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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jay Deagon, Senior Lecturer of Home Economics, CQUniversity Australia Alexanderstock23/Shutterstock One moment, your spaghetti is happily bubbling away in the pot. A minute later, after busying yourself with something else, you turn around to find a hot mess all over your stove. Boiling liquid can rocket up ... <a title="Can a wooden spoon really stop a pot from boiling over? Here’s the science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/can-a-wooden-spoon-really-stop-a-pot-from-boiling-over-heres-the-science-252519/" aria-label="Read more about Can a wooden spoon really stop a pot from boiling over? Here’s the science">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Roman mosaics discovered in Sicily show women playing different sports. David Pineda Svenske/Shutterstock It’s almost impossible to go a day without seeing or hearing about sport. Walk around any city or town and you ... <a title="How did sport become so popular? The ancient history of a modern obsession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/how-did-sport-become-so-popular-the-ancient-history-of-a-modern-obsession-254057/" aria-label="Read more about How did sport become so popular? The ancient history of a modern obsession">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Associate professor, Chair of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia Reihaneh Golpayegani / Better Images of AI, CC BY An estimated 90% of the training data for current generative AI systems stems from English. However, English is an international ... <a title="AI systems are built on English – but not the kind most of the world speaks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/ai-systems-are-built-on-english-but-not-the-kind-most-of-the-world-speaks-249710/" aria-label="Read more about AI systems are built on English – but not the kind most of the world speaks">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Yates, Lecturer, Project Management, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Ever tried to explain why a sausage would be referred to as a “snag” while overseas, or why the toilet is the “dunny”? If you found this challenging, spare a thought for large language models (LLMs) such as ... <a title="Crikey, ChatGPT’s gone bush! How AI is learning the art of Aussie slang" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/crikey-chatgpts-gone-bush-how-ai-is-learning-the-art-of-aussie-slang-253939/" aria-label="Read more about Crikey, ChatGPT’s gone bush! How AI is learning the art of Aussie slang">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Abdel Shaheed, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease, affecting more than 3 million Australians and over 500 million people worldwide. The knee is the most commonly affected joint, but osteoarthritis can also affect other joints including ... <a title="What are the key risk factors for developing knee osteoarthritis? We reviewed the evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/what-are-the-key-risk-factors-for-developing-knee-osteoarthritis-we-reviewed-the-evidence-253722/" aria-label="Read more about What are the key risk factors for developing knee osteoarthritis? We reviewed the evidence">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Cull, Associate Professor of Accounting and Financial Planning, Western Sydney University With a convincing win for a second term of government, the pressure is now on the new Labor government to deliver the economic policies central to its win. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is wary of ... <a title="We’ve heard the promises. Now it’s up to Labor to deliver its housing, wages and other economic policies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/weve-heard-the-promises-now-its-up-to-labor-to-deliver-its-housing-wages-and-other-economic-policies-255865/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve heard the promises. Now it’s up to Labor to deliver its housing, wages and other economic policies">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University Dan Breckwoldt/Shutterstock Labor’s historic election victory means the Albanese government has a rare opportunity to pursue a big, bold reform agenda. The scale of the victory all but guarantees a third term in office after the next election ... <a title="Labor has the chance to do something big in its second term. What policy reforms should it take on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/labor-has-the-chance-to-do-something-big-in-its-second-term-what-policy-reforms-should-it-take-on-255849/" aria-label="Read more about Labor has the chance to do something big in its second term. What policy reforms should it take on?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Leon Neal/Getty Images A new report from New Zealand’s Classification Office has revealed how young people are being exposed to harmful content online and what it is doing to their mental health. The Classification Office ... <a title="‘I got sent something of people shooting themselves’ – research shows young people can’t avoid harmful content online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/i-got-sent-something-of-people-shooting-themselves-research-shows-young-people-cant-avoid-harmful-content-online-255773/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I got sent something of people shooting themselves’ – research shows young people can’t avoid harmful content online">Read more</a>
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May 5, 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 With 78% of enrolled voters counted, the ABC is calling 85 of the 150 House of Representatives seats for Labor, 39 for the Coalition, zero for the ... <a title="Late counting continues in several seats, with Goldstein and Melbourne among those too close to call" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/late-counting-continues-in-several-seats-with-goldstein-and-melbourne-among-those-too-close-to-call-255868/" aria-label="Read more about Late counting continues in several seats, with Goldstein and Melbourne among those too close to call">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It took an election win, but Anthony Albanese on Monday finally received that much-awaited phone call from US President Donald Trump. The conversation was “warm and positive,” the prime minister told a news conference, thanking the president for “reaching out”. ... <a title="View from The Hill: a budding Trump-Albanese bromance?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/view-from-the-hill-a-budding-trump-albanese-bromance-255619/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: a budding Trump-Albanese bromance?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Lordn/Shutterstock Coeliac disease is not a food allergy or intolerance. It’s an autoimmune disease that makes the body attack the small intestine if gluten (a protein found in wheat, rye and barley) reaches the gut. Even ... <a title="Is it dangerous to kiss someone who’s eaten gluten if you have coeliac disease?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/is-it-dangerous-to-kiss-someone-whos-eaten-gluten-if-you-have-coeliac-disease-255721/" aria-label="Read more about Is it dangerous to kiss someone who’s eaten gluten if you have coeliac disease?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Wallis, Professor of International Security, University of Adelaide The re-election of the Albanese Labor government by such a wide margin should not mean “business as usual” for Australia’s security policy. The global uncertainty instigated by US President Donald Trump means Australia’s security landscape is very different ... <a title="After its landslide win, Labor should have courage and confidence on security – and our alliance with the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/after-its-landslide-win-labor-should-have-courage-and-confidence-on-security-and-our-alliance-with-the-us-255598/" aria-label="Read more about After its landslide win, Labor should have courage and confidence on security – and our alliance with the US">Read more</a>
