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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tama Te Puea Braithwaite-Westoby, Tautoro Māori Engagement Advisor, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research Getty Images In biomedical science, the immune system is described as a cellular defence network that identifies and neutralises threats. In te ao Māori (the Māori worldview), it can be seen as a dynamic ... <a title="A Māori worldview describes the immune system as a guardian – this could improve public health in Aotearoa NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/a-maori-worldview-describes-the-immune-system-as-a-guardian-this-could-improve-public-health-in-aotearoa-nz-259025/" aria-label="Read more about A Māori worldview describes the immune system as a guardian – this could improve public health in Aotearoa NZ">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Alger, Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer in Global Environmental Politics, The University of Melbourne Potato-sized polymetallic nodules from the deep sea could be mined for valuable metals and minerals. Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Deep-sea mining promises critical minerals for the energy ... <a title="We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/we-dont-need-deep-sea-mining-or-its-environmental-harms-heres-why-260401/" aria-label="Read more about We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ciprian N. Radavoi, Associate Professor in Law, University of Southern Queensland Pixels Effect/ Getty Images Grade inflation happens when teachers knowingly give a student a mark higher than deserved. It can also happen indirectly, when the level of difficulty of a course is deliberately lowered so students ... <a title="‘The customer is always right’: why some uni teachers give higher grades than students deserve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/the-customer-is-always-right-why-some-uni-teachers-give-higher-grades-than-students-deserve-258923/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The customer is always right’: why some uni teachers give higher grades than students deserve">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vinod Balasubramaniam, Associate Professor (Molecular Virology), Monash University Ken Griffiths/Getty Images A man in his 50s has died from lyssavirus in New South Wales after being bitten by a bat several months ago. This is Australia’s fourth human case of bat lyssavirus and the first confirmed case ... <a title="Lyssavirus is rare, but deadly. What should you do if a bat bites you?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/lyssavirus-is-rare-but-deadly-what-should-you-do-if-a-bat-bites-you-260495/" aria-label="Read more about Lyssavirus is rare, but deadly. What should you do if a bat bites you?">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Clift, Lecturer in Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney Thomas Yau/Shutterstock The demise of one of Hong Kong’s last major pro-democracy parties, the League of Social Democrats, is the latest blow to the city’s crumbling democratic credentials. The league is the third major opposition party to disband ... <a title="Hong Kong’s light fades as another pro-democracy party folds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/hong-kongs-light-fades-as-another-pro-democracy-party-folds-260186/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong’s light fades as another pro-democracy party folds">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsten Banks, Lecturer, School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology K Ly / Deep Random Survey This week, astronomers spotted the third known interstellar visitor to our Solar System. First detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on July 1, the ... <a title="Astronomers have spied an interstellar object zooming through the Solar System" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/astronomers-have-spied-an-interstellar-object-zooming-through-the-solar-system-260422/" aria-label="Read more about Astronomers have spied an interstellar object zooming through the Solar System">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Henryk Siemiradzki via Wikimedia Commons To love and be loved is something most people want in their lives. In the modern world, we often see stories about the difficulties of finding love and the ... <a title="Avoid bad breath, don’t pick partners when drunk: ancient dating tips to find modern love" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/avoid-bad-breath-dont-pick-partners-when-drunk-ancient-dating-tips-to-find-modern-love-250792/" aria-label="Read more about Avoid bad breath, don’t pick partners when drunk: ancient dating tips to find modern love">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Hunter, Senior Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University Jeff Busby/Back To Back Theatre/ACMI Back to Back Theatre is one of Australia’s national treasures. Over 30 years this dynamic Geelong-based company – an ensemble of actors who are perceived to have intellectual disabilities – has built ... <a title="Back to Back Theatre tackles an epic Shakespearian conflict – set in a factory, with cardboard props" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/back-to-back-theatre-tackles-an-epic-shakespearian-conflict-set-in-a-factory-with-cardboard-props-257545/" aria-label="Read more about Back to Back Theatre tackles an epic Shakespearian conflict – set in a factory, with cardboard props">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa J. Whop, Associate Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Yardhura Walani, National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research, Australian National University Thurtell/Getty Images Australia’s lung cancer screening program launched on July 1, and marks real progress and opportunity. It aims to reduce the ... <a title="Australia’s new lung cancer screening program has chosen simplicity over equity, and we’re concerned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/australias-new-lung-cancer-screening-program-has-chosen-simplicity-over-equity-and-were-concerned-253614/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new lung cancer screening program has chosen simplicity over equity, and we’re concerned">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Rattenbury, Associate Professor in Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Environmental Defense Fund, CC BY-SA This week’s announcement of the loss of a methane-detecting satellite, just days before New Zealand was meant to take over mission control, is a blow to the country’s space research ... <a title="Lost in space: MethaneSat failed just as NZ was to take over mission control – here’s what we need to know now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/lost-in-space-methanesat-failed-just-as-nz-was-to-take-over-mission-control-heres-what-we-need-to-know-now-260407/" aria-label="Read more about Lost in space: MethaneSat failed just as NZ was to take over mission control – here’s what we need to know now">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bo Li, Professor, Environmental Futures Research Centre, School of Science, University of Wollongong Excavation at the Gantangqing site. Liu et al. Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has shown. Discovered during excavations carried out ... <a title="Rare wooden tools from Stone Age China reveal plant-based lifestyle of ancient lakeside humans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/rare-wooden-tools-from-stone-age-china-reveal-plant-based-lifestyle-of-ancient-lakeside-humans-260204/" aria-label="Read more about Rare wooden tools from Stone Age China reveal plant-based lifestyle of ancient lakeside humans">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Pearce, Professor, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Health Science, Swinburne University of Technology AAP Image/The Conversation, CC BY Concussion in sport continues to make headlines, whether it be class actions, young men flocking to the highly violent “RunIt” activity or debate about whether Australian rules football ... <a title="I’ve seen the brain damage contact sports can cause – we all need to take concussion and CTE more seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/ive-seen-the-brain-damage-contact-sports-can-cause-we-all-need-to-take-concussion-and-cte-more-seriously-259785/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve seen the brain damage contact sports can cause – we all need to take concussion and CTE more seriously">Read more</a>
