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How does the hair-loss drug finasteride work? Can it affect my mental health?

November 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University agrobacter/Getty For many men the gradual thinning of hair is about more than just their appearance. Finasteride, a drug widely prescribed for the treatment of male pattern baldness has been used effectively for many years for this deeply ... <a title="How does the hair-loss drug finasteride work? Can it affect my mental health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/how-does-the-hair-loss-drug-finasteride-work-can-it-affect-my-mental-health-269902/" aria-label="Read more about How does the hair-loss drug finasteride work? Can it affect my mental health?">Read more</a>

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New study finds 2 in 5 Australians experience traumatic events as children

November 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucinda Grummitt, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney Tanya Gorelova/Pexels Some 42% of Australians experience a traumatic event before turning 18 – and it affects their health decades later. Our study, released today, analysed data from ... <a title="New study finds 2 in 5 Australians experience traumatic events as children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/new-study-finds-2-in-5-australians-experience-traumatic-events-as-children-266893/" aria-label="Read more about New study finds 2 in 5 Australians experience traumatic events as children">Read more</a>

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Australian businesses have actually been slow to adopt AI, survey finds

November 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stan Karanasios, Professor in Information Systems, The University of Queensland Burst/Unsplash Over the past few years, we have repeatedly been told artificial intelligence (AI) is coming for our jobs. In May last year, the International Monetary Fund warned the technology was hitting labour markets like a “tsunami”. ... <a title="Australian businesses have actually been slow to adopt AI, survey finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/australian-businesses-have-actually-been-slow-to-adopt-ai-survey-finds-269812/" aria-label="Read more about Australian businesses have actually been slow to adopt AI, survey finds">Read more</a>

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Vince Gilligan’s sci-fi series Plur1bus taps into our greatest fears about AI

November 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elliott Logan, Lecturer in Film, Screen, and Culture, Monash University Apple TV Viewers of Apple TV’s new science fiction series, Plur1bus, have been quick to point out eerie similarities with modern concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) – even if that’s not what it’s maker intended. Writer and ... <a title="Vince Gilligan’s sci-fi series Plur1bus taps into our greatest fears about AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/vince-gilligans-sci-fi-series-plur1bus-taps-into-our-greatest-fears-about-ai-269497/" aria-label="Read more about Vince Gilligan’s sci-fi series Plur1bus taps into our greatest fears about AI">Read more</a>

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Strangers in their own land: how a new citizenship category could avoid a trap for Indigenous children born overseas

November 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah-Kay Coulter, Lecturer in Indigenous Studies, The University of Melbourne John Bryers Ruddock was born in Australia but is a New Zealand citizen by descent through his Māori mother. However, his children are not citizens under the current law because they were born in the United States. ... <a title="Strangers in their own land: how a new citizenship category could avoid a trap for Indigenous children born overseas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/strangers-in-their-own-land-how-a-new-citizenship-category-could-avoid-a-trap-for-indigenous-children-born-overseas-269389/" aria-label="Read more about Strangers in their own land: how a new citizenship category could avoid a trap for Indigenous children born overseas">Read more</a>

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Australians are markedly more worried about the US, still wary about China: new poll

November 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elena Collinson, Senior Project and Research Officer, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney Australians remain supportive of the US alliance, but they are viewing it much more critically than before. And many are more concerned about American behaviour under the Trump administration, while softening their views ... <a title="Australians are markedly more worried about the US, still wary about China: new poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/australians-are-markedly-more-worried-about-the-us-still-wary-about-china-new-poll-268209/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are markedly more worried about the US, still wary about China: new poll">Read more</a>

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This widely used chart makes the clean energy switch seem much harder than it actually is

November 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asma Aziz, Senior Lecturer in Power Engineering, Edith Cowan University Unsplash/The Conversation, CC BY-SA If you follow news about climate change, you’ve probably seen the term “primary energy”. This phrase refers to the raw energy in fuels and natural resources – the energy content of oil in ... <a title="This widely used chart makes the clean energy switch seem much harder than it actually is" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/this-widely-used-chart-makes-the-clean-energy-switch-seem-much-harder-than-it-actually-is-264322/" aria-label="Read more about This widely used chart makes the clean energy switch seem much harder than it actually is">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: The Liberals may fell Sussan Ley but she won’t make it easy for Taylor and Hastie

November 17, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In 2015, soon after he had rolled Tony Abbott to become prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull was heckled when, with a straight face, he told New South Wales Liberals, “We are not run by factions”. Once, there had been a contrast, ... <a title="View from The Hill: The Liberals may fell Sussan Ley but she won’t make it easy for Taylor and Hastie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/view-from-the-hill-the-liberals-may-fell-sussan-ley-but-she-wont-make-it-easy-for-taylor-and-hastie-269914/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: The Liberals may fell Sussan Ley but she won’t make it easy for Taylor and Hastie">Read more</a>

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A cancer specialist explains why parents should not be too worried about coloured sand recalls

November 17, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Linton, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Sydney Schools have been shut in the Australian Capital Territory after children’s play sand was recalled due to asbestos fears. Almost all Canberra primary schools were closed on Monday, with Education Minister Yvette Berry conceding it could take ... <a title="A cancer specialist explains why parents should not be too worried about coloured sand recalls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/a-cancer-specialist-explains-why-parents-should-not-be-too-worried-about-coloured-sand-recalls-269904/" aria-label="Read more about A cancer specialist explains why parents should not be too worried about coloured sand recalls">Read more</a>

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Amyl and the Sniffers’ generosity shows what’s missing for Australia’s live music venues

November 17, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Whiting, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow in Music Industries and Cultural Economy, RMIT University When the Amyl and the Sniffers’ free show at Federation Square was cancelled on Friday night due to safety concerns, the band worked quickly to turn this disappointment around. Using their performance fee, ... <a title="Amyl and the Sniffers’ generosity shows what’s missing for Australia’s live music venues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/amyl-and-the-sniffers-generosity-shows-whats-missing-for-australias-live-music-venues-269899/" aria-label="Read more about Amyl and the Sniffers’ generosity shows what’s missing for Australia’s live music venues">Read more</a>

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Civic squares as contested spaces: what history and urban planning can tell us about Fed Square

November 17, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Iampolski, PhD Candidate, Centre for Urban Research RMIT, RMIT University kevin laminto/Unsplash On Friday, thousands packed into Melbourne’s Federation Square for a free Amyl and the Sniffers show. Within minutes, fences buckled, the perimeter was breached, and the gig was cancelled over crowd crush fears. It ... <a title="Civic squares as contested spaces: what history and urban planning can tell us about Fed Square" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/civic-squares-as-contested-spaces-what-history-and-urban-planning-can-tell-us-about-fed-square-269920/" aria-label="Read more about Civic squares as contested spaces: what history and urban planning can tell us about Fed Square">Read more</a>

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Finally, Indigenous peoples have an influential voice at COP30. They’re speaking loud and clear.

November 17, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danilo Urzedo, Research fellow, The University of Western Australia Indigenous peoples are on the vanguard of climate action. Longstanding relationships with land means they endure the direct consequences of climate change. And their unique knowledge offers effective solutions to climate problems. But despite this, international climate policies ... <a title="Finally, Indigenous peoples have an influential voice at COP30. They’re speaking loud and clear." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/finally-indigenous-peoples-have-an-influential-voice-at-cop30-theyre-speaking-loud-and-clear-269403/" aria-label="Read more about Finally, Indigenous peoples have an influential voice at COP30. They’re speaking loud and clear.">Read more</a>