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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Bush, Senior Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne Ulverstone Planetarium, Hive Tasmania Picture this: a small audience is quietly ushered into a darkened room. They gasp in awe, as a brilliant night sky shines above. They wonder – as many after ... <a title="For 100 years, we have marvelled at planetariums. Here’s a brief history of how humans brought the stars indoors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/for-100-years-we-have-marvelled-at-planetariums-heres-a-brief-history-of-how-humans-brought-the-stars-indoors-255228/" aria-label="Read more about For 100 years, we have marvelled at planetariums. Here’s a brief history of how humans brought the stars indoors">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University A postage stamp from the Soviet Union celebrating its Venus space program from the 1960s and 1970s. Soviet Union/Wikipedia During the height of the Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s, the USSR launched 29 spacecraft ... <a title="More than 50 years after trying to reach Venus, a failed Soviet spacecraft is about to return to Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/more-than-50-years-after-trying-to-reach-venus-a-failed-soviet-spacecraft-is-about-to-return-to-earth-255836/" aria-label="Read more about More than 50 years after trying to reach Venus, a failed Soviet spacecraft is about to return to Earth">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ronnie Das, Associate Professor in Data Analytics, The University of Western Australia The English Premier League (EPL) is one of the most prestigious and widely consumed soccer competitions in the world. Yet it is also manifestly lopsided when it comes to competitive balance. Only a handful of ... <a title="The Premier League champions have already been crowned but there’s still a lot on the line – mainly money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/the-premier-league-champions-have-already-been-crowned-but-theres-still-a-lot-on-the-line-mainly-money-254700/" aria-label="Read more about The Premier League champions have already been crowned but there’s still a lot on the line – mainly money">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trivess Moore, Associate Professor in Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University New Africa/Shutterstock In Europe, double-glazed windows are standard. But in Australia, these energy-saving windows are remarkably uncommon. Correctly installed, the effect of double-glazing is remarkable. Instead of a house losing or gaining huge amounts of ... <a title="Cheap overseas, ruinous in Australia: here’s how to make double-glazed windows the norm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/cheap-overseas-ruinous-in-australia-heres-how-to-make-double-glazed-windows-the-norm-250280/" aria-label="Read more about Cheap overseas, ruinous in Australia: here’s how to make double-glazed windows the norm">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Freestone, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs, UNSW Sydney Hendo Wang/Unsplash Gamma hydroxybutyrate – better known as GHB – is an increasingly popular illegal drug being used recreationally in Australia. While it can create feelings of euphoria, disinhibition and increased libido, ... <a title="More Australians are overdosing on GHB. But there are ways to reduce your risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/more-australians-are-overdosing-on-ghb-but-there-are-ways-to-reduce-your-risk-253128/" aria-label="Read more about More Australians are overdosing on GHB. But there are ways to reduce your risk">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Johnson, Professor of Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology and Director of the ACU Centre for Liturgy, Australian Catholic University For nearly 800 years the Catholic Church has utilised the process of the conclave to elect a new pope. “Conclave” means “with a key”, indicating the cardinal-electors ... <a title="The election of a new pope is announced with smoke: what do the colours mean, and how are they made?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/the-election-of-a-new-pope-is-announced-with-smoke-what-do-the-colours-mean-and-how-are-they-made-255595/" aria-label="Read more about The election of a new pope is announced with smoke: what do the colours mean, and how are they made?">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Jin Kang, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, RMIT University Vietnam Wachiwit Imagine applying for a job, only to find out that an algorithm powered by artificial intelligence (AI) rejected your resume before a human even saw it. Or imagine visiting a doctor where treatment options are ... <a title="Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/avoiding-ai-is-hard-but-our-freedom-to-opt-out-must-be-protected-255873/" aria-label="Read more about Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University Catholicism did not begin as a “white” faith. Born on the eastern rim of the Mediterranean, it spread through the trading routes and legions of the Roman Empire into Africa, Asia and, only later, what we now call Europe. ... <a title="Popes have been European for hundreds of years. Is it time for one from Africa or Asia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/popes-have-been-european-for-hundreds-of-years-is-it-time-for-one-from-africa-or-asia-255506/" aria-label="Read more about Popes have been European for hundreds of years. Is it time for one from Africa or Asia?">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stacy Vallis, Lecturer in Architecture and Emerging Technologies, Auckland University of Technology Shutterstock/Emagnetic With large parts of New Zealand having recently been pummelled by ex-tropical Cyclone Tam and ongoing bouts of heavy rain, it is important to remember that natural hazards have long shaped our cities. Two ... <a title="Moving towns: 4 stories of communities facing relocation show the complex realities of managed retreat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/moving-towns-4-stories-of-communities-facing-relocation-show-the-complex-realities-of-managed-retreat-254693/" aria-label="Read more about Moving towns: 4 stories of communities facing relocation show the complex realities of managed retreat">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Pacific Media Watch To mark the release of the 2025 World Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) partnered with the agency The Good Company to launch a new awareness campaign that puts an ironic twist on the glossy advertising of the tourism industry. Three out of six countries featured in the exposé are from ... <a title="Indonesian postcard image ‘dangerous’ but Fiji a rising star in RSF press freedom index" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/indonesian-postcard-image-dangerous-but-fiji-a-rising-star-in-rsf-press-freedom-index/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian postcard image ‘dangerous’ but Fiji a rising star in RSF press freedom index">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Liberals’ former Senate Leader Simon Birmingham has urged the party to adopt quotas for its women in parliament, in an excoriating post-election critique. Birmingham, a leading moderate who retired from parliament in January, says given the Liberals’ parliamentary representation ... <a title="Gender quotas are the only way for the Liberals to go: Simon Birmingham" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/gender-quotas-are-the-only-way-for-the-liberals-to-go-simon-birmingham-255958/" aria-label="Read more about Gender quotas are the only way for the Liberals to go: Simon Birmingham">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jakub Mesinovic, Research Fellow at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University fran_kie/Shutterstock As we age, it’s common to notice posture changes: shoulders rounding, head leaning forward, back starting to curve. You might associate this with older adults and wonder: will this happen to me? ... <a title="Why do some people get a curved back as they age and what can I do to avoid it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/why-do-some-people-get-a-curved-back-as-they-age-and-what-can-i-do-to-avoid-it-252811/" aria-label="Read more about Why do some people get a curved back as they age and what can I do to avoid it?">Read more</a>
