Analysis: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 3, 2025.
MIL-Evening Report: What is aflatoxin, the toxic chemical behind Coles’ peanut butter recall?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University Helen Camacaro/Getty Coles is recalling two of its homebrand peanut butter products, over concerns they have been contaminated with aflatoxin, a toxic chemical linked to liver cancer. The supermarket chain has issued the recall notice for Coles Smooth […]
MIL-Evening Report: What are working with children checks? Why aren’t they keeping kids safe at daycare?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosemary Sheehan, Professor of Social Work, Monash University Catherine Falls Commercial/ Getty Images Disturbing allegations have emerged about a Melbourne childcare worker, who has been charged with more than 70 offences, including sexual assault and producing child abuse material. Health authorities have urged about 1,200 children to […]
MIL-Evening Report: Distrust in AI is on the rise – but along with healthy scepticism comes the risk of harm
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Coghlan, Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics, Deputy Director Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne PlayStation/StaminaZero/YouTube Some video game players recently criticised the cover art on a new video game for being generated with artificial intelligence (AI). […]
MIL-Evening Report: What’s next for NSW’s intense storm? Heavy rains, fallen trees – and a chance of a storm ‘slingshot’
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia Millions of people in New South Wales hunkered down last night as an intense “bomb cyclone” swept in. Falling trees took out power lines, leaving about 40,000 people without power, while some areas copped 200mm of rain in […]
MIL-Evening Report: More than meds: why easier access to ADHD treatment has to be part of a whole-system approach
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Wheaton, Professor, School of Psychological and Social Sciences, University of Waikato Thom Leach/Getty Images New Zealanders with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) will now have easier access to diagnosis and medication after the government changed prescribing rules. But there is still so much we don’t know about […]
MIL-Evening Report: ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for July 2, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on July 2, 2025. Parents of kids in daycare are terrified following Melbourne abuse allegations. What can they do?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Arlanda Harris, Associate Professor in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University Parents have been left reeling […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Our memories are unreliable, limited and suggestible – and it’s a good thing too
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Milan Kundera opens his novel The Book of Laughter and Forgetting with a scene from the winter of 1948. Klement Gottwald, leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, is giving a speech to the masses from a […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: What did ancient Rome smell like? Honestly, often pretty rank
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Thomas J. Derrick, Gale Research Fellow in Ancient Glass and Material Culture, Macquarie University minoandriani/Getty Images The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields and armour – when people imagine ancient Rome, […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Gum disease, decay, missing teeth: why people with mental illness have poorer oral health
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Bonnie Clough, Senior Lecturer, School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University mihailomilovanovic/Getty Images People with poor mental health face many challenges. One that’s perhaps lesser known is that they’re more likely than the overall population to have poor oral health. Research has shown people with serious mental illness […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: ‘Shit in, shit out’: AI is coming for agriculture, but farmers aren’t convinced
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Tom Lee, Senior Lecturer, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney David Gray / AFP / Getty Images Australian farms are at the forefront of a wave of technological change coming to agriculture. Over the past decade, more than US$200 billion (A$305 billion) has been invested globally […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Antarctic summer sea ice is at record lows. Here’s how it will harm the planet – and us
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Edward Doddridge, Senior Research Associate in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania An icebreaker approaches Denman Glacier in March, when there was 70% less Antarctic sea ice than usual. Pete Harmsen AAD On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Distressed by all the bad news? Here’s how to stay informed but still look after yourself
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Reza Shabahang, Research Fellow in Human Cybersecurity, Monash University and Academic Researcher in Media Psychology, Flinders University KieferPix/Shutterstock If you’re feeling like the news is particularly bad at the moment, you’re not alone. But many of us can’t look away – and don’t want to. Engaging with […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Trump demands an end to the war in Gaza – could a ceasefire be close?
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Marika Sosnowski, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Melbourne Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock Hopes are rising that Israel and Hamas could be inching closer to a ceasefire in the 20-month war in Gaza. US President Donald Trump is urging progress, taking to social media to demand: MAKE THE DEAL IN […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Trauma is carried in your DNA. But science reveals a more complicated story
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Tara-Lyn Camilleri, Postdoctoral researcher of transgenerational effects, Monash University Radu Bercan/Shutterstock As war continues to rage in Gaza and Ukraine, there is concern about how the related trauma might be transmitted to future generations of people in those regions. More generally, interest in the idea of transgenerational […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Trade in a mythical fish is threatening real species of rays that are rare and at risk
Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By James Marcus Drymon, Associate Extension Professor in Marine Fisheries Ecology, Mississippi State University These ‘pez diablo,’ or devil fish, are actually guitarfishes that have been caught, killed, dried and carved into exotic shapes. Bryan Huerta-Beltrán, CC BY-ND From the Loch Ness monster to Bigfoot, also known as […]
MIL-Evening Report: Parents of kids in daycare are terrified following Melbourne abuse allegations. What can they do?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Arlanda Harris, Associate Professor in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University Parents have been left reeling by news a male Melbourne childcare worker has been charged with 70 counts related to the alleged sexual abuse of young children in his care. The charges include sexual penetration […]
MIL-Evening Report: We all have kangaroos hopping around our coin purse – and they’ve been on money since 1795
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University The one tonne gold kangaroo coin at the Perth Mint. Shutterstock On the Australian one dollar coin, you will often find the famous representation of a mob of five kangaroos. But when did the kangaroo first appear on […]
MIL-Evening Report: The Bradbury Group features Palestinian journalist Dr Yousef Aljamal, Middle East report and political panel
Asia Pacific Report In the new weekly political podcast, The Bradbury Group, last night presenter Martyn Bradbury talked with visiting Palestinian journalist Dr Yousef Aljamal. They assess the current situation in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and what New Zealand should be doing. As Bradbury, publisher of The Daily Blog, notes, “Fourth Estate public broadcasting […]