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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 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
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato Climate change minister Simon Watts. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images As nations prepare to gather in Brazil next week for this year’s United Nations climate summit COP30, only a third have so far submitted the required update on their emissions-reduction ... <a title="COP30: NZ’s lack of climate ambition undermines global goals and free-trade agreements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/03/cop30-nzs-lack-of-climate-ambition-undermines-global-goals-and-free-trade-agreements-267727/" aria-label="Read more about COP30: NZ’s lack of climate ambition undermines global goals and free-trade agreements">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 suprising answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/03/why-do-giraffes-have-such-long-legs-animal-simulations-reveal-a-suprising-answer-266230/" aria-label="Read more about Why do giraffes have such long legs? Animal simulations reveal a suprising answer">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured on July 21 2025. NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) On October 29, Comet 3I/ATLAS reached its closest point to the Sun. ... <a title="Is it aliens? Why that’s the least important question about interstellar objects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/03/is-it-aliens-why-thats-the-least-important-question-about-interstellar-objects-268665/" aria-label="Read more about Is it aliens? Why that’s the least important question about interstellar objects">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The Coalition’s primary vote slumped four points to a record low 24% in the latest Newspoll, while One Nation was up four points to a record high ... <a title="Coalition’s primary vote plunges to record low and One Nation surges to record high in Newspoll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/03/coalitions-primary-vote-plunges-to-record-low-and-one-nation-surges-to-record-high-in-newspoll-268563/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition’s primary vote plunges to record low and One Nation surges to record high in Newspoll">Read more</a>
