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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Golding, Professor and Chair of the Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology Lucasfilm Ltd™ Premiering today, the second and final season of Star Wars streaming show Andor seems destined to be one of the pop culture defining moments of the second Trump presidency. ... <a title="Since its very conception, Star Wars has been political. Now Andor will take on Trump 2.0" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/since-its-very-conception-star-wars-has-been-political-now-andor-will-take-on-trump-2-0-254208/" aria-label="Read more about Since its very conception, Star Wars has been political. Now Andor will take on Trump 2.0">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The imbroglio over the reported Russian request to Indonesia to base planes in Papua initially tripped Peter Dutton, and now is dogging Anthony Albanese. After the respected military site Janes said a request had been made, the Australian government quickly ... <a title="Election Diary: Albanese government stays mum over whatever Russia may have said to Indonesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/election-diary-albanese-government-stays-mum-over-whatever-russia-may-have-said-to-indonesia-254201/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: Albanese government stays mum over whatever Russia may have said to Indonesia">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathew Schmalz, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross Cardinals attend Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be, on March 12, 2013, in Vatican City. Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Image With the death of ... <a title="How the next pope will be elected – what goes on at the conclave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/21/how-the-next-pope-will-be-elected-what-goes-on-at-the-conclave-164363/" aria-label="Read more about How the next pope will be elected – what goes on at the conclave">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Reardon, Postdoctoral Researcher, Pulsar Timing and Gravitational Waves, Swinburne University of Technology Artist’s impression of a pulsar bow shock scattering a radio beam. Carl Knox/Swinburne/OzGrav With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an abundance of ... <a title="Twinkling star reveals the shocking secrets of turbulent plasma in our cosmic neighbourhood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/21/twinkling-star-reveals-the-shocking-secrets-of-turbulent-plasma-in-our-cosmic-neighbourhood-243022/" aria-label="Read more about Twinkling star reveals the shocking secrets of turbulent plasma in our cosmic neighbourhood">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joel Hodge, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, Australian Catholic University Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday, aged 88, the Vatican announced. The head of the Catholic Church had recently survived being hospitalised with a serious bout of double pneumonia. Cardinal Kevin Farrell’s announcement began: ... <a title="Pope Francis has died, aged 88. These were his greatest reforms – and controversies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/21/pope-francis-has-died-aged-88-these-were-his-greatest-reforms-and-controversies-229111/" aria-label="Read more about Pope Francis has died, aged 88. These were his greatest reforms – and controversies">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracy McEwan, School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. On Easter Sunday, he used his message and blessing to appeal for peace in Middle East and ... <a title="Pope Francis tried to change the Catholic Church for women, with mixed success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/21/pope-francis-tried-to-change-the-catholic-church-for-women-with-mixed-success-250911/" aria-label="Read more about Pope Francis tried to change the Catholic Church for women, with mixed success">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on April 21, 2025.
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April 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathleen Garland, PhD Candidate, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University The faces of living and extinct theropod dinosaurs. Left: Riya Bidaye; right: Indian Roller model (NHMUK S1987) from TEMPO bird project – MorphoSource. Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size – from the straw-like beak ... <a title="A secret mathematical rule has shaped the beaks of birds and other dinosaurs for 200 million years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/21/a-secret-mathematical-rule-has-shaped-the-beaks-of-birds-and-other-dinosaurs-for-200-million-years-254481/" aria-label="Read more about A secret mathematical rule has shaped the beaks of birds and other dinosaurs for 200 million years">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (Climate Science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock/EvaL Miko If heat rises, why does it get colder as you climb up mountains? – Ollie, 8, Christchurch, New Zealand That is an excellent and thoughtful question Ollie – why indeed? ... <a title="Curious Kids: if heat rises, why does it get colder in the mountains?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/21/curious-kids-if-heat-rises-why-does-it-get-colder-in-the-mountains-252911/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: if heat rises, why does it get colder in the mountains?">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Rindert Algra-Maschio, PhD Candidate, Social and Political Sciences, Monash University Three weeks into the federal election campaign and both major parties have already pledged to spend billions in taxpayer dollars if elected on May 3. But with so many policies announced — and surely more to ... <a title="From the doable to the downright impossible: your guide to making sense of election promises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/21/from-the-doable-to-the-downright-impossible-your-guide-to-making-sense-of-election-promises-253554/" aria-label="Read more about From the doable to the downright impossible: your guide to making sense of election promises">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Palazzo, Adjunct Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney For more than a century, Australia has followed the same defence policy: dependence on a great power. This was first the United Kingdom and then the United States. Without properly ... <a title="Security without submarines: the military strategy Australia should pursue instead of AUKUS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/21/security-without-submarines-the-military-strategy-australia-should-pursue-instead-of-aukus-253107/" aria-label="Read more about Security without submarines: the military strategy Australia should pursue instead of AUKUS">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Farah Houdroge, Mathematical Modeller, Burnet Institute ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock Needle and syringe programs are a proven public health intervention that provide free, sterile injecting equipment to people who use drugs. By reducing needle sharing, these programs help prevent the spread of blood-borne viruses such as hepatitis C and HIV ... <a title="Prison needle programs could save double what they cost – our new modelling shows how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/21/prison-needle-programs-could-save-double-what-they-cost-our-new-modelling-shows-how-254592/" aria-label="Read more about Prison needle programs could save double what they cost – our new modelling shows how">Read more</a>
