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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Snoswell, Senior Research Fellow in AI Accountability, Queensland University of Technology Anne Fehres and Luke Conroy & AI4Media, CC BY Grok, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot embedded in X (formerly Twitter) and built by Elon Musk’s company xAI, is back in the headlines after calling ... <a title="How do you stop an AI model turning Nazi? What the Grok drama reveals about AI training" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/how-do-you-stop-an-ai-model-turning-nazi-what-the-grok-drama-reveals-about-ai-training-261001/" aria-label="Read more about How do you stop an AI model turning Nazi? What the Grok drama reveals about AI training">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Andy. LIU/Shutterstock The United States can count on Australia as one of its closest allies. Dating back to the shared experiences in the second world war and the ANZUS Treaty signed in 1951, Australia has steadfastly ... <a title="Washington’s war demands – Australia right to refuse committing to a hypothetical conflict with China over Taiwan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/washingtons-war-demands-australia-right-to-refuse-committing-to-a-hypothetical-conflict-with-china-over-taiwan-261076/" aria-label="Read more about Washington’s war demands – Australia right to refuse committing to a hypothetical conflict with China over Taiwan">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Juliette Crowther, Researcher in Food Policy, George Institute for Global Health Andrew Merry/Getty Most Australians consume far too much sodium, mostly in the form of salt (sodium chloride) in the food they eat. The National Health and Medical Research Council recommends no more than 2,000 milligrams of ... <a title="How much salt is OK in drinking water? Without limits, Australia’s health gap widens in remote and regional areas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/how-much-salt-is-ok-in-drinking-water-without-limits-australias-health-gap-widens-in-remote-and-regional-areas-260496/" aria-label="Read more about How much salt is OK in drinking water? Without limits, Australia’s health gap widens in remote and regional areas">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Andy. LIU/Shutterstock The United States can count on Australia as one of its closest allies. Dating back to the shared experiences in the second world war and the ANZUS Treaty signed in 1951, Australia has steadfastly ... <a title="Washington’s war demands – Australia right to refuse being dragged into a potential conflict with China over Taiwan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/washingtons-war-demands-australia-right-to-refuse-being-dragged-into-a-potential-conflict-with-china-over-taiwan-261076/" aria-label="Read more about Washington’s war demands – Australia right to refuse being dragged into a potential conflict with China over Taiwan">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Andy. LIU/Shutterstock The United States can count on Australia as one of its closest allies. Dating back to the shared experiences in the second world war and the ANZUS Treaty signed in 1951, Australia has steadfastly ... <a title="Washington’s war demands – Australia risks being dragged into a conflict with China over Taiwan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/washingtons-war-demands-australia-risks-being-dragged-into-a-conflict-with-china-over-taiwan-261076/" aria-label="Read more about Washington’s war demands – Australia risks being dragged into a conflict with China over Taiwan">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kinda Alsamara, Lecturer in the School of Languages and Cultures, The University of Queensland The end of the oppressive Assad regime in Syria in late 2024 has been broadly welcomed on the global stage – underscored by the fact the United States and European Union have now ... <a title="Women played key roles in Syria’s revolution. Now they’ve been pushed to the margins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/women-played-key-roles-in-syrias-revolution-now-theyve-been-pushed-to-the-margins-257358/" aria-label="Read more about Women played key roles in Syria’s revolution. Now they’ve been pushed to the margins">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dave Carter, Associate Professor, School of Music and Screen Arts, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Getty Images Was the recent Velvet Sundown phenomenon a great music and media hoax, a sign of things to come, or just another example of what’s already happening ? In ... <a title="Music is at the forefront of AI disruption, but NZ artists still have few protections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/music-is-at-the-forefront-of-ai-disruption-but-nz-artists-still-have-few-protections-260299/" aria-label="Read more about Music is at the forefront of AI disruption, but NZ artists still have few protections">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University You’re standing at your front door, facing a five kilometre commute to work. But you don’t have your car, and there’s no bus route. You can walk for an hour – or jump on your bicycle and arrive in ... <a title="Cycling can be 4 times more efficient than walking. A biomechanics expert explains why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/cycling-can-be-4-times-more-efficient-than-walking-a-biomechanics-expert-explains-why-257120/" aria-label="Read more about Cycling can be 4 times more efficient than walking. A biomechanics expert explains why">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mario Peucker, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University The way racism manifests itself may have changed over time, but it remains a persistent problem in Australia. The 2024 Reconciliation Barometer found a significant increase in racism against First ... <a title="‘You become a target’: research shows why many people who experience racism don’t report it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/you-become-a-target-research-shows-why-many-people-who-experience-racism-dont-report-it-260092/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You become a target’: research shows why many people who experience racism don’t report it">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University d3sign/Getty Alcohol has many negative effects on our health, some of which may surprise you. These include short-term impacts such as waking up with a pounding head or anxiety, to long-term effects including ... <a title="Even a day off alcohol makes a difference – our timeline maps the health benefits when you stop drinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/even-a-day-off-alcohol-makes-a-difference-our-timeline-maps-the-health-benefits-when-you-stop-drinking-249272/" aria-label="Read more about Even a day off alcohol makes a difference – our timeline maps the health benefits when you stop drinking">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Reeve, Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute An official from German energy supplier Eon with Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest after inking a deal in 2022 to supply green hydrogen from Australia to Germany. Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images As the world looks for ... <a title="What’s happened to Australia’s green hydrogen dream? Here are 5 reasons the industry has floundered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/whats-happened-to-australias-green-hydrogen-dream-here-are-5-reasons-the-industry-has-floundered-260634/" aria-label="Read more about What’s happened to Australia’s green hydrogen dream? Here are 5 reasons the industry has floundered">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Whelan, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney GAS-photo/Shutterstock House prices continued to rise across Australia in June, recent data shows. Nationally, prices have risen about 38% in the past five years. Higher housing prices are simply one contributor, albeit a very important one, to the ... <a title="Soaring house prices may be locking people into marriages, new research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/soaring-house-prices-may-be-locking-people-into-marriages-new-research-shows-260086/" aria-label="Read more about Soaring house prices may be locking people into marriages, new research shows">Read more</a>
