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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Stanley, Professor of Ecology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Do schools and trees mix? You may have memories of shady playing areas and shelter belts by playing fields, but our recent study suggests this is increasingly an exception rather than a rule. Trees ... <a title="Does your school have enough trees? Here’s why they’re great for kids and their learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/does-your-school-have-enough-trees-heres-why-theyre-great-for-kids-and-their-learning-246411/" aria-label="Read more about Does your school have enough trees? Here’s why they’re great for kids and their learning">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
What will happen to Australia — and New Zealand — once the superpower that has been followed into endless battles, the United States, finally unravels? COMMENTARY: By Michelle Pini, managing editor of Independent Australia With President Donald Trump now into his second week in the White House, horrific fires have continued to rage across Los ... <a title="Trump 2.0 chaos and destruction — what it means Down Under" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/trump-2-0-chaos-and-destruction-what-it-means-down-under/" aria-label="Read more about Trump 2.0 chaos and destruction — what it means Down Under">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Harrison, Lecturer in Digital Communications, Flinders University Mart Production/Pexels It all begins innocently – a late-night peek at your favourite social media site before bed. You catch a headline that grabs your attention with “breaking news” you can’t afford to miss. Like following digital breadcrumbs, one ... <a title="When news is stressful, how do you balance staying informed with ‘doomscrolling’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/when-news-is-stressful-how-do-you-balance-staying-informed-with-doomscrolling-248017/" aria-label="Read more about When news is stressful, how do you balance staying informed with ‘doomscrolling’?">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eylem Altuntas, Postdoctoral Researcher, Speech & Language Development, The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University Colin Maynard/Unsplash Babies are like little detectives, constantly piecing together clues about the world around them. If you’ve ever noticed your baby staring at you while you talk, ... <a title="Babies as young as 4 months can tell how the sounds of different languages are made – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/babies-as-young-as-4-months-can-tell-how-the-sounds-of-different-languages-are-made-new-research-248225/" aria-label="Read more about Babies as young as 4 months can tell how the sounds of different languages are made – new research">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia It has now been four years since the Myanmar military launched its cataclysmic coup against the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1 2021, starting a civil war that has devastated the country. ... <a title="As the Myanmar junta’s hold on power weakens, could the devastating war be nearing a conclusion?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/as-the-myanmar-juntas-hold-on-power-weakens-could-the-devastating-war-be-nearing-a-conclusion-247987/" aria-label="Read more about As the Myanmar junta’s hold on power weakens, could the devastating war be nearing a conclusion?">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University Christian Moro/Shutterstock With one in four Australian adults experiencing problems with incontinence, some people look to supplements for relief. With ingredients such as pumpkin seed oil and soybean extract, a range of products promise relief from frequent bathroom trips. ... <a title="What’s in the supplements that claim to help you cut down on bathroom breaks? And do they work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/whats-in-the-supplements-that-claim-to-help-you-cut-down-on-bathroom-breaks-and-do-they-work-245755/" aria-label="Read more about What’s in the supplements that claim to help you cut down on bathroom breaks? And do they work?">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Celermajer, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney As the 2019-2020 megafires took hold across eastern Australia, many of us reeled at the sight of animals trying and often failing to flee. Our screens filled up with images of koalas with burned paws and ... <a title="As the Black Summer megafires neared, people rallied to save wildlife and domestic animals. But it came at a real cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/as-the-black-summer-megafires-neared-people-rallied-to-save-wildlife-and-domestic-animals-but-it-came-at-a-real-cost-248432/" aria-label="Read more about As the Black Summer megafires neared, people rallied to save wildlife and domestic animals. But it came at a real cost">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chiara O’Reilly, Senior Lecturer in Museum Studies, University of Sydney From January 31, Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) will reintroduce ticketed entry, charging adults $20 for general admission and $35 for combined special exhibitions and museum entry. Entry will remain free for Australian students and people ... <a title="Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art is now charging for entry. It’s a sign our cultural sector needs help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/sydneys-museum-of-contemporary-art-is-now-charging-for-entry-its-a-sign-our-cultural-sector-needs-help-247458/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art is now charging for entry. It’s a sign our cultural sector needs help">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Andhov, Chair in Law and Technology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau The images of President Donald Trump at his inauguration surrounded by the titans of the global tech industry is a warning of what could come: a global digital oligarchy dominated by a tiny tech ... <a title="As the ‘digital oligarchy’ grows in power, NZ will struggle to regulate its global reach and influence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/as-the-digital-oligarchy-grows-in-power-nz-will-struggle-to-regulate-its-global-reach-and-influence-247899/" aria-label="Read more about As the ‘digital oligarchy’ grows in power, NZ will struggle to regulate its global reach and influence">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
After lengthy, torrid and emotional debate a critical decision for the future of Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau is being made in March. One party will celebrate; the other will slink back to the drawing board. But will it really settle the great Auckland stadium debate? SPECIAL REPORT: By Chris Schulz It resembles a building from Blade ... <a title="‘Turn it into a retirement village’: Inside the war of words over Eden Park" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/turn-it-into-a-retirement-village-inside-the-war-of-words-over-eden-park/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Turn it into a retirement village’: Inside the war of words over Eden Park">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. Davern, Professor of Accounting & Business Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Almost A$1 trillion (US$600 billion) was wiped off the value of artificial intelligence microchip maker Nvidia overnight on Monday, when a little-known Chinese start up, DeepSeek, threatened to upend the US tech market. ... <a title="DeepSeek shatters beliefs about the cost of AI, leaving US tech giants reeling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/28/deepseek-shatters-beliefs-about-the-cost-of-ai-leaving-us-tech-giants-reeling-248424/" aria-label="Read more about DeepSeek shatters beliefs about the cost of AI, leaving US tech giants reeling">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tongliang Liu, Associate Professor of Machine Learning and Director of the Sydney AI Centre, University of Sydney Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek has sent shockwaves through the tech community, with the release of extremely efficient AI models that can compete with cutting-edge products from US companies ... <a title="DeepSeek: how a small Chinese AI company is shaking up US tech heavyweights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/28/deepseek-how-a-small-chinese-ai-company-is-shaking-up-us-tech-heavyweights-248434/" aria-label="Read more about DeepSeek: how a small Chinese AI company is shaking up US tech heavyweights">Read more</a>
