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May 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Hernández Carrasco, PhD Candidate in Ecology, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/Colin Stephenson Seasonality shapes much of life on Earth. Most species, including humans, have synchronised their own rhythms with those of Earth’s seasons. Plant growth cycles, the migration of billions of animals, and even aspects of human ... <a title="Earth’s seasonal rhythms are changing, putting species and ecosystems at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/30/earths-seasonal-rhythms-are-changing-putting-species-and-ecosystems-at-risk-257660/" aria-label="Read more about Earth’s seasonal rhythms are changing, putting species and ecosystems at risk">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zena Assaad, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Australian National University Google recently unveiled the next phase of its artificial intelligence (AI) journey: “AI mode”. This new feature will soon be released as a new option to users of Google’s search engine in the United States, with no ... <a title="Google is going ‘all in’ on AI. It’s part of a troubling trend in big tech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/30/google-is-going-all-in-on-ai-its-part-of-a-troubling-trend-in-big-tech-257563/" aria-label="Read more about Google is going ‘all in’ on AI. It’s part of a troubling trend in big tech">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yi Yang, Research Fellow, Social Epidemiology, Melbourne Disability Institute, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne Chona Kasinger/Disabled and Here, CC BY-SA People with disability are missing out on screening programs that could help detect cancer early, and after diagnosis, are less likely ... <a title="People with disability are dying from cancers we can actually prevent, our study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/30/people-with-disability-are-dying-from-cancers-we-can-actually-prevent-our-study-shows-257456/" aria-label="Read more about People with disability are dying from cancers we can actually prevent, our study shows">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Armin Alimardani, Senior Lecturer in Law and Emerging Technologies, University of Wollongong Mikhail Nilov/ Pexels , CC BY “AI tutors” have been hyped as a way to revolutionise education. The idea is generative artificial intelligence tools (such as ChatGPT) could adapt to any teaching style set by ... <a title="Researchers created a chatbot to help teach a university law class – but the AI kept messing up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/30/researchers-created-a-chatbot-to-help-teach-a-university-law-class-but-the-ai-kept-messing-up-257551/" aria-label="Read more about Researchers created a chatbot to help teach a university law class – but the AI kept messing up">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Booth, Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Tasmania Once again, large parts of New South Wales have been devastated by floods. It’s estimated 10,000 homes and businesses may have been damaged or destroyed and the Insurance Council of Australia reports more than 6,000 insurance claims ... <a title="NSW is again cleaning up after major floods. Are we veering towards the collapse of insurability?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/30/nsw-is-again-cleaning-up-after-major-floods-are-we-veering-towards-the-collapse-of-insurability-257715/" aria-label="Read more about NSW is again cleaning up after major floods. Are we veering towards the collapse of insurability?">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Balanzategui, Associate Professor in Media, RMIT University A24 They may have only made two feature films so far, but Danny and Michael Philippou are already being hailed as Australia’s premiere horror auteurs. Their 2023 debut Talk To Me sparked a bidding war between distributors upon its ... <a title="Talk to Me was a rollercoaster, but the Philippou brothers’ Bring Her Back will trap you in a house of horrors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/30/talk-to-me-was-a-rollercoaster-but-the-philippou-brothers-bring-her-back-will-trap-you-in-a-house-of-horrors-257631/" aria-label="Read more about Talk to Me was a rollercoaster, but the Philippou brothers’ Bring Her Back will trap you in a house of horrors">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia these days receives invitations to big-league international conferences. And so Anthony Albanese will be off soon to the G7 meeting in Alberta, Canada, on June 15-17. For the prime minister, what’s most important about this trip is not so ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Trump, tariffs and the Middle East are looming challenges for Albanese" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/29/grattan-on-friday-trump-tariffs-and-the-middle-east-are-looming-challenges-for-albanese-257333/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Trump, tariffs and the Middle East are looming challenges for Albanese">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A. Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University New Africa/Shutterstock The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has this week released new data which tells us about the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Australians’ bodies. The data comes from concentrations measured in ... <a title="New Australian data shows most of us have PFAS in our blood. How worried should we be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/29/new-australian-data-shows-most-of-us-have-pfas-in-our-blood-how-worried-should-we-be-257648/" aria-label="Read more about New Australian data shows most of us have PFAS in our blood. How worried should we be?">Read more</a>
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May 29, 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 Buttons have been pressed to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate in Victoria, the ACT, Queensland and Western Australia. Labor gained a seat from the Liberals in ... <a title="Labor gains Senate seats in Victoria and Queensland, and surges to a national 55.6–44.4 two-party margin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/29/labor-gains-senate-seats-in-victoria-and-queensland-and-surges-to-a-national-55-6-44-4-two-party-margin-257714/" aria-label="Read more about Labor gains Senate seats in Victoria and Queensland, and surges to a national 55.6–44.4 two-party margin">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Roberts, Professor of Education and Social Justice, Monash University British prosecutors have this week charged social media influencer Andrew Tate with a string of serious sexual offences, including rape and human trafficking, alleged to have been committed in the United Kingdom between 2012 and 2015. This ... <a title="Influencer Andrew Tate is charged with a raft of sex crimes. His followers will see him as the victim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/29/influencer-andrew-tate-is-charged-with-a-raft-of-sex-crimes-his-followers-will-see-him-as-the-victim-257805/" aria-label="Read more about Influencer Andrew Tate is charged with a raft of sex crimes. His followers will see him as the victim">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Smith, Professor of Archaeology (World Rock Art), School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia Yesterday, new environment minister Murray Watt approved an extension for the North West Shelf liquefied natural gas project. The gas plant at Karratha, Western Australia, will run until 2070. This ... <a title="How the North West Shelf expansion risks further damage to Murujuga’s 50,000-year-old rock art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/29/how-the-north-west-shelf-expansion-risks-further-damage-to-murujugas-50-000-year-old-rock-art-257615/" aria-label="Read more about How the North West Shelf expansion risks further damage to Murujuga’s 50,000-year-old rock art">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon C. Day, Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has again raised grave fears for the future of the Great Barrier Reef, highlighting the problems of water pollution, climate change and unsustainable fishing. The committee this week ... <a title="UNESCO expresses ‘utmost concern’ at the state of the Great Barrier Reef" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/29/unesco-expresses-utmost-concern-at-the-state-of-the-great-barrier-reef-257638/" aria-label="Read more about UNESCO expresses ‘utmost concern’ at the state of the Great Barrier Reef">Read more</a>
