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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Umbers, Associate Professor in Zoology, Western Sydney University Atlas Moth (_Attacus wardi_) Garry Sankowsky/flickr, CC BY When we think about animals, we tend to think of furry four-legged mammals. But 95% of all animal species are invertebrates – bees, butterflies, beetles, snails, worms, octopuses, starfish, corals, ... <a title="Saving species starts at home: how you can help Australia’s 1,000 threatened invertebrates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/saving-species-starts-at-home-how-you-can-help-australias-1-000-threatened-invertebrates-258285/" aria-label="Read more about Saving species starts at home: how you can help Australia’s 1,000 threatened invertebrates">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shea Esterling, Senior Lecturer Above the Bar, University of Canterbury Zhang Jianyong/Xinhua via Getty Images This week, Aotearoa New Zealand officially celebrates Matariki for the fourth time, marked by the reappearance in the night sky of the star cluster also known as the Pleiades. Yet, ironically, the ... <a title="Matariki and our diminishing night sky: light pollution from cities and satellites is making stars harder to see" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/matariki-and-our-diminishing-night-sky-light-pollution-from-cities-and-satellites-is-making-stars-harder-to-see-258169/" aria-label="Read more about Matariki and our diminishing night sky: light pollution from cities and satellites is making stars harder to see">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James D Metzger, Senior Lecturer in Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney Composite image: Arrington Watkins Architects / AI avatar: YouTube/StaceyWales, CC BY In November 2021, in the city of Chandler, Arizona, Chris Pelkey was shot and killed by Gabriel Horcasitas in a road rage altercation. Horcasitas was ... <a title="Why a US court allowed a dead man to deliver his own victim impact statement – via an AI avatar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/why-a-us-court-allowed-a-dead-man-to-deliver-his-own-victim-impact-statement-via-an-ai-avatar-259045/" aria-label="Read more about Why a US court allowed a dead man to deliver his own victim impact statement – via an AI avatar">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock If you’ve got a dodgy tummy, diarrhoea and have been vomiting, it’s easy to blame a “tummy bug” or “off food”. But which is it? Gastro or food poisoning? What’s the difference anyway? What’s gastroenteritis? ... <a title="What’s the difference between food poisoning and gastro? A gut expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/whats-the-difference-between-food-poisoning-and-gastro-a-gut-expert-explains-252730/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between food poisoning and gastro? A gut expert explains">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodie L. Rummer, Professor of Marine Biology, James Cook University Rachel Moore From hand-sized lantern sharks that glow in the deep sea to bus-sized whale sharks gliding through tropical waters, sharks come in all shapes and sizes. Despite these differences, they all face the same fundamental challenge: ... <a title="Sharks come in many different shapes and sizes. But they all follow a centuries-old mathematical rule" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/sharks-come-in-many-different-shapes-and-sizes-but-they-all-follow-a-centuries-old-mathematical-rule-259050/" aria-label="Read more about Sharks come in many different shapes and sizes. But they all follow a centuries-old mathematical rule">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scarlett Smout, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use and Australia’s Mental Health Think Tank, University of Sydney skynesher/Getty Images We know young people in Australia and worldwide are experiencing growing mental health challenges. The most recent national survey ... <a title="We tracked Aussie teens’ mental health. The news isn’t good – and problems are worse for girls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/we-tracked-aussie-teens-mental-health-the-news-isnt-good-and-problems-are-worse-for-girls-259044/" aria-label="Read more about We tracked Aussie teens’ mental health. The news isn’t good – and problems are worse for girls">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University Photo by Jie Zhao/Corbis via Getty Images Australia is the world’s third largest exporter of gas and second largest exporter of coal. When burned overseas, these exports result ... <a title="Australia could become the world’s first net-zero exporter of fossil fuels – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/australia-could-become-the-worlds-first-net-zero-exporter-of-fossil-fuels-heres-how-259037/" aria-label="Read more about Australia could become the world’s first net-zero exporter of fossil fuels – here’s how">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University The Conversation, CC BY-NC The first term of the Albanese government was defined by its fight against inflation, but the second looks like it will be defined by a need to kick start Australia’s sluggish productivity growth. Productivity is essentially ... <a title="Would a corporate tax cut boost productivity in Australia? So far, the evidence is unclear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/would-a-corporate-tax-cut-boost-productivity-in-australia-so-far-the-evidence-is-unclear-258575/" aria-label="Read more about Would a corporate tax cut boost productivity in Australia? So far, the evidence is unclear">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Hartigan, Lecturer in Economics, University of Sydney rarrarorro/Shutterstock The tax cuts bill currently being debated by the US Senate will add another US$3 trillion (A$4.6 trillion) to US debt. President Donald Trump calls it the “big, beautiful bill”; his erstwhile policy adviser Elon Musk called it ... <a title="How high can US debt go before it triggers a financial crisis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/how-high-can-us-debt-go-before-it-triggers-a-financial-crisis-258812/" aria-label="Read more about How high can US debt go before it triggers a financial crisis?">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Cole, Composer and Lecturer in Screen Composition, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney Universal Pictures Our experience of the world often involves hearing our environment before seeing it. Whether it’s the sound of something moving through nearby water, or the rustling of vegetation, our fear ... <a title="Jaws at 50: how two musical notes terrified an entire generation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/jaws-at-50-how-two-musical-notes-terrified-an-entire-generation-258068/" aria-label="Read more about Jaws at 50: how two musical notes terrified an entire generation">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago Ahead of his first visit to China, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been at pains to present meetings with Chinese premier Xi Jinping and other leaders as advancing New Zealand’s best interests. But there is arguably a ... <a title="As Luxon heads to China, his government’s pivot toward the US is a stumbling block" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/as-luxon-heads-to-china-his-governments-pivot-toward-the-us-is-a-stumbling-block-259129/" aria-label="Read more about As Luxon heads to China, his government’s pivot toward the US is a stumbling block">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese’s failure to get his much-anticipated meeting with US President Donald Trump is not the prime minister’s fault, nor should it be characterised as a “snub” by the president. There was always a risk of derailment by outside events, ... <a title="View from the Hill: Cancelled Albanese-Trump meeting a setback on tariffs, AUKUS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/view-from-the-hill-cancelled-albanese-trump-meeting-a-setback-on-tariffs-aukus-258968/" aria-label="Read more about View from the Hill: Cancelled Albanese-Trump meeting a setback on tariffs, AUKUS">Read more</a>
