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As Los Angeles combusts, 2024 is declared Earth’s hottest on record

January 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne The year 2024 was the world’s warmest on record globally, and the first calendar year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5°C above its pre-industrial levels. The official declaration ... <a title="As Los Angeles combusts, 2024 is declared Earth’s hottest on record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/as-los-angeles-combusts-2024-is-declared-earths-hottest-on-record-246976/" aria-label="Read more about As Los Angeles combusts, 2024 is declared Earth’s hottest on record">Read more</a>

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Going for a bushwalk? 3 handy foods to have in your backpack (including muesli bars)

January 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Murray, Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Swinburne University of Technology Leah-Anne Thompson/Shutterstock This time of year, many of us love to get out and spend time in nature. This may include hiking through Australia’s many beautiful national parks. Walking in nature is a wonderful activity, supporting both physical ... <a title="Going for a bushwalk? 3 handy foods to have in your backpack (including muesli bars)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/going-for-a-bushwalk-3-handy-foods-to-have-in-your-backpack-including-muesli-bars-246968/" aria-label="Read more about Going for a bushwalk? 3 handy foods to have in your backpack (including muesli bars)">Read more</a>

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We tracked the Tasmanian boobook as it flew a remarkable 250 kilometres non-stop across Bass Strait

January 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Wei Zhou, Researcher in Ecology, Monash University By JJ Harrison – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0., CC BY Every year, tens of thousands of land birds make a long flight across Bass Strait – the stretch of water separating Tasmania from continental Australia. Well known for ... <a title="We tracked the Tasmanian boobook as it flew a remarkable 250 kilometres non-stop across Bass Strait" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/we-tracked-the-tasmanian-boobook-as-it-flew-a-remarkable-250-kilometres-non-stop-across-bass-strait-246135/" aria-label="Read more about We tracked the Tasmanian boobook as it flew a remarkable 250 kilometres non-stop across Bass Strait">Read more</a>

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Why community volunteers will be essential for how NZ handles the arrival of bird flu

January 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett David Gartrell, Professor in Wildlife Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Wikimedia Commons/Alexis Lours, CC BY-SA Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and Pacific island nations are the only countries that remain free of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The deadly bird flu virus was first detected ... <a title="Why community volunteers will be essential for how NZ handles the arrival of bird flu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/why-community-volunteers-will-be-essential-for-how-nz-handles-the-arrival-of-bird-flu-246779/" aria-label="Read more about Why community volunteers will be essential for how NZ handles the arrival of bird flu">Read more</a>

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New research reveals why sabre-toothed predators evolved their deadly teeth

January 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tahlia Pollock, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Evans EvoMorph Laboratory, Monash University Fossil reconstruction of Smilodon, one of the largest sabre-toothed cats ever to have lived. Mardoz/Shutterstock Sabre teeth – the long, sharp, blade-like canines found in extinct predators such as Smilodon – represent one of the most extreme ... <a title="New research reveals why sabre-toothed predators evolved their deadly teeth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/new-research-reveals-why-sabre-toothed-predators-evolved-their-deadly-teeth-246783/" aria-label="Read more about New research reveals why sabre-toothed predators evolved their deadly teeth">Read more</a>

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Anthony Albanese is already on the campaign trail. It signals the tough election battle ahead

January 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Melleuish, Professor of History and Politics, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong It is an interesting fact that no sitting Australian prime minister since John Howard has led his or her party to more than one election victory. Anthony Albanese is seeking to ... <a title="Anthony Albanese is already on the campaign trail. It signals the tough election battle ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/anthony-albanese-is-already-on-the-campaign-trail-it-signals-the-tough-election-battle-ahead-246780/" aria-label="Read more about Anthony Albanese is already on the campaign trail. It signals the tough election battle ahead">Read more</a>

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Putting Donald Trump’s plans for Greenland and the Panama canal into context

January 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor There has been a great deal of heat – and not an overabundance of light – when it comes to the media’s reactions to Donald Trump’s renewed interest in acquiring Greenland from Denmark after he resumes the US presidency ... <a title="Putting Donald Trump’s plans for Greenland and the Panama canal into context" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/putting-donald-trumps-plans-for-greenland-and-the-panama-canal-into-context-247037/" aria-label="Read more about Putting Donald Trump’s plans for Greenland and the Panama canal into context">Read more</a>

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How the U.S. could in fact make Canada an American territory

January 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Huish, Associate Professor in International Development Studies, Dalhousie University “We take nothing by conquest…Thank God,” wrote the National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser, an influential Washington newspaper, in February 1847. The United States had just purchased 55 per cent of Mexico for US$15 million as part of ... <a title="How the U.S. could in fact make Canada an American territory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/how-the-u-s-could-in-fact-make-canada-an-american-territory-246877/" aria-label="Read more about How the U.S. could in fact make Canada an American territory">Read more</a>

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With Trump in the White House, China and Latin America may try to forge an even deeper relationship

January 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jose Caballero, Senior Economist, IMD World Competitiveness Center, International Institute for Management Development (IMD) Within days of Donald Trump’s election win in November 2024, China’s president Xi Jinping was at a ceremony opening a deep-water port in Peru as part of a “diplomatic blitz” through Latin America. ... <a title="With Trump in the White House, China and Latin America may try to forge an even deeper relationship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/with-trump-in-the-white-house-china-and-latin-america-may-try-to-forge-an-even-deeper-relationship-245891/" aria-label="Read more about With Trump in the White House, China and Latin America may try to forge an even deeper relationship">Read more</a>

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Trump’s Greenland bid is really about control of the Arctic and the coming battle with China

January 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham When Donald Trump first offered to buy Greenland in 2019, he was widely ridiculed and nothing much came of it, apart from a cancelled state visit to Denmark. Fast forward six years and Trump’s renewed “bid” for the ... <a title="Trump’s Greenland bid is really about control of the Arctic and the coming battle with China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/trumps-greenland-bid-is-really-about-control-of-the-arctic-and-the-coming-battle-with-china-246900/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s Greenland bid is really about control of the Arctic and the coming battle with China">Read more</a>

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Women spend more of their money on health care than men. And no, it’s not just about ‘women’s issues’

January 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Armour, Associate Professor at NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University Elizaveta Galitckaia/Shutterstock Medicare, Australia’s universal health insurance scheme, guarantees all Australians access to a wide range of health and hospital services at low or no cost. Although access to the scheme is universal across Australia ... <a title="Women spend more of their money on health care than men. And no, it’s not just about ‘women’s issues’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/women-spend-more-of-their-money-on-health-care-than-men-and-no-its-not-just-about-womens-issues-243797/" aria-label="Read more about Women spend more of their money on health care than men. And no, it’s not just about ‘women’s issues’">Read more</a>

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Behind the viral selfie location of Saint Ignatius is a 350-year-old story of an optical illusion

January 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Grant, Research Associate, Power Institute for Arts and Visual Culture, University of Sydney NICOLA MESSANA PHOTOS/Shutterstock The church of Saint Ignatius in Rome (or San Ignazio) has become a viral selfie location. Tourists have been queuing out the doors for a chance to take a selfie ... <a title="Behind the viral selfie location of Saint Ignatius is a 350-year-old story of an optical illusion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/behind-the-viral-selfie-location-of-saint-ignatius-is-a-350-year-old-story-of-an-optical-illusion-244933/" aria-label="Read more about Behind the viral selfie location of Saint Ignatius is a 350-year-old story of an optical illusion">Read more</a>