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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand SPENCER PLATT Researchers at Melbourne start-up Cortical Labs have taught their “biological computer” made from living human brain cells to play Doom. They say it brings biological computers a step closer to real-world uses, such as drug-testing or robotics applications. Cortical Labs synthetic biological intelligence scientist Dr Alon Loeffler told Midday ... <a title="Researchers teach computer made from human brain cells to play ‘Doom’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/researchers-teach-computer-made-from-human-brain-cells-to-play-doom/" aria-label="Read more about Researchers teach computer made from human brain cells to play ‘Doom’">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand There was champagne and smiles as Dan Turner sailed into Antigua, in the Caribbean Sea, this week. After 16 months at sea and 28,000 nautical miles travelled, the South Australian accomplished what some can only dream of — sailing solo around the world. And to top it off, he completed the ... <a title="Australian man sails around the world in homemade boat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/australian-man-sails-around-the-world-in-homemade-boat/" aria-label="Read more about Australian man sails around the world in homemade boat">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand SPENCER PLATT Researchers at Melbourne start-up Cortical Labs have taught their “biological computer” made from living human brain cells to play Doom. They say it brings biological computers a step closer to real-world uses, such as drug-testing or robotics applications. Cortical Labs synthetic biological intelligence scientist Dr Alon Loeffler told Midday ... <a title="Researches teach computer made from human brain cells to play ‘Doom’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/researches-teach-computer-made-from-human-brain-cells-to-play-doom/" aria-label="Read more about Researches teach computer made from human brain cells to play ‘Doom’">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Whether it’s enjoying a podcast, listening to music or chatting on the phone, many of us spend hours a day using our headphones. One 2017 study of 4185 Australians showed they used headphones on average 47–88 hours a month. Health advice about headphones tends to focus on how loud sounds might ... <a title="Why you might want to clean your headphones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/why-you-might-want-to-clean-your-headphones/" aria-label="Read more about Why you might want to clean your headphones">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand UAS footage of RNZN Divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the Southern Coast of Upulo as part of Op Resolution. New Zealand Defence Force Illegal diving and forced entry at the wreck of HMNZS Manawanui have prompted the Samoan government to increase surveillance of the navy vessel. The Royal ... <a title="Crackdown on illegal diving at Manawanui wreck" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/crackdown-on-illegal-diving-at-manawanui-wreck/" aria-label="Read more about Crackdown on illegal diving at Manawanui wreck">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The ceramic bowl with an uneven glaze. The teacup mended with gold lacquer. The images are calming and attractive. They are said to reflect wabi-sabi – a Japanese aesthetic often summarised in the West as valuing imperfection, impermanence and incompleteness. Wabi-sabi: things are flawed, things change, and things are never fully ... <a title="What is wabi‑sabi? Will this Japanese philosophy make me happy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/what-is-wabi-sabi-will-this-japanese-philosophy-make-me-happy/" aria-label="Read more about What is wabi‑sabi? Will this Japanese philosophy make me happy?">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The electric guitar Kurt Cobain played in Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video is expected to sell for more than US$7 million at auction in New York later this month. The left-handed 1969 Fender Competition Mustang, which Cobain bought just before the release of the genre-defining album Nevermind, is among hundreds ... <a title="Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit guitar goes up for sale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/kurt-cobains-smells-like-teen-spirit-guitar-goes-up-for-sale/" aria-label="Read more about Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit guitar goes up for sale">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Medecins Sans Frontieres is determined to stay in Gaza despite requirements from Israel to supply extensive details of staff and funding. Medecins Sans Frontieres Aid organisations in Gaza, say they have been unable to get supplies or staff into the city since January. A court temporarily blocked a decision by Israel ... <a title="Aid organisations fighting to stay in Gaza, unable to get much-needed supplies into city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/aid-organisations-fighting-to-stay-in-gaza-unable-to-get-much-needed-supplies-into-city/" aria-label="Read more about Aid organisations fighting to stay in Gaza, unable to get much-needed supplies into city">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand It can be hard to avoid news about the conflict and war around the world, especially with images and updates regularly topping the news and circulating online. Brad Morgan is the director of Emerging Minds, an Australian organisation which develops mental health policy, interventions and programmes, and leads the National Workforce Centre for ... <a title="How to talk to your children about conflict and war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/how-to-talk-to-your-children-about-conflict-and-war/" aria-label="Read more about How to talk to your children about conflict and war">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Shattered homes: community leaders at Paga Hill settlement discuss their response to police attempts to evict them. RNZ / Johnny Blades A Papua New Guinean anthropologist has warned that a campaign by authorities to remove communities from informal settlements in Port Moresby will not solve growing social problems in PNG’s capital. ... <a title="‘It is a ticking time bomb’: Drive to evict PNG settlement communities runs into problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/it-is-a-ticking-time-bomb-drive-to-evict-png-settlement-communities-runs-into-problems/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It is a ticking time bomb’: Drive to evict PNG settlement communities runs into problems">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. CDC If you get a regular flu vaccine, you may be well aware that it protects against the most prevalent strains. But because influenza viruses evolve rapidly, the flu vaccine is updated annually to provide protection against new strains. A universal flu vaccine looks to change that, providing protection ... <a title="Human trials about to take place on universal flu vaccine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/human-trials-about-to-take-place-on-universal-flu-vaccine/" aria-label="Read more about Human trials about to take place on universal flu vaccine">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Women members of Iran’s Red Crescent society stand near smoke plumes from an ongoing fire following an overnight airstrike on the Shahran oil refinery in northwestern Tehran on March 8, 2026. AFP On 28 February, Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed by joint US and Israel attacks on his ... <a title="‘Sovereignty at stake’, Iranian diaspora says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/09/sovereignty-at-stake-iranian-diaspora-says/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Sovereignty at stake’, Iranian diaspora says">Read more</a>
