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May 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Moira Junge, Adjunct Clincal Associate Professor (Psychologist), Monash University K.IvanS/Shutterstock You might have heard of people using tape to literally keep their mouths shut while they sleep. Mouth taping has become a popular trend on social media, with many fans claiming it helps improve sleep and overall ... <a title="Please don’t tape your mouth at night, whatever TikTok says. A new study shows why this viral trend can be risky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/please-dont-tape-your-mouth-at-night-whatever-tiktok-says-a-new-study-shows-why-this-viral-trend-can-be-risky-256901/" aria-label="Read more about Please don’t tape your mouth at night, whatever TikTok says. A new study shows why this viral trend can be risky">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Shaw, Associate Professor in Public Health, University of Otago Getty Images Anyone who uses city roads will know e-bikes have become increasingly popular in Aotearoa New Zealand. But we also know rising e-bike sales have been predominantly driven by financially well-off households. The question now is, ... <a title="E-bikes for everyone: 3 NZ trials show people will make the switch – with the right support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/e-bikes-for-everyone-3-nz-trials-show-people-will-make-the-switch-with-the-right-support-255956/" aria-label="Read more about E-bikes for everyone: 3 NZ trials show people will make the switch – with the right support">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor & Principal Fellow in Urban Risk & Resilience, The University of Melbourne In the year 2000, almost 70% of all new cars sold in Australia were small passenger vehicles – mainly sedans and hatchbacks. But over 25 years, their share has dropped dramatically ... <a title="Drivers of SUVs and pick-ups should pay more to be on our roads. Here’s how to make the system fairer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/drivers-of-suvs-and-pick-ups-should-pay-more-to-be-on-our-roads-heres-how-to-make-the-system-fairer-252381/" aria-label="Read more about Drivers of SUVs and pick-ups should pay more to be on our roads. Here’s how to make the system fairer">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Hoeksema, Professor of Ecology, University of Mississippi Birds are drawn to the mirror effect of windows. That can turn deadly when they think they see trees. CCahill/iStock/Getty Images Plus When wood thrushes arrive in northern Mississippi on their spring migration and begin to serenade my neighborhood ... <a title="Windows are the No. 1 human threat to birds – an ecologist shares some simple steps to reduce collisions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/windows-are-the-no-1-human-threat-to-birds-an-ecologist-shares-some-simple-steps-to-reduce-collisions-255838/" aria-label="Read more about Windows are the No. 1 human threat to birds – an ecologist shares some simple steps to reduce collisions">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra This week, the Reserve Bank delivered welcome news for mortgage holders, with another 25 basis points rate cut. With this cut, some are hoping that the cost-of-living pain will start to finally ease. Economists, however, are still wary of celebrating ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers on keeping Australia out of recession amid the ‘dark shadow’ of global instability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jim-chalmers-on-keeping-australia-out-of-recession-amid-the-dark-shadow-of-global-instability-257228/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers on keeping Australia out of recession amid the ‘dark shadow’ of global instability">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Victorian and NSW Nationals senators due to face the voters at the 2028 election will struggle to hold their seats if the former partners do not re-form the Coalition before then. Under usual Coalition arrangements, Bridget McKenzie, from Victoria, ... <a title="View from The Hill: Coalition split puts Victorian and NSW Nationals Senate seats at high risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/view-from-the-hill-coalition-split-puts-victorian-and-nsw-nationals-senate-seats-at-high-risk-256456/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Coalition split puts Victorian and NSW Nationals Senate seats at high risk">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne Emergency crews were scrambling to rescue residents trapped by floodwaters on Wednesday as heavy rain pummelled the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. In some areas, more ... <a title="NSW is copping rain and flooding while parts of Australia are in drought. What’s going on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/nsw-is-copping-rain-and-flooding-while-parts-of-australia-are-in-drought-whats-going-on-257235/" aria-label="Read more about NSW is copping rain and flooding while parts of Australia are in drought. What’s going on?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 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 Counting in several extremely close seats continues, but some results have become clearer. In Liberal-held Bradfield, Teal candidate Nicolette Boele has taken the lead, while the Calwell ... <a title="Counts in Bradfield and Calwell become clearer, while Jacqui Lambie faces a possible problem in the Tasmanian Senate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/counts-in-bradfield-and-calwell-become-clearer-while-jacqui-lambie-faces-a-possible-problem-in-the-tasmanian-senate-257122/" aria-label="Read more about Counts in Bradfield and Calwell become clearer, while Jacqui Lambie faces a possible problem in the Tasmanian Senate">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Houlihan, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast Dima Berlin/Shutterstock Can you only start a boring admin task once your house is clean? Do you leave the trickiest emails to the end of the day? Delaying a goal or task – usually to ... <a title="Why do I procrastinate? And can I do anything about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/why-do-i-procrastinate-and-can-i-do-anything-about-it-255770/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I procrastinate? And can I do anything about it?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Clarke, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Tasmania Mirrorscape (detail), 2025, Théo Mercier. Photo credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford. Image courtesy of the artist and the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The first impulse is to kick it. After all, it’s a sand sculpture. ... <a title="A sculpture made from 80 tonnes of sand, Mirrorscape is remarkable – but too much is left unsaid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/a-sculpture-made-from-80-tonnes-of-sand-mirrorscape-is-remarkable-but-too-much-is-left-unsaid-256813/" aria-label="Read more about A sculpture made from 80 tonnes of sand, Mirrorscape is remarkable – but too much is left unsaid">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Cover, Professor of Digital Communication and Director of the RMIT Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University In its most recent battle with authorities in Australia, X (formerly Twitter) has launched legal action in the Federal Court, seeking an exemption from a new safety standard aimed at ... <a title="What’s the obscure Australian online safety standard Elon Musk’s X is trying to dodge in court? An expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/whats-the-obscure-australian-online-safety-standard-elon-musks-x-is-trying-to-dodge-in-court-an-expert-explains-257222/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the obscure Australian online safety standard Elon Musk’s X is trying to dodge in court? An expert explains">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ama Samarasinghe, Lecturer, Financial Planning and Tax, RMIT University doublelee/Shutterstock On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia cut the target cash rate by 0.25 percentage points. It now sits at 3.85% – the lowest since May 2023. Australia’s big four banks were all quick to announce they ... <a title="Interest rates are coming down. Here’s what homeowners should know about refinancing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/interest-rates-are-coming-down-heres-what-homeowners-should-know-about-refinancing-257116/" aria-label="Read more about Interest rates are coming down. Here’s what homeowners should know about refinancing">Read more</a>
