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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University The Melbourne Cup, a 3,200–metre race for horses more than three years old, has long been called “the race that stops the nation”. Held each year on the first Tuesday in November at Flemington ... <a title="Is the Melbourne Cup losing its appeal? Here’s what the numbers reveal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/is-the-melbourne-cup-losing-its-appeal-heres-what-the-numbers-reveal-268653/" aria-label="Read more about Is the Melbourne Cup losing its appeal? Here’s what the numbers reveal">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gediminas Lipnickas, Lecturer in Marketing, University of South Australia Weichao Deng/Unsplash Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming commonplace, despite statistics showing that only approximately 7% to 13% (depending on size) of companies have incorporated AI into their regular business workflows. Adoption in specific business functions is far ... <a title="The ‘doorman fallacy’: why careless adoption of AI backfires so easily" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/the-doorman-fallacy-why-careless-adoption-of-ai-backfires-so-easily-268380/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘doorman fallacy’: why careless adoption of AI backfires so easily">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christofer Clemente, Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biomechanics, University of the Sunshine Coast Every year on the first Tuesday of November, many Australians tune in to watch “the race that stops a nation”: the Melbourne Cup. Run at Flemington across 3,200 metres (two miles), the Melbourne Cup dates ... <a title="Could a cheetah win the Melbourne Cup?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/could-a-cheetah-win-the-melbourne-cup-267858/" aria-label="Read more about Could a cheetah win the Melbourne Cup?">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Moreau, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Ever worried that skipping breakfast might leave you foggy at work? Or that intermittent fasting would make you irritable, distracted and less productive? Snack food ads warn us that “you’re not you when ... <a title="Does fasting dull your mental edge? We crunched the data for the best advice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/does-fasting-dull-your-mental-edge-we-crunched-the-data-for-the-best-advice-264019/" aria-label="Read more about Does fasting dull your mental edge? We crunched the data for the best advice">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Kent, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Wollongong VioletaStoimenova/Getty Images It’s becoming harder for many Australians to afford enough healthy food, especially in regional areas, our new research shows. We surveyed almost 700 adults across the Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions of New South Wales ... <a title="Food insecurity affects 1 in 3 regional people – and it’s worse for those with poor mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/food-insecurity-affects-1-in-3-regional-people-and-its-worse-for-those-with-poor-mental-health-268482/" aria-label="Read more about Food insecurity affects 1 in 3 regional people – and it’s worse for those with poor mental health">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne Auscape / Contributor When you think of palms, you might be mentally transported to tropical islands and beaches. But palms are a diverse and interesting group of plants of roughly 180 ... <a title="Cabbage tree palm: a sweet-leafed Australian native that waits 150 years to bloom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/cabbage-tree-palm-a-sweet-leafed-australian-native-that-waits-150-years-to-bloom-266902/" aria-label="Read more about Cabbage tree palm: a sweet-leafed Australian native that waits 150 years to bloom">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Page Jeffery, Lecturer in Media and Communications, University of Sydney Cottonbro Studio/ Pexels In just over a month Australia’s social media ban will begin. From December 10, those under 16 will only be able to see publicly available content on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, ... <a title="Don’t dismiss kids’ sadness or anger. How to minimise family conflict over the social media ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/dont-dismiss-kids-sadness-or-anger-how-to-minimise-family-conflict-over-the-social-media-ban-268881/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t dismiss kids’ sadness or anger. How to minimise family conflict over the social media ban">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace Nye-Butler, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Performance and Ecology Research Lab, Griffith University Theatre has long gathered and connected communities through story and shared experience. The performing arts can educate, provoke and inspire climate action. Yet the industry grapples with its own environmental footprint. In response, the Theatre ... <a title="Op-shopping, worm farms and cornstarch blood bags: how Australian theatre is staging a greener future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/op-shopping-worm-farms-and-cornstarch-blood-bags-how-australian-theatre-is-staging-a-greener-future-267638/" aria-label="Read more about Op-shopping, worm farms and cornstarch blood bags: how Australian theatre is staging a greener future">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham and Tiana Haxton, RNZ Pacific journalists Not enough is yet known about the seafloor to decide if deep sea mining can start in the Cook Islands, says an ocean scientist with the government authority in charge of seabed minerals. The Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) returned last week from a 21-day ... <a title="Not enough known about seafloor to begin mining, says Cook Is scientist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/not-enough-known-about-seafloor-to-begin-mining-says-cook-is-scientist/" aria-label="Read more about Not enough known about seafloor to begin mining, says Cook Is scientist">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is looking like a dead woman walking. The latest devastating Newspoll, which has Labor leading the Coalition 57–43% on the two-party vote and Ley’s net approval at minus–33, would be devastating at any time. Her net ... <a title="View from The Hill: Unmoored Ley has the appearance of a dead woman walking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/03/view-from-the-hill-unmoored-ley-has-the-appearance-of-a-dead-woman-walking-268103/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Unmoored Ley has the appearance of a dead woman walking">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger S. Seymour, Professor Emeritus of Physiology, University of Adelaide If you’ve ever wondered why the giraffe has such a long neck, the answer seems clear: it lets them reach succulent leaves atop tall acacia trees in Africa. Only giraffes have direct access to those leaves, while ... <a title="Why do giraffes have such long legs? Animal simulations reveal a surprising answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/03/why-do-giraffes-have-such-long-legs-animal-simulations-reveal-a-surprising-answer-266230/" aria-label="Read more about Why do giraffes have such long legs? Animal simulations reveal a surprising answer">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on November 3, 2025.
