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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Alexander, Senior Lecturer in Political Communications, Nottingham Trent University Jaws turns 50 on June 20. Last year, Quentin Tarantino called Stephen Spielberg’s film “possibly the greatest movie ever made”. Though he was quick to add that it isn’t the best film in terms of script, cinematography ... <a title="Jaws at 50: a cinematic masterpiece – and an incredible piece of propaganda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/jaws-at-50-a-cinematic-masterpiece-and-an-incredible-piece-of-propaganda-253498/" aria-label="Read more about Jaws at 50: a cinematic masterpiece – and an incredible piece of propaganda">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alistair Evans, Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Witsawat.S/Shutterstock Imagine a lush forest with tree-ferns, their trunks capped by ribbon-like fronds. Conifers tower overhead, bearing triangular leaves almost sharp enough to pierce skin. Flowering plants are both small and rare. You’re standing in what is now ... <a title="Ancient termite poo reveals 120 million-year-old secrets of Australia’s polar forests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/ancient-termite-poo-reveals-120-million-year-old-secrets-of-australias-polar-forests-258399/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient termite poo reveals 120 million-year-old secrets of Australia’s polar forests">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Delyse Hutchinson, Associate Professor, Clinical Psychologist, and NHMRC Leadership Fellow, SEED Centre for Lifespan Research, School of Psychology, Deakin University D-BASE/Getty In Australia, an estimated one in ten men experience mental health issues such as anxiety and depression before and after their child is born (the perinatal ... <a title="When new dads struggle, their kids’ health can suffer. Tackling mental distress early can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/when-new-dads-struggle-their-kids-health-can-suffer-tackling-mental-distress-early-can-help-253024/" aria-label="Read more about When new dads struggle, their kids’ health can suffer. Tackling mental distress early can help">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Douglas Hilton, Chief Executive, CSIRO Andy Young Boronias, known for their showy flowers and strong scent, are a quintessential part of the Australian bush. They led Traditional Owners to the best water sources and inspired Australian children’s author and illustrator May Gibbs to pen one of her ... <a title="A weird group of boronias puzzled botanists for decades. Now we’ve solved the pollination mystery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/a-weird-group-of-boronias-puzzled-botanists-for-decades-now-weve-solved-the-pollination-mystery-258393/" aria-label="Read more about A weird group of boronias puzzled botanists for decades. Now we’ve solved the pollination mystery">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Lu, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney Rawpixel/ Getty Images About one quarter of Australian school students are learning English as an additional language or dialect. This means their first language or dialect is something other than English and they ... <a title="Some students learning English can take at least 6 years to catch up to their peers. How can we support them better?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/some-students-learning-english-can-take-at-least-6-years-to-catch-up-to-their-peers-how-can-we-support-them-better-258819/" aria-label="Read more about Some students learning English can take at least 6 years to catch up to their peers. How can we support them better?">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Wilkins, Aboriginal Cultural Educator, Trainer and Facilitator, Indigenous Knowledge Artist’s impression of Dargan Shelter as it would have looked during the last Ice Age. Painting by Leanne Watson Redpath Travel back 20,000 years into the last Ice Age, to a time when the upper reaches of ... <a title="Ice Age shelter high up in the Blue Mountains reveals Aboriginal heritage from 20,000 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/ice-age-shelter-high-up-in-the-blue-mountains-reveals-aboriginal-heritage-from-20-000-years-ago-247358/" aria-label="Read more about Ice Age shelter high up in the Blue Mountains reveals Aboriginal heritage from 20,000 years ago">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaitlin Cook, DECRA Fellow, Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Australian National University Uranium ore. RHJPhtotos/Shutterstock Late last week, Israel targeted three of Iran’s key nuclear facilities – Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, killing several Iranian nuclear scientists. The facilities are heavily fortified and largely underground, and ... <a title="What is uranium enrichment and how is it used for nuclear bombs? A scientist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/16/what-is-uranium-enrichment-and-how-is-it-used-for-nuclear-bombs-a-scientist-explains-259031/" aria-label="Read more about What is uranium enrichment and how is it used for nuclear bombs? A scientist explains">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Dwyer, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania Israeli defence systems intercept Iranian missiles over the city of Haifa Ahmad Gharabli / AFP via Getty Images Late last week, Israel began a wave of attacks on Iran under the banner of Operation Rising Lion, with ... <a title="How does Israel’s famous air defence work? It’s not just the ‘Iron Dome’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/16/how-does-israels-famous-air-defence-work-its-not-just-the-iron-dome-259029/" aria-label="Read more about How does Israel’s famous air defence work? It’s not just the ‘Iron Dome’">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Fitzpatrick, Professor in International History, Flinders University In the late 1960s, the prevailing opinion among Israeli Shin Bet intelligence officers was that the key to defeating the Palestinian Liberation Organisation was to assassinate its then-leader Yasser Arafat. The elimination of Arafat, the Shin Bet commander Yehuda ... <a title="Iran war: from the Middle East to America, history shows you cannot assassinate your way to peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/16/iran-war-from-the-middle-east-to-america-history-shows-you-cannot-assassinate-your-way-to-peace-259038/" aria-label="Read more about Iran war: from the Middle East to America, history shows you cannot assassinate your way to peace">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Kaufman, Research Fellow, Vaccine Uptake Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute South_agency/Getty Images Last week, the Australian government announced a new National Immunisation Strategy for 2025–30. This strategy sets out the government’s priorities for improving vaccine uptake for children, adolescents and adults over the next five years. ... <a title="The Australian government has launched a new strategy to boost vaccination rates. Will it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/16/the-australian-government-has-launched-a-new-strategy-to-boost-vaccination-rates-will-it-work-258808/" aria-label="Read more about The Australian government has launched a new strategy to boost vaccination rates. Will it work?">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Lothian, Senior Lecturer in Maritime Law and Academic Barrister, University of Wollongong J Nel/Shutterstock The high seas are set to gain a greater level of protection when a long-sought after treaty finally enters into force. For almost 20 years, nations have debated the need for the ... <a title="The historic High Seas Treaty is almost reality. Here’s what it would mean for ocean conservation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/16/the-historic-high-seas-treaty-is-almost-reality-heres-what-it-would-mean-for-ocean-conservation-258710/" aria-label="Read more about The historic High Seas Treaty is almost reality. Here’s what it would mean for ocean conservation">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Conquet, PhD Candidate, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave. Lucy Parakhina/Rising I first came across the work of Argentinian underground enfant terrible Marina Otero in 2022, seeing her work Fuck Me in Paris. Fuck Me starts ... <a title="At Rising, a dance program delves into dark places – and then finally oozes with joy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/16/at-rising-a-dance-program-delves-into-dark-places-and-then-finally-oozes-with-joy-257319/" aria-label="Read more about At Rising, a dance program delves into dark places – and then finally oozes with joy">Read more</a>
