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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlyn Forster, Associate Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney Madagascan sunset moth (_Chrysiridia rhipheus_). kristofz/iNaturalist, CC BY-NC-SA As the weather starts to warm in Australia, you might notice the pleasant flutter of butterflies in your garden during the day. And perhaps if you’ve ... <a title="What’s the difference between moths and butterflies? Look at their antennae" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/whats-the-difference-between-moths-and-butterflies-look-at-their-antennae-266368/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between moths and butterflies? Look at their antennae">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Old, Associate Professor in Biology, Zoology and Animal Science, Western Sydney University Julian Stratenschulte/Getty Wombat noses and whiskers don’t just make them adorable. Both are unique sensory organs essential for navigation, foraging and communication. They’re crucial to wombat survival in complex environments. The two different types ... <a title="Whiskers for warrens: why wombats have such whiskery snouts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/whiskers-for-warrens-why-wombats-have-such-whiskery-snouts-266351/" aria-label="Read more about Whiskers for warrens: why wombats have such whiskery snouts">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Conrad Pilditch, Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images A new law that almost triples the protected area in the Hauraki Gulf Tīkapa Moana – New Zealand’s largest marine park at more than 1.2 million hectares, surrounding Auckland and the Coromandel peninsula ... <a title="Protected areas in the Hauraki Gulf nearly triple under a new law – but it comes with a catch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/protected-areas-in-the-hauraki-gulf-nearly-triple-under-a-new-law-but-it-comes-with-a-catch-266900/" aria-label="Read more about Protected areas in the Hauraki Gulf nearly triple under a new law – but it comes with a catch">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Enterprise, Torrens University Australia Edward Berthelot/Getty Images For decades, animal rights activists, campaigners and ethical designers have fought to strip fur fashion of its glamour and expose the cruelty behind it. From bold celebrity-led protests to quiet shifts in consumer values, ... <a title="Condé Nast bans fur after decades of protest. Is it a turning point, or another fashion fad?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/conde-nast-bans-fur-after-decades-of-protest-is-it-a-turning-point-or-another-fashion-fad-266885/" aria-label="Read more about Condé Nast bans fur after decades of protest. Is it a turning point, or another fashion fad?">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Conrad Pilditch, Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images A new law that almost triples the protected area in the Hauraki Gulf Tīkapa Moana – New Zealand’s largest marine park at more than 1.2 million hectares, surrounding Auckland and the Coromandel peninsula ... <a title="Protected areas in the Hauraki Gulf nearly triple under a new law – but it comes with fish hooks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/protected-areas-in-the-hauraki-gulf-nearly-triple-under-a-new-law-but-it-comes-with-fish-hooks-266900/" aria-label="Read more about Protected areas in the Hauraki Gulf nearly triple under a new law – but it comes with fish hooks">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tristan Moss, Senior Lecturer in History, UNSW Sydney After a slight delay, Australia and Papua New Guinea formally signed a defence treaty this week committing the two nations to come to each other’s aid if one is faced with an attack. According to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, ... <a title="Australia-PNG defence treaty: what we can learn from history to make this new alliance work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/australia-png-defence-treaty-what-we-can-learn-from-history-to-make-this-new-alliance-work-266784/" aria-label="Read more about Australia-PNG defence treaty: what we can learn from history to make this new alliance work">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Meyer, Senior Lecturer, Anatomy and Pathology in the College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University HUUM/Unsplash Imagine two scenarios. In the first, you’re hiking uphill on a warm day, beads of sweat rolling down your forehead. In the second, you’ve just remembered you have an ... <a title="What’s the difference between hot sweat and cold sweat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/whats-the-difference-between-hot-sweat-and-cold-sweat-264037/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between hot sweat and cold sweat?">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Hronis, Clinical Psychologist, Lecturer and Research Supervisor, Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney d3sign/Getty Images Advice about cutting down on dopamine is everywhere right now. From “dopamine fasting” to “anti-dopamine parenting” and even “raw-dogging” flights (going without any screens, books or music), TikTok influencers ... <a title="What is a ‘dopamine detox’? And do I need one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/what-is-a-dopamine-detox-and-do-i-need-one-254813/" aria-label="Read more about What is a ‘dopamine detox’? And do I need one?">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Coral Gartner, Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, The University of Queensland Australian Border Force Reports of illegal tobacco crimes have sharply increased in Australia in recent years. Organised crime syndicates believed to be behind tobacco smuggling operations have also infiltrated the ... <a title="Queensland landlords could soon face jail for ignoring illegal tobacco. What are other states doing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/queensland-landlords-could-soon-face-jail-for-ignoring-illegal-tobacco-what-are-other-states-doing-266895/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland landlords could soon face jail for ignoring illegal tobacco. What are other states doing?">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Shackell, Sessional Academic, School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology A crowd gathers outside the New York Stock Exchange following the ‘Great Crash’ of October 1929. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, US Library of Congress The electrification boom of the 1920s ... <a title="Today’s AI hype has echoes of a devastating technology boom and bust 100 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/todays-ai-hype-has-echoes-of-a-devastating-technology-boom-and-bust-100-years-ago-265492/" aria-label="Read more about Today’s AI hype has echoes of a devastating technology boom and bust 100 years ago">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Qiang Tang, Associate Professor, Computer Science, University of Sydney Joan Gammell/Unsplash Nowadays data breaches aren’t rare shocks – they’re a weekly drumbeat. From leaked customer records to stolen source code, our digital lives keep spilling into the open. Git services are especially vulnerable to cybersecurity threats. These ... <a title="The world’s most sensitive computer code is vulnerable to attack. A new encryption method can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/the-worlds-most-sensitive-computer-code-is-vulnerable-to-attack-a-new-encryption-method-can-help-266236/" aria-label="Read more about The world’s most sensitive computer code is vulnerable to attack. A new encryption method can help">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amit Arora, Associate Professor in Public Health, Western Sydney University Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Thousands of residents in Dubbo and Wellington, in western New South Wales, haven’t had fluoride added to their tap water for nearly seven years. After a public outcry, the council’s fluoridation equipment is ... <a title="Some towns are cutting fluoride from water supplies. Here’s what this means for locals’ teeth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/some-towns-are-cutting-fluoride-from-water-supplies-heres-what-this-means-for-locals-teeth-266501/" aria-label="Read more about Some towns are cutting fluoride from water supplies. Here’s what this means for locals’ teeth">Read more</a>
