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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Taliah Jade Prince, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Youth Mental Health and Neuroimaging, University of the Sunshine Coast Richard Drury/Getty Images You’re so ugly it hurts. Maybe if you lost some weight, someone would actually like you. No filter can fix that face. These are the sorts of ... <a title="‘No filter can fix that face’: how online body shaming harms teenage girls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/no-filter-can-fix-that-face-how-online-body-shaming-harms-teenage-girls-261362/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No filter can fix that face’: how online body shaming harms teenage girls">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew B. Watkins, Associate Research Scientist in Climate Science, Monash University Gallo Images/Getty This year, Australia has experienced record-breaking floods, tropical cyclones, heatwaves on land and in the ocean, drought, coral bleaching, coastal erosion and devastating algal blooms. Over the past five years, insured losses from extreme ... <a title="As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/as-us-climate-data-gathering-is-gutted-australian-forecasting-is-now-at-real-risk-261747/" aria-label="Read more about As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celia Harris, Associate Professor in Cognitive Science, Western Sydney University CarrieCaptured/Getty As school returns, parents and teachers might each be faced with the familiar chorus of “I can’t find my school jumper” and “I left my hat at home”. For parents of older kids, the stakes may ... <a title="My child is always losing and forgetting things. How can I help – without making it worse?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/my-child-is-always-losing-and-forgetting-things-how-can-i-help-without-making-it-worse-261565/" aria-label="Read more about My child is always losing and forgetting things. How can I help – without making it worse?">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Giesecke, Professor, Centre of Policy Studies and the Impact Project, Victoria University It’s tariff season again, with the next deadline looming on Friday, August 1. Since the beginning of July, the United States has issued another flurry of tariff announcements, revising the sweeping plan announced on ... <a title="As Trump has pulled back from the highest tariffs, this chart shows the economic shock has eased" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/as-trump-has-pulled-back-from-the-highest-tariffs-this-chart-shows-the-economic-shock-has-eased-261846/" aria-label="Read more about As Trump has pulled back from the highest tariffs, this chart shows the economic shock has eased">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Treena Clark, Chancellor’s Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design and Society, University of Technology Sydney If you’re not First Nations yourself, you may have found yourself asking if it is okay for you to wear First Nations fashion. What can you buy? How do First Nations people ... <a title="I’m not First Nations, but I want to wear First Nations fashion. Is that okay?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/im-not-first-nations-but-i-want-to-wear-first-nations-fashion-is-that-okay-258817/" aria-label="Read more about I’m not First Nations, but I want to wear First Nations fashion. Is that okay?">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shahper Richter, Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau The rise of social media was quickly followed by the advent of the “influencer” – an online content creator who builds credibility within a specific niche, giving them the power to shape opinions and ... <a title="Telling stories: the 4 ways micro-influencers build and keep their loyal audiences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/telling-stories-the-4-ways-micro-influencers-build-and-keep-their-loyal-audiences-260806/" aria-label="Read more about Telling stories: the 4 ways micro-influencers build and keep their loyal audiences">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anja Krstic, Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management, York University, Canada Despite progress toward gender equity, many women continue to take on the majority of unpaid labour within their households, including housework and child care. On average, women spend twice as much time as men per week ... <a title="All women — not just mothers — could benefit from more workplace flexibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/all-women-not-just-mothers-could-benefit-from-more-workplace-flexibility-260889/" aria-label="Read more about All women — not just mothers — could benefit from more workplace flexibility">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olaoluwa Omoniyi Olarewaju, Honorary Research Fellow, University of KwaZulu-Natal Across most of Africa, rural communities grow their own food, relying on smallholder agriculture. But climate change is threatening this way of life. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall and degraded soils are already shrinking harvests. This is pushing millions ... <a title="Africa’s smallholder farmers are using bright ideas to adapt to climate change: G20 countries should fund their efforts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/africas-smallholder-farmers-are-using-bright-ideas-to-adapt-to-climate-change-g20-countries-should-fund-their-efforts-261404/" aria-label="Read more about Africa’s smallholder farmers are using bright ideas to adapt to climate change: G20 countries should fund their efforts">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwen Ansell, Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria It’s 100 years since the birth of reedman Jeremiah Morolong “Kippie” Moeketsi on 27 July 1925. He was one of the most influential saxophonists shaping South Africa’s modern jazz style. His death in poverty ... <a title="Kippie Moeketsi at 100: the soul-stirring story of a South African jazz legend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/kippie-moeketsi-at-100-the-soul-stirring-story-of-a-south-african-jazz-legend-262045/" aria-label="Read more about Kippie Moeketsi at 100: the soul-stirring story of a South African jazz legend">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathelinda Nabugodi, Lecturer in Comparative Literature, UCL Portrait of Madeleine by Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1800). Louvre According to one strand of history, slavery was abolished when Europeans found their conscience. According to another, it was abolished when it stopped being profitable. Both approaches tend to underplay the significance ... <a title="My new history of romanticism shows how enslavement shaped European culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/my-new-history-of-romanticism-shows-how-enslavement-shaped-european-culture-261780/" aria-label="Read more about My new history of romanticism shows how enslavement shaped European culture">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rennie Naidoo, Professor of Information Systems, University of the Witwatersrand Protesters blocking roads in Johannesburg, demanding a reliable water supply. Photo: Silver Sibiya GroundUp, CC BY-NC-ND African cities are growing at an incredible pace. With this growth comes a mix of opportunity and challenge. How do we ... <a title="Smart cities start with people, not technology: lessons from Westbury, Johannesburg" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/smart-cities-start-with-people-not-technology-lessons-from-westbury-johannesburg-260346/" aria-label="Read more about Smart cities start with people, not technology: lessons from Westbury, Johannesburg">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Smith, Research Scientist in Earth & Environment, Boston University Trees like these in Boston can help keep neighborhoods cooler on hot days. Yassine Khalfalli/Unsplash, CC BY When summer turns up the heat, cities can start to feel like an oven, as buildings and pavement trap the ... <a title="Urban trees vs. cool roofs: What’s the best way for cities to beat the heat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/urban-trees-vs-cool-roofs-whats-the-best-way-for-cities-to-beat-the-heat-260188/" aria-label="Read more about Urban trees vs. cool roofs: What’s the best way for cities to beat the heat?">Read more</a>
