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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Inge Gnatt, Psychologist, Lecturer in Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images If you’ve ever been on the sidelines at an under-12’s team sport, you will know that some children are fiercely competitive, while others are there simply to socialise. In the workplace, two colleagues ... <a title="Why are some people extremely competitive while others are so chill?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/why-are-some-people-extremely-competitive-while-others-are-so-chill-269270/" aria-label="Read more about Why are some people extremely competitive while others are so chill?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney It is now (almost) official: Tasmania will finally take its place in the Australian Football League (AFL). Tasmania, a foundation state of the nation’s homegrown game of Australian rules football, has trod a tortuous route, with ... <a title="Why Tasmania’s politicians couldn’t say no to a once-in-a-century AFL opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/why-tasmanias-politicians-couldnt-say-no-to-a-once-in-a-century-afl-opportunity-270979/" aria-label="Read more about Why Tasmania’s politicians couldn’t say no to a once-in-a-century AFL opportunity">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brooke Nickel, NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, University of Sydney Andrii Zastrozhnov/Getty Imagine a 57-year-old woman, let’s call her Maria, who’s just opened a letter about her mammography results. She’s had several mammograms before, but this time reads new information: “Your breasts are dense”. While the letter ... <a title="Women told they have dense breasts don’t know what to do next, new study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/women-told-they-have-dense-breasts-dont-know-what-to-do-next-new-study-shows-270654/" aria-label="Read more about Women told they have dense breasts don’t know what to do next, new study shows">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Tibby, Associate Professor in Environmental Change, University of Adelaide Duncan McNab/UnSpash, CC BY-ND The lakes on the world’s biggest sand island, K’gari, are famous. Pivotal to the World Heritage listing of the Queensland island formerly known as Fraser Island, their turquoise waters feature in international tourism ... <a title="K’gari’s unique ancient lakes once dried out. Could this happen again?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/kgaris-unique-ancient-lakes-once-dried-out-could-this-happen-again-270371/" aria-label="Read more about K’gari’s unique ancient lakes once dried out. Could this happen again?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jesse Austin-Stewart, Lecturer, School of Music and Screen Arts, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Getty Images Spotify has just released Spotify Wrapped, its annual end-of-year viral promotional exercise. For New Zealand musicians, however, there was little to get excited about. Spotify Wrapped aims to reflect ... <a title="Spotify Wrapped ghosted NZ music again. Local artists and audiences deserve more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/spotify-wrapped-ghosted-nz-music-again-local-artists-and-audiences-deserve-more-270802/" aria-label="Read more about Spotify Wrapped ghosted NZ music again. Local artists and audiences deserve more">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bram Servais, PhD Candidate Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne A microelectrode array covered with neurons. Bram Servais As prominent artificial intelligence (AI) researchers eye limits to the current phase of the technology, a different approach is gaining attention: using living human brain cells as computational hardware. ... <a title="How scientists are growing computers from human brain cells – and why they want to keep doing it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/how-scientists-are-growing-computers-from-human-brain-cells-and-why-they-want-to-keep-doing-it-270464/" aria-label="Read more about How scientists are growing computers from human brain cells – and why they want to keep doing it">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Coppel, Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne Myanmar’s military regime has announced elections will be held in three phases, starting on December 28 and concluding in January. Two outcomes are certain: first, the military-aligned party will be recorded as winning and, second, the government in exile ... <a title="Myanmar’s military will no doubt win this month’s sham elections. But could a shake-up follow?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/myanmars-military-will-no-doubt-win-this-months-sham-elections-but-could-a-shake-up-follow-269793/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar’s military will no doubt win this month’s sham elections. But could a shake-up follow?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Summer’s here and after a wet spring in many parts of Australia, mosquitoes are out in force. Insect repellent has become a routine requirement for time outdoors. ... <a title="Are mozzie repellents safe to use? And do I really need them in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/are-mozzie-repellents-safe-to-use-and-do-i-really-need-them-in-australia-267974/" aria-label="Read more about Are mozzie repellents safe to use? And do I really need them in Australia?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna Grant-Smith, Professor of Management, University of the Sunshine Coast Vishnu R Nair/Pexels Around Australia, music festival season is once again kicking into high gear. Yet behind every headline act is a vast and often invisible workforce of stage crew, sound engineers, lighting techs, riggers, truck drivers, ... <a title="As music festival season ramps up, artists can help shine a light on an ‘invisible’ workforce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/as-music-festival-season-ramps-up-artists-can-help-shine-a-light-on-an-invisible-workforce-270967/" aria-label="Read more about As music festival season ramps up, artists can help shine a light on an ‘invisible’ workforce">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will Jeffery, Sessional Academic, Discipline of Film Studies, University of Sydney Psycho (1960) I was recently watching a scene from the 2025 film Weapons for a monograph I’m writing and noticed a familiar sound: a low, unsettling drone as a character walks down a hallway. It’s the ... <a title="The scariest stuff is what you can’t see: how we got the sound of horror films" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/the-scariest-stuff-is-what-you-cant-see-how-we-got-the-sound-of-horror-films-267639/" aria-label="Read more about The scariest stuff is what you can’t see: how we got the sound of horror films">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Larsen, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of New England On Wednesday, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority released the school-level results for this year’s NAPLAN tests. This reporting includes scores for years 3, 5, 7 and 9 across literacy and numeracy. Parents received children’s individual ... <a title="Is the focus on NAPLAN’s ‘top’ schools a good idea?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/is-the-focus-on-naplans-top-schools-a-good-idea-271197/" aria-label="Read more about Is the focus on NAPLAN’s ‘top’ schools a good idea?">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Hellewell, Senior Research Fellow, The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, and Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University A recent episode of the The Kardashians shared some startling news about Kim Kardashian’s brain. Discussing Kim’s recent brain scan, her doctor pointed out “holes” ... <a title="Kim Kardashian’s brain scan shows ‘low activity’ and holes. I’m a brain expert and I have questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/kim-kardashians-brain-scan-shows-low-activity-and-holes-im-a-brain-expert-and-i-have-questions-271083/" aria-label="Read more about Kim Kardashian’s brain scan shows ‘low activity’ and holes. I’m a brain expert and I have questions">Read more</a>
