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April 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie King-Hill, Associate Professor at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham Netflix television series Adolescence follows a 13-year-old boy accused of the murder of his female classmate. It touches upon incel online hate groups, toxic influencers and the misogynistic online spaces of the manosphere. Keir ... <a title="Adolescence in schools: TV show’s portrayal of one boyhood may do more harm than good when used as a teaching tool" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/03/adolescence-in-schools-tv-shows-portrayal-of-one-boyhood-may-do-more-harm-than-good-when-used-as-a-teaching-tool-253158/" aria-label="Read more about Adolescence in schools: TV show’s portrayal of one boyhood may do more harm than good when used as a teaching tool">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Tucker, Professor of History, Wesleyan University A portrait of President Donald Trump in the ‘America’s Presidents’ exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery. Win McNamee/Getty Images I teach history in Connecticut, but I grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas, where my interest in the subject ... <a title="With its executive order targeting the Smithsonian, the Trump administration opens up a new front in the history wars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/03/with-its-executive-order-targeting-the-smithsonian-the-trump-administration-opens-up-a-new-front-in-the-history-wars-253397/" aria-label="Read more about With its executive order targeting the Smithsonian, the Trump administration opens up a new front in the history wars">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudia Reyes, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University Pavel Gabzdyl / Shutterstock The “music” of starquakes – enormous vibrations caused by bursting bubbles of gas that ripple throughout the bodies of many stars – can reveal far more information about the stars’ ... <a title="Astronomers listened to the ‘music’ of flickering stars – and discovered an unexpected feature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/03/astronomers-listened-to-the-music-of-flickering-stars-and-discovered-an-unexpected-feature-253546/" aria-label="Read more about Astronomers listened to the ‘music’ of flickering stars – and discovered an unexpected feature">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Clune, Honorary Associate, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney The five-week election campaign is now in full swing throughout the nation. Amid the flurry of photo opportunities and press conferences, candidates campaign in specific areas for a reason: to shore up or win back key ... <a title="State of the states: six politics experts explain the key seats across the country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/03/state-of-the-states-six-politics-experts-explain-the-key-seats-across-the-country-253123/" aria-label="Read more about State of the states: six politics experts explain the key seats across the country">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Whittle, ANZMUSC Practitioner Fellow, Monash University Marinesea/Shutterstock More than 500 million people around the world live with osteoarthritis. The knee is affected more often than any other joint, with symptoms (such as pain, stiffness and reduced movement) affecting work, sleep, sport and daily activities. Knee osteoarthritis ... <a title="People are getting costly stem cell injections for knee osteoarthritis. But we don’t know if they work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/03/people-are-getting-costly-stem-cell-injections-for-knee-osteoarthritis-but-we-dont-know-if-they-work-253404/" aria-label="Read more about People are getting costly stem cell injections for knee osteoarthritis. But we don’t know if they work">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cornelia Sattler, Research Fellow in Ecology, Macquarie University Samantha Terrell/Shutterstock If you go walking in the wild, you might expect that what you’re seeing is natural. All around you are trees, shrubs and grasses growing in their natural habitat. But there’s something here that doesn’t add up. ... <a title="Invisible losses: thousands of plant species are missing from places they could thrive – and humans are the reason" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/03/invisible-losses-thousands-of-plant-species-are-missing-from-places-they-could-thrive-and-humans-are-the-reason-252378/" aria-label="Read more about Invisible losses: thousands of plant species are missing from places they could thrive – and humans are the reason">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeleine Fraser, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Australian Catholic University One of the first things parents want to ask their children after school is “how was your day?” We simply want to know how they are going and what happened at school. But these conversations can feel ... <a title="‘How was school today?’ How to help kids open up and say more than ‘fine’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/03/how-was-school-today-how-to-help-kids-open-up-and-say-more-than-fine-252289/" aria-label="Read more about ‘How was school today?’ How to help kids open up and say more than ‘fine’">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Johnston, Director of Learning and Teaching at Excelsia University College and Research Affiliate, University of Sydney As Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young waved a decapitated salmon dripping with blood in parliament last week, you could feel the election coming. Hanson-Young was protesting the watering down of Australia’s ... <a title="Headless fish and babies take centre stage during election season – but don’t let the theatre of politics distract you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/03/headless-fish-and-babies-take-centre-stage-during-election-season-but-dont-let-the-theatre-of-politics-distract-you-253230/" aria-label="Read more about Headless fish and babies take centre stage during election season – but don’t let the theatre of politics distract you">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris F. Wright, Professor of Work and Labour Market Policy, University of Sydney Labor has called for an “economically sustainable real wage increase” for almost 3 million workers who depend on the award system for their wages. In a submission to the Fair Work Commission’s Annual Wage ... <a title="Labor wants to give the minimum wage a real boost. The benefits would likely outweigh any downsides" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/02/labor-wants-to-give-the-minimum-wage-a-real-boost-the-benefits-would-likely-outweigh-any-downsides-253624/" aria-label="Read more about Labor wants to give the minimum wage a real boost. The benefits would likely outweigh any downsides">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Humphrey, Lecturer, Media and Digital Humanities, University of Adelaide Leading man of 1990s Hollywood, Val Kilmer, has died at 65 from pneumonia. Battling cancer since 2014, he has not been a frequent presence on our film screens for most of this century. While he has recently ... <a title="Val Kilmer’s macho action figures held a melancholy just below the surface" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/02/val-kilmers-macho-action-figures-held-a-melancholy-just-below-the-surface-253631/" aria-label="Read more about Val Kilmer’s macho action figures held a melancholy just below the surface">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Ahead of Donald Trump’s tariff announcement early Thursday (Australian time), the United States president has become a serious and increasing worry for Peter Dutton’s campaign. Even apart from Labor’s obvious and constant “Trump-whistling”, many voters are apparently seeing a lot ... <a title="Election diary: Dutton tries to shake off Trump dust and avoid being trapped on wages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/02/election-diary-dutton-tries-to-shake-off-trump-dust-and-avoid-being-trapped-on-wages-253117/" aria-label="Read more about Election diary: Dutton tries to shake off Trump dust and avoid being trapped on wages">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace McQuilten, Associate professor, RMIT University Australia’s visual arts and craft workers are facing increasingly deteriorating conditions, according to research published today. Our four-year study reveals workers are abandoning the visual art sector, largely because of unstable employment, below-average salaries and a lack of support. We present ... <a title="New research lays bare the harsh realities facing artists and arts workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/02/new-research-lays-bare-the-harsh-realities-facing-artists-and-arts-workers-253547/" aria-label="Read more about New research lays bare the harsh realities facing artists and arts workers">Read more</a>