Professor of Interactive Media, Swinburne University of Technology A relay race at World Humanoid Robot Games, August 17 2025, Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images News Robots come in a vast array of shapes and sizes. By definition, ... <a title="Humans keep building robots that are shaped like us – what’s the point?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/humans-keep-building-robots-that-are-shaped-like-us-whats-the-point-261172/" aria-label="Read more about Humans keep building robots that are shaped like us – what’s the point?">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niven Winchester, Professor of Economics, Auckland University of Technology Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images Women’s rugby is growing rapidly worldwide, and now accounts for 25% of the total global playing base. US women’s rugby star Ilona Maher is the most followed rugby player in the world, ahead ... <a title="Who will win the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup? We ran 10,000 simulations to rank the contenders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/who-will-win-the-2025-womens-rugby-world-cup-we-ran-10-000-simulations-to-rank-the-contenders-262795/" aria-label="Read more about Who will win the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup? We ran 10,000 simulations to rank the contenders">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at prime minister Anthony Albanese, accusing him of betraying Israel and abandoning Australia’s Jews. The extraordinary outburst follows Israel revoking the visas of Australian diplomats to the Palestinian Authority in retaliation for ... <a title="Israeli PM Netanyahu denounces ‘weak’ Albanese in social media outburst." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/israeli-pm-netanyahu-denounces-weak-albanese-in-social-media-outburst-263473/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli PM Netanyahu denounces ‘weak’ Albanese in social media outburst.">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonia Mycak, Research Fellow in Ukrainian Studies, Australian National University The last time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the White House earlier this year, he was berated by Donald Trump. On Monday, he returned with European leaders by his side. He emerged with some signs of progress ... <a title="Zelensky leaves Washington with Trump’s security guarantees, but are they enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/zelensky-leaves-washington-with-trumps-security-guarantees-but-are-they-enough-263423/" aria-label="Read more about Zelensky leaves Washington with Trump’s security guarantees, but are they enough?">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra After weeks of build up, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has set out his objectives for the government’s three-day economic reform roundtable, which kicked off on Tuesday. Most importantly, to make our economy more productive over time, because that’s ... <a title="With just ‘three days to inform the next three budgets’, here’s how Chalmers’ roundtable kicked off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/with-just-three-days-to-inform-the-next-three-budgets-heres-how-chalmers-roundtable-kicked-off-263186/" aria-label="Read more about With just ‘three days to inform the next three budgets’, here’s how Chalmers’ roundtable kicked off">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Israeli government has revoked the visas of Australian diplomats to the Palestinian Authority, in the latest deterioration of relations between the two countries. In a statement on social media Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said he had also told ... <a title="Israel bans Australian diplomats from occupied territories, as bilateral relations dive further" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/israel-bans-australian-diplomats-from-occupied-territories-as-bilateral-relations-dive-further-262604/" aria-label="Read more about Israel bans Australian diplomats from occupied territories, as bilateral relations dive further">Read more</a>
