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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Brodribb, Professor of Plant Physiology, University of Tasmania Stomata – the breathing ‘mouths’ of leaves – under the microscope. Barbol / Shutterstock Plant behaviour may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends, who tirelessly feed the entire ... <a title="Plants breathe with millions of tiny mouths. We used lasers to understand how this skill evolved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/plants-breathe-with-millions-of-tiny-mouths-we-used-lasers-to-understand-how-this-skill-evolved-249362/" aria-label="Read more about Plants breathe with millions of tiny mouths. We used lasers to understand how this skill evolved">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Montgomery, Dean of Research, Humanities, Curtin University Mykhailo Kopyt/Shutterstock In December 2024, the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution resigned en masse following disagreements with the journal’s publisher, Elsevier. The board’s grievances included claims of inadequate copyediting, misuse of artificial intelligence (AI), and the ... <a title="Academic publishing is a multibillion-dollar industry. It’s not always good for science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/academic-publishing-is-a-multibillion-dollar-industry-its-not-always-good-for-science-250056/" aria-label="Read more about Academic publishing is a multibillion-dollar industry. It’s not always good for science">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Whiting, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow in Music Industries and Cultural Economy, RMIT University iam_os/Unsplash The Australian Music Venue Foundation launched this month to advocate for and potentially administer an arena ticket levy to support grassroots live music venues. Funds would be raised through a small levy, ... <a title="Will $1 on your ticket help save Australian live music? A UK model is much more ambitious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/will-1-on-your-ticket-help-save-australian-live-music-a-uk-model-is-much-more-ambitious-252733/" aria-label="Read more about Will $1 on your ticket help save Australian live music? A UK model is much more ambitious">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Nickson, Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne; Adjunct Associate Professor, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney Pablo Heimplatz/Unsplash Australia’s BreastScreen program offers women regular mammograms (breast X-rays) based on their age. And this screening for breast cancer saves ... <a title="Breast cancer screening is ripe for change. We need to assess a woman’s risk – not just her age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/breast-cancer-screening-is-ripe-for-change-we-need-to-assess-a-womans-risk-not-just-her-age-252182/" aria-label="Read more about Breast cancer screening is ripe for change. We need to assess a woman’s risk – not just her age">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Valerie A. Cooper, Lecturer in Media and Communication, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Of all the contradictions and ironies of Donald Trump’s second presidency so far, perhaps the most surprising has been his shutting down the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) ... <a title="Trump silences the Voice of America: end of a propaganda machine or void for China and Russia to fill?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/trump-silences-the-voice-of-america-end-of-a-propaganda-machine-or-void-for-china-and-russia-to-fill-252901/" aria-label="Read more about Trump silences the Voice of America: end of a propaganda machine or void for China and Russia to fill?">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Wilson, Professor of Social Impact, University of Technology Sydney Queensland and the federal government have reached an agreement on school funding. This means all Australian states and territories are now signed up to new arrangements, which officially began at the start of 2025. The agreement follows ... <a title="4 key changes you may have missed in the new school funding agreement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/4-key-changes-you-may-have-missed-in-the-new-school-funding-agreement-252291/" aria-label="Read more about 4 key changes you may have missed in the new school funding agreement">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Cooper-Douglas, Deputy Politics + Society Editor The federal budget will be handed down by Treasurer Jim Chalmers at 7:30PM AEDT on Tuesday March 25. While the official budget papers are under lock and key until then, the government has been making spending announcements for weeks. Here’s ... <a title="Federal budget 2025: here’s what we know so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/federal-budget-2025-heres-what-we-know-so-far-252925/" aria-label="Read more about Federal budget 2025: here’s what we know so far">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Richards, Senior Research Fellow in Marine Biology, Curtin University Ningaloo Reef from the air. Violeta Brosig/Shutterstock This summer, an intense marine heatwave struck off northwestern Australia, driving sea surface temperatures up to 4°C above the summer average. The large mass of warm water has slowly moved ... <a title="Synchronised bleaching: Ningaloo and the Great Barrier Reef are bleaching in unison for the first time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/synchronised-bleaching-ningaloo-and-the-great-barrier-reef-are-bleaching-in-unison-for-the-first-time-252906/" aria-label="Read more about Synchronised bleaching: Ningaloo and the Great Barrier Reef are bleaching in unison for the first time">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shauna Murray, Professor; Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney Anthony Rowland Confronting images of dead seadragons, fish and octopuses washed up on South Australian beaches – and disturbing reports of “more than 100” surfers and beachgoers suffering flu-like symptoms after swimming or merely breathing in sea ... <a title="Mystery solved: our tests reveal the tiny algae killing fish and harming surfers on SA beaches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/mystery-solved-our-tests-reveal-the-tiny-algae-killing-fish-and-harming-surfers-on-sa-beaches-252810/" aria-label="Read more about Mystery solved: our tests reveal the tiny algae killing fish and harming surfers on SA beaches">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Garrett, Research Associate, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney In just two months back in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump has tested the limits of the US Constitution, from overhauling immigration to drastically reducing the federal workforce and dismantling government agencies. With Republicans now ... <a title="Why isn’t there an opposition leader to unite Democrats in the US?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/why-isnt-there-an-opposition-leader-to-unite-democrats-in-the-us-252384/" aria-label="Read more about Why isn’t there an opposition leader to unite Democrats in the US?">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Windholz, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University Last week, the Novak Djokovic-led Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) announced it was suing the sport’s governing bodies – the men’s (ATP) and women’s (WTA) tours, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA). ... <a title="Tennis pros rally for better pay and less punishing schedules, amid wider power struggles in world sport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/tennis-pros-rally-for-better-pay-and-less-punishing-schedules-amid-wider-power-struggles-in-world-sport-252721/" aria-label="Read more about Tennis pros rally for better pay and less punishing schedules, amid wider power struggles in world sport">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Alexander Donald, Professor of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney Irene Miller/Shutterstock Silicosis is an incurable but entirely preventable lung disease. It has only one cause: breathing in too much silica dust. This is a risk in several industries, including tunnelling, stone masonry and construction. Just last week, ABC ... <a title="Silicosis is ruining the lungs of construction workers. An AI-powered breath test can detect it in minutes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/silicosis-is-ruining-the-lungs-of-construction-workers-an-ai-powered-breath-test-can-detect-it-in-minutes-252640/" aria-label="Read more about Silicosis is ruining the lungs of construction workers. An AI-powered breath test can detect it in minutes">Read more</a>
