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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Turnbull, Senior Research Data Specialist, The University of Melbourne A herbarium specimen of _Cheiranthera linearis_ (commonly known as finger-flower), collected in 1912 by Edwin James Semmens, former principal of the Victorian School of Forestry. University of Melbourne In 1770, after Captain Cook’s Endeavour struck the Great ... <a title="Botanical time machines: AI is unlocking a treasure trove of data held in herbarium collections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/botanical-time-machines-ai-is-unlocking-a-treasure-trove-of-data-held-in-herbarium-collections-253236/" aria-label="Read more about Botanical time machines: AI is unlocking a treasure trove of data held in herbarium collections">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia Inti St Clair/Getty You may have heard high-impact activity – exercise such as running, jumping, football and basketball – is good at building bone density and strength. But what about when you’re standing still, lifting weights at ... <a title="Does weightlifting improve bone density?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/does-weightlifting-improve-bone-density-263045/" aria-label="Read more about Does weightlifting improve bone density?">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney If you’ve spent time on social media recently you have probably been exposed to questionable “wellness” content. You may have been instructed to dip your toes in icy water or let ... <a title="Why do smart people get hooked on wellness trends? Personality traits may play a role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/why-do-smart-people-get-hooked-on-wellness-trends-personality-traits-may-play-a-role-263041/" aria-label="Read more about Why do smart people get hooked on wellness trends? Personality traits may play a role">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mojtaba Rajabi, Senior Lecturer in Geoscience, The University of Queensland World Stress Map / GFZ Data Services Last Saturday at 9:49am local time, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred about 50km west of Gympie in Queensland. The earthquake was experienced as strong shaking locally, but did not produce ... <a title="Why does Australia have earthquakes? The whole continent is under stress from distant forces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/why-does-australia-have-earthquakes-the-whole-continent-is-under-stress-from-distant-forces-263334/" aria-label="Read more about Why does Australia have earthquakes? The whole continent is under stress from distant forces">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Fujak, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University On Sunday, one of rugby league’s best forwards, Payne Haas, confirmed his switch in national allegiance from Australia to Samoa. Haas, who played four Tests for Australia, was born in New South Wales. His mother is Samoan and ... <a title="Payne Haas’s allegiance switch to Samoa: a threat or an opportunity for rugby league?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/payne-haass-allegiance-switch-to-samoa-a-threat-or-an-opportunity-for-rugby-league-262025/" aria-label="Read more about Payne Haas’s allegiance switch to Samoa: a threat or an opportunity for rugby league?">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Business, union, community representatives and experts have gathered in Canberra to grapple with some of Australia’s most intractable problems: how to make us a more productive, sustainable and resilient country. A vast amount of work has been done before the ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Shadow Treasurer Ted O’Brien and industry chief Andrew McKellar’s tax and red tape wishlists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/politics-with-michelle-grattan-shadow-treasurer-ted-obrien-and-industry-chief-andrew-mckellars-tax-and-red-tape-wishlists-263331/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Shadow Treasurer Ted O’Brien and industry chief Andrew McKellar’s tax and red tape wishlists">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Declan Humphreys, Lecturer Cybersecurity and Ethics, University of the Sunshine Coast Bart Fish & Power Tools of AI, CC BY In July, the United States government made it clear that artificial intelligence (AI) companies wanting to do business with the White House will need to ensure their ... <a title="AI free from bias and ideology is a fantasy – humans can’t organise data without distorting reality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/ai-free-from-bias-and-ideology-is-a-fantasy-humans-cant-organise-data-without-distorting-reality-262523/" aria-label="Read more about AI free from bias and ideology is a fantasy – humans can’t organise data without distorting reality">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Tieman, Matthew Flinders Professor and Director of the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying, Flinders University Maskot/Getty Images As our population ages, we’re living longer and dying older. End-of-life care is therefore an increasingly important part of aged care. In Australia, around 50% of ... <a title="‘I went out and I had a cry’: what aged-care staff say about their grief when residents die" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/i-went-out-and-i-had-a-cry-what-aged-care-staff-say-about-their-grief-when-residents-die-262937/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I went out and I had a cry’: what aged-care staff say about their grief when residents die">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic McAfee, Postdoctoral researcher, marine ecology, University of Adelaide The author inspects a restored native oyster reef at Coffin Bay, South Australia. Stefan Andrews South Australia’s catastrophic harmful algal bloom now affects almost 30% of the state’s coastline, stretching from the Coorong in the state’s southeast to ... <a title="How could we clean up the algal bloom?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/how-could-we-clean-up-the-algal-bloom-262749/" aria-label="Read more about How could we clean up the algal bloom?">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maryanne Macdonald, Lecturer, Indigenous Education, Edith Cowan University Statistics showing Indigenous school students in a negative light are regularly reported in the Australian media and policy debates. We often hear how Indigenous students “trail” their non-Indigenous peers in NAPLAN results and how there are persistent “gaps” when ... <a title="Indigenous students want to finish Year 12. They need equal support and resources from schools to do this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/indigenous-students-want-to-finish-year-12-they-need-equal-support-and-resources-from-schools-to-do-this-257895/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous students want to finish Year 12. They need equal support and resources from schools to do this">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wenjia Tang, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Digital Communication, University of Sydney What can you do in 60 seconds? In short dramas, or “micro dramas”, that’s enough time for a billionaire CEO to fall in love with his contracted wife, or for a werewolf mafia boss to break ... <a title="Werewolf exes and billionaire CEOs: why cheesy short dramas are taking over our social media feeds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/werewolf-exes-and-billionaire-ceos-why-cheesy-short-dramas-are-taking-over-our-social-media-feeds-259385/" aria-label="Read more about Werewolf exes and billionaire CEOs: why cheesy short dramas are taking over our social media feeds">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne The construction industry is a pillar of Australia’s economy, employing more than a million people. But construction work is also among the most dangerous industries. According to Safe Work Australia, construction ... <a title="What’s behind the high rate of suicide in Australia’s construction industry?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/whats-behind-the-high-rate-of-suicide-in-australias-construction-industry-262044/" aria-label="Read more about What’s behind the high rate of suicide in Australia’s construction industry?">Read more</a>
