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May 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Pryke, Honorary Research Associate, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney On Thursday, United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands outside China’s Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, for 14 seconds. Almost immediately, we saw various pundits trying ... <a title="From ancient kings to Trump and Xi: when did humans start shaking hands? And why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/20/from-ancient-kings-to-trump-and-xi-when-did-humans-start-shaking-hands-and-why-283078/" aria-label="Read more about From ancient kings to Trump and Xi: when did humans start shaking hands? And why?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Russo, Professor, Director of Research, Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University Six passengers from the hantavirus cruise ship have started their quarantine at Australia’s purpose-built facility in Western Australia. Over the next three weeks, the Australians and one New Zealander will be housed at the 500-bed Bullsbrook ... <a title="Hantavirus quarantine has started. Two infection control experts explain what to expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/20/hantavirus-quarantine-has-started-two-infection-control-experts-explain-what-to-expect-282967/" aria-label="Read more about Hantavirus quarantine has started. Two infection control experts explain what to expect">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tamara Wilkinson, Lecturer in Private Investment Law, Monash University With this year’s budget, the Albanese government has delivered a suite of bold tax reforms aimed at improving Australia’s “intergenerational equity” – particularly young people’s access to home ownership. The reception, however, has been mixed. Some groups have ... <a title="Are this budget’s tax changes really an ‘assault on aspiration’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/20/are-this-budgets-tax-changes-really-an-assault-on-aspiration-283264/" aria-label="Read more about Are this budget’s tax changes really an ‘assault on aspiration’?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zhonghua Zheng, Assistant Professor in Data Science and Environmental Analytics, University of Manchester More than half the world’s population now lives in cities that are often much hotter than their rural surroundings. Roads, buildings and paved surfaces absorb and store heat during the day, then release it ... <a title="How traffic makes cities warmer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/20/how-traffic-makes-cities-warmer-283195/" aria-label="Read more about How traffic makes cities warmer">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelley Cotter, Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State Anthropic, the company behind the generative AI tool Claude, claimed in March 2026 that it used an AI interviewer to conduct “the largest and most multilingual qualitative study” ever done. The AI tool collected responses from ... <a title="AI interviewers can’t connect with people the way human researchers can – they can produce only data, not meaning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/20/ai-interviewers-cant-connect-with-people-the-way-human-researchers-can-they-can-produce-only-data-not-meaning-279437/" aria-label="Read more about AI interviewers can’t connect with people the way human researchers can – they can produce only data, not meaning">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Christine Reynolds, Associate Professor in Hominin Palaeoecology, Bournemouth University For most of the 20th century, the model of human origins was a tree: with the trunk dividing into branches, and then twigs. Each species of human relative (hominin) was a neat, single branch. As an undergraduate, ... <a title="Ancient tooth proteins suggest ‘Homo erectus’ may have left a genetic legacy in people today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/ancient-tooth-proteins-suggest-homo-erectus-may-have-left-a-genetic-legacy-in-people-today-282785/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient tooth proteins suggest ‘Homo erectus’ may have left a genetic legacy in people today">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Farah N. Jan, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Pennsylvania Days after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began on Feb. 28, 2026, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez denied American forces the use of the Naval Station Rota and the Morón Air Base – installations that ... <a title="Why the Iran war is breaking the US-European strategic alliance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/why-the-iran-war-is-breaking-the-us-european-strategic-alliance-281975/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Iran war is breaking the US-European strategic alliance">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vitomir Kovanovic, Professor and Associate Director of the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L), Education Futures, Adelaide University The pre-print website arXiv has announced that researchers who put their names to papers which included errors clearly generated by artificial intelligence (AI) will face a year-long ... <a title="A key science publishing platform is cracking down on AI slop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/a-key-science-publishing-platform-is-cracking-down-on-ai-slop-283136/" aria-label="Read more about A key science publishing platform is cracking down on AI slop">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Myra Williamson, Senior Lecturer in Law, Auckland University of Technology New Zealand has a voter turnout problem. Although enrolment is compulsory for all eligible voters, casting a ballot is optional. And the number of people voting has been falling in both general and local body elections since ... <a title="Compulsory voting has boosted turnout in Australia – is it time NZ tried it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/compulsory-voting-has-boosted-turnout-in-australia-is-it-time-nz-tried-it-281744/" aria-label="Read more about Compulsory voting has boosted turnout in Australia – is it time NZ tried it?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gorana Grgić, Head of Global Security, Center for Security Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich; University of Sydney As NATO counts down to its annual summit in Turkey in July, the alliance is facing perhaps the biggest challenge in its history – what a potential future ... <a title="NATO would survive a US withdrawal. But what kind of alliance would it become?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/nato-would-survive-a-us-withdrawal-but-what-kind-of-alliance-would-it-become-282723/" aria-label="Read more about NATO would survive a US withdrawal. But what kind of alliance would it become?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narendar Manohar, Research Fellow in Workplace Mental Health, Black Dog Institute Many Australian children struggle with their mental health. Recent data shows around one in seven children (13.9%) aged 4–17 experiences a diagnosable mental illness. So what can actually help? Our research shows the most powerful influences ... <a title="To improve children’s mental health, start by supporting their parents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/to-improve-childrens-mental-health-start-by-supporting-their-parents-271944/" aria-label="Read more about To improve children’s mental health, start by supporting their parents">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Boylan, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University Getting the kids out the door for school can feel like herding cats in the rain. Just when one child is ready, another can’t find a shoe, someone remembers homework, and someone else starts crying because they ... <a title="Getting the kids out the door for school drives me bananas. How can we make mornings calmer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/getting-the-kids-out-the-door-for-school-drives-me-bananas-how-can-we-make-mornings-calmer-283134/" aria-label="Read more about Getting the kids out the door for school drives me bananas. How can we make mornings calmer?">Read more</a>
