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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allison Kealy, Director, Innovative Planet Institute, Swinburne University of Technology Triff/Shutterstock Quantum technology is no longer confined to the lab – it’s making its way into our everyday lives. Now, it’s about to transform something even more fundamental: how we navigate the world. Imagine submarines travelling beneath ... <a title="Quantum navigation could transform how we travel. So what is it, and how does it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/quantum-navigation-could-transform-how-we-travel-so-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work-250285/" aria-label="Read more about Quantum navigation could transform how we travel. So what is it, and how does it work?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mimi Zou, Professor, School of Private & Commercial Law, UNSW Sydney Dorason/Shutterstock When small Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek released a family of extremely efficient and highly competitive AI models last month, it rocked the global tech community. The release revealed China’s growing technological prowess. It ... <a title="DeepSeek is now a global force. But it’s just one player in China’s booming AI industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/deepseek-is-now-a-global-force-but-its-just-one-player-in-chinas-booming-ai-industry-250494/" aria-label="Read more about DeepSeek is now a global force. But it’s just one player in China’s booming AI industry">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brooke Nickel, NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, University of Sydney C-R-V/Shutterstock When Kim Kardashian posted on Instagram about having had a full-body MRI, she enthused that the test can be “life saving”, detecting diseases in the earliest stages before symptoms arise. What Kardashian neglected to say was ... <a title="We analysed almost 1,000 social media posts about 5 popular medical tests. Most were utterly misleading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/we-analysed-almost-1-000-social-media-posts-about-5-popular-medical-tests-most-were-utterly-misleading-247362/" aria-label="Read more about We analysed almost 1,000 social media posts about 5 popular medical tests. Most were utterly misleading">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne chainarong06/Shutterstock Anyone who needs to make their first appointment with a psychiatrist may expect a bit of a wait. Our new research shows Australians are waiting an average 77 days for this initial appointment. But some were ... <a title="Australians can wait at least 258 days for their first psychiatry appointment, our new study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/australians-can-wait-at-least-258-days-for-their-first-psychiatry-appointment-our-new-study-shows-248012/" aria-label="Read more about Australians can wait at least 258 days for their first psychiatry appointment, our new study shows">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hinrich Schaefer, Research Scientist Trace Gases, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Baring Head station, overlooking Cook Strait, is one of the places where air samples are collected to track greenhouse gases. Author provided, CC BY-SA Imagine for a moment the atmosphere is a kitchen ... <a title="The atmosphere is getting better at cleaning itself – but that’s not all good news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/the-atmosphere-is-getting-better-at-cleaning-itself-but-thats-not-all-good-news-248734/" aria-label="Read more about The atmosphere is getting better at cleaning itself – but that’s not all good news">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rongbin Xu, Research Fellow in Health and Epigenetics, Monash University PorporLing/Shutterstock Heat takes it out of you. After a long, hot day, we feel tired and grumpy. But sustained periods of heat do more than that – they age us faster. Cumulative heat stress changes our epigenetics – ... <a title="Intense heat changes our biology and can make us age significantly faster: study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/intense-heat-changes-our-biology-and-can-make-us-age-significantly-faster-study-250784/" aria-label="Read more about Intense heat changes our biology and can make us age significantly faster: study">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona MacDonald, Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University shutterstock LBeddoe/Shutterstock About one in four students report being regularly bullied in Australian schools. Children who are bullied can feel anxious and excluded, stop sleeping and eating well, and lose interest in school. ... <a title="There’s a new ‘rapid review’ into school bullying. Research shows we need to involve the whole school to stop it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/theres-a-new-rapid-review-into-school-bullying-research-shows-we-need-to-involve-the-whole-school-to-stop-it-250519/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a new ‘rapid review’ into school bullying. Research shows we need to involve the whole school to stop it">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mel Marquis, Deputy Associate Dean and Senior Lecturer in Law, Monash University From the supermarket to the petrol pump, many Australians are concerned about the power of large corporations. Are consumers getting a fair deal? Do they have enough choice? This week, the Australian Competition and Consumer ... <a title="Australia could make it easier for consumers to fight back against anti-competitive behaviour. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/australia-could-make-it-easier-for-consumers-to-fight-back-against-anti-competitive-behaviour-heres-how-250505/" aria-label="Read more about Australia could make it easier for consumers to fight back against anti-competitive behaviour. Here’s how">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Grantham, Lecturer in Communication, Griffith University TikTok Australian podcast listeners have been treated to two appearances by the same guest in the past week: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Yesterday, sports comedy team The Grade Cricketer announced a new podcast, The Circus, in which Albanese was the ... <a title="Politicians are podcasting their way onto phone screens, but the impact may be fleeting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/politicians-are-podcasting-their-way-onto-phone-screens-but-the-impact-may-be-fleeting-250793/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians are podcasting their way onto phone screens, but the impact may be fleeting">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Bonsai Films Every so often a film comes along that’s so good that, as we sit in the dark in the cinema, our whole being seems to become charged with electricity and we find ourselves ... <a title="‘One of the best films I’ve seen’: new Australian prison film Inside is an astonishing debut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/one-of-the-best-films-ive-seen-new-australian-prison-film-inside-is-an-astonishing-debut-247206/" aria-label="Read more about ‘One of the best films I’ve seen’: new Australian prison film Inside is an astonishing debut">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In these scrappy days before the prime minister announces the election date, the mud and the personal insults are flying, despite the politicians knowing voters hate this sort of thing. On Wednesday morning TV, shadow finance minister Jane Hume, usually ... <a title="View from The Hill: the mud flies, but will the voters take much notice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/view-from-the-hill-the-mud-flies-but-will-the-voters-take-much-notice-250897/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: the mud flies, but will the voters take much notice?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Debate over the future of Australia’s energy system has erupted again after a federal parliamentary inquiry delivered a report into the deployment of nuclear power in Australia. The report casts doubt on the Coalition’s plan to build ... <a title="New report skewers Coalition’s contentious nuclear plan – and reignites Australia’s energy debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/new-report-skewers-coalitions-contentious-nuclear-plan-and-reignites-australias-energy-debate-250912/" aria-label="Read more about New report skewers Coalition’s contentious nuclear plan – and reignites Australia’s energy debate">Read more</a>
