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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney It’s common for Australians to use social media to find their next hike or swimming spot. And there’s a huge array of travel influencers willing to supply the #inspo for their ... <a title="Travel influencers ‘do crazy things’ to entertain us – and downplay the risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/travel-influencers-do-crazy-things-to-entertain-us-and-downplay-the-risks-271400/" aria-label="Read more about Travel influencers ‘do crazy things’ to entertain us – and downplay the risks">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yaqoot Fatima, Professor of Sleep Health, University of the Sunshine Coast Malvestida/Unsplash You’ve probably experienced it – your alarm is set for 6:30am, yet somehow your eyes snap open a few minutes before it goes off. There’s no sound, no external cue, just the body somehow knowing ... <a title="Why do we wake up shortly before our alarm goes off? It’s not by chance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/why-do-we-wake-up-shortly-before-our-alarm-goes-off-its-not-by-chance-268992/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we wake up shortly before our alarm goes off? It’s not by chance">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thanh-Son Pham, ARC DECRA Fellow in Geophysics, Australian National University Copernicus / ESA, CC BY Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the northern hemisphere more than 20 years ago, these quakes occur when huge chunks of ice ... <a title="Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes detected at the crumbling end of Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/hundreds-of-iceberg-earthquakes-detected-at-the-crumbling-end-of-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-268893/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes detected at the crumbling end of Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised its long-standing guidance about vaccines and autism. The guidance once stated clearly and correctly that the evidence shows no link between vaccines and the development of autism. Now ... <a title="The United States CDC has abandoned science in its new advice about vaccines and autism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/the-united-states-cdc-has-abandoned-science-in-its-new-advice-about-vaccines-and-autism-271493/" aria-label="Read more about The United States CDC has abandoned science in its new advice about vaccines and autism">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University Australia’s electricity grids are undergoing a profound transformation. Solar and wind have provided 99% of new generating capacity since 2015. Last month, renewables hit parity with fossil fuels for the first time. But there’s a lesser-known part to the story. ... <a title="Big batteries are now outcompeting gas in the grid – and gas-rich Western Australia is at the forefront" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/big-batteries-are-now-outcompeting-gas-in-the-grid-and-gas-rich-western-australia-is-at-the-forefront-271753/" aria-label="Read more about Big batteries are now outcompeting gas in the grid – and gas-rich Western Australia is at the forefront">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Draper, Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Trade and Environment, University of Adelaide JIM WATSON/Getty This week, US President Donald Trump approved previously banned exports of Nvidia’s powerful H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China. In ... <a title="With Nvidia’s second-best AI chips headed for China, the US shifts priorities from security to trade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/with-nvidias-second-best-ai-chips-headed-for-china-the-us-shifts-priorities-from-security-to-trade-271831/" aria-label="Read more about With Nvidia’s second-best AI chips headed for China, the US shifts priorities from security to trade">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilya Ilyankou, PhD candidate at SpaceTimeLab, UCL Night-time view of Derry city centre in Northern Ireland, where the Safest Way app is promoted in pubs to advise on safer walking routes. Irina WS/Shutterstock In the historic walled city of Derry (also known as Londonderry) in Northern Ireland, ... <a title="What’s the safest way to walk home at night? We’ve created an AI-powered app that shows you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/whats-the-safest-way-to-walk-home-at-night-weve-created-an-ai-powered-app-that-shows-you-271710/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the safest way to walk home at night? We’ve created an AI-powered app that shows you">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Among those cheering Wednesday’s start of the Albanese government’s groundbreaking ban on social media accounts for under-16s was former Liberal MP David Coleman, who lost his seat in May. Coleman, who’d been assistant minister to Prime Minister Scott Morrison for ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese’s social media ban is bold reform, but it will take years to judge its real success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/grattan-on-friday-albaneses-social-media-ban-is-bold-reform-but-it-will-take-years-to-judge-its-real-success-270795/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese’s social media ban is bold reform, but it will take years to judge its real success">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney When a First Nations person dies in custody, it sends shockwaves through families and communities. The trauma of losing a loved one adds to a sense of despair that First Nations lives are expendable, that no one is ... <a title="‘Tough on crime’ policies are causing Indigenous people to die in custody" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/tough-on-crime-policies-are-causing-indigenous-people-to-die-in-custody-271829/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Tough on crime’ policies are causing Indigenous people to die in custody">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Wyles, PhD candidate and Research Fellow at the Disrupting Violence Beacon, Griffith University Kian Mousazadeh Unsplash One person dies from suicide every 40 seconds according to the World Health Organisation. In Australia, men are three times more likely to die by suicide than women. The Australian ... <a title="More focus is needed on childhood sexual abuse to combat Australia’s suicide problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/more-focus-is-needed-on-childhood-sexual-abuse-to-combat-australias-suicide-problem-270803/" aria-label="Read more about More focus is needed on childhood sexual abuse to combat Australia’s suicide problem">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giselle Woodley, Lecturer and Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University There has been massive global interest in the new social media legislation introduced in Australia aimed at protecting children from the dangers of doom‑scrolling and mental‑health risks potentially posed by these platforms during their developmental years The platforms’ ... <a title="The social media ban is just the start of Australia’s forthcoming restrictions – and teens have legitimate concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/the-social-media-ban-is-just-the-start-of-australias-forthcoming-restrictions-and-teens-have-legitimate-concerns-271754/" aria-label="Read more about The social media ban is just the start of Australia’s forthcoming restrictions – and teens have legitimate concerns">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christiane Kehoe, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne Maskot/Getty Watching your teenager grieve the loss of their social media account can be confronting. Many are genuinely distressed or struggling with the change, and many parents are unsure how to respond. Australia’s social media ban, which ... <a title="How to handle teen ‘big feelings’ as the social media ban kicks in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/how-to-handle-teen-big-feelings-as-the-social-media-ban-kicks-in-271726/" aria-label="Read more about How to handle teen ‘big feelings’ as the social media ban kicks in">Read more</a>
