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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University Lightspring/Shutterstock Imagine a world where bacteria, typically feared for causing disease, are turned into powerful weapons against cancer. That’s exactly what some scientists are working on. And they are beginning to unravel the mechanisms for doing so, using ... <a title="Bug drugs: bacteria-based cancer therapies are finally overcoming barriers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/bug-drugs-bacteria-based-cancer-therapies-are-finally-overcoming-barriers-251278/" aria-label="Read more about Bug drugs: bacteria-based cancer therapies are finally overcoming barriers">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary K. Waite, Professor Emeritus, Early Modern European History, University of New Brunswick In this etching from Dutch theologian Lambertus Hortensius’ 1614 book ‘Van den oproer der weder-dooperen,’ Anabaptists warn the residents of Amsterdam of the coming vengeance of Christ in 1535. (Lambertus Hortensius) Far-right politics and ... <a title="Christian nationalism in the U.S. is eerily reminiscent of ‘dominionist’ reformers in history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/christian-nationalism-in-the-u-s-is-eerily-reminiscent-of-dominionist-reformers-in-history-250600/" aria-label="Read more about Christian nationalism in the U.S. is eerily reminiscent of ‘dominionist’ reformers in history">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Allyn Dale, Director of the MA in Climate and Society program at the Columbia Climate School, Columbia University After the devastating 1994 genocide, Rwandans returning from the violence established homes and began farming where they could find land. Since then, the Rwandan government has aimed to ... <a title="Rwanda has moved people into model ‘green’ villages: is life better there?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/rwanda-has-moved-people-into-model-green-villages-is-life-better-there-250975/" aria-label="Read more about Rwanda has moved people into model ‘green’ villages: is life better there?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College Global order? Put a pin in it. Getty Images The phrase “international rules-based order” has long been a fixture in global politics. Western leaders often use it to describe a framework of rules, norms and institutions designed to guide ... <a title="What is the rules-based order? How this global system has shifted from ‘liberal’ origins − and where it could be heading next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/what-is-the-rules-based-order-how-this-global-system-has-shifted-from-liberal-origins-and-where-it-could-be-heading-next-250978/" aria-label="Read more about What is the rules-based order? How this global system has shifted from ‘liberal’ origins − and where it could be heading next">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Themiya Nanayakkara, Lead Astronomer at the James Webb Australian Data Centre, Swinburne University of Technology The Big Wheel alongside some of its neighbours. Weichen Wang et al. (2025) Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in the early universe. ... <a title="You’ve heard of the Big Bang. Now astronomers have discovered the Big Wheel – here’s why it’s significant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/youve-heard-of-the-big-bang-now-astronomers-have-discovered-the-big-wheel-heres-why-its-significant-252170/" aria-label="Read more about You’ve heard of the Big Bang. Now astronomers have discovered the Big Wheel – here’s why it’s significant">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney encierro/Shutterstock A second man has died from Japanese encephalitis virus in New South Wales on March 6, the state’s health authorities confirmed on Friday. Aged in his 70s, the man was infected while holidaying in ... <a title="Japanese encephalitis has claimed a second life in NSW and been detected in Brisbane. What is it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/japanese-encephalitis-has-claimed-a-second-life-in-nsw-and-been-detected-in-brisbane-what-is-it-252373/" aria-label="Read more about Japanese encephalitis has claimed a second life in NSW and been detected in Brisbane. What is it?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has announced a Coalition government would introduce legislation, based on an American law used to pursue the Mafia, to enable police to target the “kingpins” of criminal organisations such as outlaw motorcycle gangs. This follows new ... <a title="Coalition promises Australian version of United States’ RICO act to target CFMEU" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/coalition-promises-australian-version-of-united-states-rico-act-to-target-cfmeu-252172/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition promises Australian version of United States’ RICO act to target CFMEU">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula McDonald, Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology Twinsterphoto/Shutterstock Australian workers have to overcome some significant barriers in navigating their careers. Some may lack the training or work experience opportunities needed to make themselves stand out and take the next step. Others may be ... <a title="Non-compete agreements and other restraints can end up hurting Australian workers – and all of us pay the price" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/non-compete-agreements-and-other-restraints-can-end-up-hurting-australian-workers-and-all-of-us-pay-the-price-247449/" aria-label="Read more about Non-compete agreements and other restraints can end up hurting Australian workers – and all of us pay the price">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor & Principal Fellow in Urban Risk & Resilience, The University of Melbourne A fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia has killed at least 59 people and injured more than 150. The blaze broke out at the Pulse nightclub in Kočani, where around ... <a title="Many of history’s deadliest building fires have been in nightclubs. Here’s why they’re so dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/many-of-historys-deadliest-building-fires-have-been-in-nightclubs-heres-why-theyre-so-dangerous-252372/" aria-label="Read more about Many of history’s deadliest building fires have been in nightclubs. Here’s why they’re so dangerous">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Walker-Munro, Senior Lecturer (Law), Southern Cross University Shortly after taking office, US President Donald Trump issued executive orders banning federal funding on so-called “woke” research. This is part of his broader ban on all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, grants and programs in the US ... <a title="Trump is surveying Australian academics about gender diversity and China – what does this mean for unis and their research?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/trump-is-surveying-australian-academics-about-gender-diversity-and-china-what-does-this-mean-for-unis-and-their-research-252282/" aria-label="Read more about Trump is surveying Australian academics about gender diversity and China – what does this mean for unis and their research?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic Redfern, Associate Professor, School of Art, RMIT University Serwah Attafuah, The Darkness Between The Stars, JOAN. Landscape still. Courtesy of the artist. Virtuosic digital artistry is on show in Serwah Attafuah’s installation The Darkness Between the Stars, currently showing at ACMI. The work fiercely challenges stereotypes ... <a title="Serwah Attafuah: a powerful and most welcome voice in contemporary Australian art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/serwah-attafuah-a-powerful-and-most-welcome-voice-in-contemporary-australian-art-250154/" aria-label="Read more about Serwah Attafuah: a powerful and most welcome voice in contemporary Australian art">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catie Gressier, Adjunct Research Fellow in Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia Berkshire pigs JWhitwell/Shutterstock It took thousands of years to develop the world’s extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals – an estimated 8,800 livestock breeds across 38 farmed species. But this diversity is dwindling ... <a title="Hundreds of livestock breeds have gone extinct – but some Australian farmers are keeping endangered breeds alive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/hundreds-of-livestock-breeds-have-gone-extinct-but-some-australian-farmers-are-keeping-endangered-breeds-alive-250393/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds of livestock breeds have gone extinct – but some Australian farmers are keeping endangered breeds alive">Read more</a>
