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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Clift, Lecturer in Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney Thomas Yau/Shutterstock The demise of one of Hong Kong’s last major pro-democracy parties, the League of Social Democrats, is the latest blow to the city’s crumbling democratic credentials. The league is the third major opposition party to disband ... <a title="Hong Kong’s light fades as another pro-democracy party folds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/hong-kongs-light-fades-as-another-pro-democracy-party-folds-260186/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong’s light fades as another pro-democracy party folds">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal Author David Robie and Little Island Press are about to publish next week a 40th anniversary edition of Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior, a first-hand account of the relocation of the Rongelap people by Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior in ... <a title="Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire edition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/eyewitness-account-of-rainbow-warrior-voyage-new-eyes-of-fire-edition/" aria-label="Read more about Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire edition">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsten Banks, Lecturer, School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology K Ly / Deep Random Survey This week, astronomers spotted the third known interstellar visitor to our Solar System. First detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on July 1, the ... <a title="Astronomers have spied an interstellar object zooming through the Solar System" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/astronomers-have-spied-an-interstellar-object-zooming-through-the-solar-system-260422/" aria-label="Read more about Astronomers have spied an interstellar object zooming through the Solar System">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Henryk Siemiradzki via Wikimedia Commons To love and be loved is something most people want in their lives. In the modern world, we often see stories about the difficulties of finding love and the ... <a title="Avoid bad breath, don’t pick partners when drunk: ancient dating tips to find modern love" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/avoid-bad-breath-dont-pick-partners-when-drunk-ancient-dating-tips-to-find-modern-love-250792/" aria-label="Read more about Avoid bad breath, don’t pick partners when drunk: ancient dating tips to find modern love">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Hunter, Senior Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University Jeff Busby/Back To Back Theatre/ACMI Back to Back Theatre is one of Australia’s national treasures. Over 30 years this dynamic Geelong-based company – an ensemble of actors who are perceived to have intellectual disabilities – has built ... <a title="Back to Back Theatre tackles an epic Shakespearian conflict – set in a factory, with cardboard props" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/back-to-back-theatre-tackles-an-epic-shakespearian-conflict-set-in-a-factory-with-cardboard-props-257545/" aria-label="Read more about Back to Back Theatre tackles an epic Shakespearian conflict – set in a factory, with cardboard props">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa J. Whop, Associate Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Yardhura Walani, National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research, Australian National University Thurtell/Getty Images Australia’s lung cancer screening program launched on July 1, and marks real progress and opportunity. It aims to reduce the ... <a title="Australia’s new lung cancer screening program has chosen simplicity over equity, and we’re concerned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/australias-new-lung-cancer-screening-program-has-chosen-simplicity-over-equity-and-were-concerned-253614/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new lung cancer screening program has chosen simplicity over equity, and we’re concerned">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Rattenbury, Associate Professor in Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Environmental Defense Fund, CC BY-SA This week’s announcement of the loss of a methane-detecting satellite, just days before New Zealand was meant to take over mission control, is a blow to the country’s space research ... <a title="Lost in space: MethaneSat failed just as NZ was to take over mission control – here’s what we need to know now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/lost-in-space-methanesat-failed-just-as-nz-was-to-take-over-mission-control-heres-what-we-need-to-know-now-260407/" aria-label="Read more about Lost in space: MethaneSat failed just as NZ was to take over mission control – here’s what we need to know now">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bo Li, Professor, Environmental Futures Research Centre, School of Science, University of Wollongong Excavation at the Gantangqing site. Liu et al. Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has shown. Discovered during excavations carried out ... <a title="Rare wooden tools from Stone Age China reveal plant-based lifestyle of ancient lakeside humans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/rare-wooden-tools-from-stone-age-china-reveal-plant-based-lifestyle-of-ancient-lakeside-humans-260204/" aria-label="Read more about Rare wooden tools from Stone Age China reveal plant-based lifestyle of ancient lakeside humans">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Pearce, Professor, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Health Science, Swinburne University of Technology AAP Image/The Conversation, CC BY Concussion in sport continues to make headlines, whether it be class actions, young men flocking to the highly violent “RunIt” activity or debate about whether Australian rules football ... <a title="I’ve seen the brain damage contact sports can cause – we all need to take concussion and CTE more seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/ive-seen-the-brain-damage-contact-sports-can-cause-we-all-need-to-take-concussion-and-cte-more-seriously-259785/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve seen the brain damage contact sports can cause – we all need to take concussion and CTE more seriously">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images) Another week, another Cook Strait ferry breakdown. As the winter maintenance season approaches and the Aratere prepares for its final months of service, New Zealand faces a self-imposed crisis. The government ... <a title="NZ will soon have no real interisland rail-ferry link – why are we so bad at infrastructure planning?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/nz-will-soon-have-no-real-interisland-rail-ferry-link-why-are-we-so-bad-at-infrastructure-planning-260279/" aria-label="Read more about NZ will soon have no real interisland rail-ferry link – why are we so bad at infrastructure planning?">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Sen Gupta, Associate Professor in Climate Science, UNSW Sydney Izabela23/Shutterstock The greenhouse effect was discovered more than 150 years ago and the first scientific paper linking carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere with climate change was published in 1896. But it wasn’t until the 1950s that ... <a title="Mauna Loa Observatory captured the reality of climate change. The US plans to shut it down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/mauna-loa-observatory-captured-the-reality-of-climate-change-the-us-plans-to-shut-it-down-260403/" aria-label="Read more about Mauna Loa Observatory captured the reality of climate change. The US plans to shut it down">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dimitrios Salampasis, Associate Professor, Emerging Technologies and FinTech | FinTech Capability Lead, Swinburne University of Technology Oleg Golovnev/Shutterstock Images of flashy sports cars. Lavish lifestyle shots. These are just some of the red flags consumers should watch out for when they turn to social media for financial ... <a title="6 simple questions to tell if a ‘finfluencer’ is more flash than cash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/6-simple-questions-to-tell-if-a-finfluencer-is-more-flash-than-cash-259906/" aria-label="Read more about 6 simple questions to tell if a ‘finfluencer’ is more flash than cash">Read more</a>
