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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim O’Hara, Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria Research Institute A brittle star of the species _Gorgonocephalus eucnemis_. Lagunatic Photo / Getty Images You may have read that the deep sea is a very different environment from the land and shallow water. There is no light, ... <a title="Five arms, no heart and a global family: what DNA revealed about the weird deep-sea world of brittle stars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/five-arms-no-heart-and-a-global-family-what-dna-revealed-about-the-weird-deep-sea-world-of-brittle-stars-261566/" aria-label="Read more about Five arms, no heart and a global family: what DNA revealed about the weird deep-sea world of brittle stars">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Griffith, Professor of Avian Behavioural Ecology, Macquarie University The green-headed tanager (_Tangara seledon_) has a hidden layer of plumage that is white underneath the orange feathers and black underneath the blue and green feathers. Daniel Field Birds are perhaps the most colourful group of animals, bringing ... <a title="Birds use hidden black and white feathers to make themselves more colourful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/birds-use-hidden-black-and-white-feathers-to-make-themselves-more-colourful-261567/" aria-label="Read more about Birds use hidden black and white feathers to make themselves more colourful">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Gupta, Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Appleton Institute, HealthWise Research Group, CQUniversity Australia Walstrom, Susanne/Getty We’re constantly being reminded by news articles and social media posts that we should be getting more sleep. You probably don’t need to hear it again – not sleeping enough is bad ... <a title="Is sleeping a lot actually bad for your health? A sleep scientist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/is-sleeping-a-lot-actually-bad-for-your-health-a-sleep-scientist-explains-259991/" aria-label="Read more about Is sleeping a lot actually bad for your health? A sleep scientist explains">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriel Crowley, Adjunct Associate Professor in Geography, University of Adelaide JJ Harrison/Wikimedia, CC BY Picture this. A small, rainbow-coloured chick emerges from its nest for the first time. It stretches its wings and prepares to take flight. But before the fledgling’s life in the wild has begun, ... <a title="From grasslands to killing fields: why trees are bad news for one of Australia’s most stunning birds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/from-grasslands-to-killing-fields-why-trees-are-bad-news-for-one-of-australias-most-stunning-birds-259898/" aria-label="Read more about From grasslands to killing fields: why trees are bad news for one of Australia’s most stunning birds">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celia McMichael, Professor in Geography, The University of Melbourne Celia McMichael, CC BY-NC-ND In the village of Nagigi, Fiji, the ocean isn’t just a resource – it’s part of the community’s identity. But in recent years, villagers have seen the sea behave differently. Tides are pushing inland. ... <a title="As seas rise and fish decline, this Fijian village is finding new ways to adapt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/as-seas-rise-and-fish-decline-this-fijian-village-is-finding-new-ways-to-adapt-261573/" aria-label="Read more about As seas rise and fish decline, this Fijian village is finding new ways to adapt">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide United Artists/Getty Images In 1955, director Charles Laughton crafted one of the darkest, strangest fairytales ever to come out of Hollywood. The Night of the Hunter remains visually exquisite and profoundly unsettling. Shortly before Ben Harper is ... <a title="After 70 years, twisted gothic thriller The Night of the Hunter remains as disturbing and beguiling as ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/after-70-years-twisted-gothic-thriller-the-night-of-the-hunter-remains-as-disturbing-and-beguiling-as-ever-251049/" aria-label="Read more about After 70 years, twisted gothic thriller The Night of the Hunter remains as disturbing and beguiling as ever">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kimberley O’Sullivan, Senior Research Fellow, He Kainga Oranga – Housing and Health Research Programme, University of Otago Igor Suka/Getty Images The spotlight is again on New Zealand’s energy sector, with a group of industry bodies and independent retailers pushing for a market overhaul, saying the sector was ... <a title="Almost a third of NZ households face energy hardship – reform has to go beyond cheaper off-peak power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/almost-a-third-of-nz-households-face-energy-hardship-reform-has-to-go-beyond-cheaper-off-peak-power-259140/" aria-label="Read more about Almost a third of NZ households face energy hardship – reform has to go beyond cheaper off-peak power">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Burke Robertson, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University Some immigration courts have allowed ICE attorneys to conceal their names during proceedings. Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty Images Something unusual is happening in U.S. immigration courts. Government lawyers are ... <a title="Immigration courts hiding the names of ICE lawyers goes against centuries of precedent and legal ethics requiring transparency in courts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/immigration-courts-hiding-the-names-of-ice-lawyers-goes-against-centuries-of-precedent-and-legal-ethics-requiring-transparency-in-courts-261452/" aria-label="Read more about Immigration courts hiding the names of ICE lawyers goes against centuries of precedent and legal ethics requiring transparency in courts">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nando Sigona, Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham arda savasciogullari/Shutterstock The letter that arrived for eleven-year-old Guilherme in June 2025 was addressed personally to him. The UK Home Office was informing ... <a title="How the UK’s immigration system splits families apart – by design" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/how-the-uks-immigration-system-splits-families-apart-by-design-261134/" aria-label="Read more about How the UK’s immigration system splits families apart – by design">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Sidi, Associate Professor of Health Humanities, UCL Under bright lights, the audience looks at a bare stage on two planes. Below, a small stage is white and empty, occupied only by a table and two chairs. Above, a huge, slanted mirror reflects a bird’s-eye view of ... <a title="4.48 Psychosis revival: the play’s window into a mind on the edge is as brutal as ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/4-48-psychosis-revival-the-plays-window-into-a-mind-on-the-edge-is-as-brutal-as-ever-261430/" aria-label="Read more about 4.48 Psychosis revival: the play’s window into a mind on the edge is as brutal as ever">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fidele B. Ebia, Postdoctoral fellow, Duke Africa Initiative, Duke University The manufacturing of African print textiles has shifted to China in the 21st century. While they are widely consumed in African countries – and symbolic of the continent – the rise of “made in China” has undermined ... <a title="Togo’s ‘Nana-Benz’: how cheap Chinese imports of African fabrics has hurt the famous women traders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/togos-nana-benz-how-cheap-chinese-imports-of-african-fabrics-has-hurt-the-famous-women-traders-260924/" aria-label="Read more about Togo’s ‘Nana-Benz’: how cheap Chinese imports of African fabrics has hurt the famous women traders">Read more</a>
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July 24, 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="2 ways cities can beat the heat: Which is best, urban trees or cool roofs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/2-ways-cities-can-beat-the-heat-which-is-best-urban-trees-or-cool-roofs-260188/" aria-label="Read more about 2 ways cities can beat the heat: Which is best, urban trees or cool roofs?">Read more</a>
