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January 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Upama Aich, Forrest Research Fellow, Centre for Evolutionary Biology, The University of Western Australia Rock formations in Love Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey. Nevit Dilmen/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY “Size matters” sounds like a tabloid cliché, but for evolutionary biologists the size of the human penis is truly a puzzle. ... <a title="Why are human penises so large? New evolutionary study finds two main reasons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/why-are-human-penises-so-large-new-evolutionary-study-finds-two-main-reasons-273365/" aria-label="Read more about Why are human penises so large? New evolutionary study finds two main reasons">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Woods, Lecturer, Nursing, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University Splinters are everyday injuries commonly involving a small shard of wood, glass, metal, plastic or a thorn that becomes embedded in the skin and the soft tissue underneath. The outer skin layer, known as the epidermis, has ... <a title="What’s the best way to remove a splinter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/whats-the-best-way-to-remove-a-splinter-268279/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the best way to remove a splinter?">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Sussan Ley may pay the price for the implosion of the Coalition, but the blame rests squarely with Nationals leader David Littleproud. He’s the one whose leadership should be on the line. When you stand back from it, the behaviour ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Coalition split is massive blow for Ley but the fault lies with Littleproud" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/grattan-on-friday-coalition-split-is-massive-blow-for-ley-but-the-fault-lies-with-littleproud-274027/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Coalition split is massive blow for Ley but the fault lies with Littleproud">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Brannigan, Associate Professor, Theatre and Performance, UNSW Sydney Stephen Wilson Barker/Sydney Festival Of all the arts, dance has a special capacity to create worlds. Centred around the moving body, these worlds draw on other art forms – music, visual art, design, projection – to fill-out visions ... <a title="From grand harbour spectacular to intimate perfection: the varied dance at Sydney Festival 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/from-grand-harbour-spectacular-to-intimate-perfection-the-varied-dance-at-sydney-festival-2026-273459/" aria-label="Read more about From grand harbour spectacular to intimate perfection: the varied dance at Sydney Festival 2026">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Botterill, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The short-lived split between the Nationals and the Liberal Party after last year’s election has been followed by another breakup less than nine months later. The Nationals are publicly stating they cannot work under Sussan ... <a title="Instead of a marriage, the Coalition should be an on-again, off-again affair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/instead-of-a-marriage-the-coalition-should-be-an-on-again-off-again-affair-274105/" aria-label="Read more about Instead of a marriage, the Coalition should be an on-again, off-again affair">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University In what has become a familiar, exhausting cycle, the rest of the world is left with the futile task of trying to dredge meaning from the wreckage left behind by US President Donald ... <a title="Trump sows ‘chaotic cruelty’ while Canadian PM Carney reminds the world it doesn’t have to play along" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/trump-sows-chaotic-cruelty-while-canadian-pm-carney-reminds-the-world-it-doesnt-have-to-play-along-274099/" aria-label="Read more about Trump sows ‘chaotic cruelty’ while Canadian PM Carney reminds the world it doesn’t have to play along">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zena Assaad, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Australian National University The United States is set to become “the world’s undisputed [artificial intelligence-enabled] fighting force”. At least that’s the view of the country’s Department of War, which earlier this month released a new strategy to accelerate the deployment ... <a title="The United States’ new military strategy is a case of ‘AI peacocking’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/the-united-states-new-military-strategy-is-a-case-of-ai-peacocking-273803/" aria-label="Read more about The United States’ new military strategy is a case of ‘AI peacocking’">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal Coalition is dead, with Nationals leader David Littleproud on Thursday morning declaring it “untenable” after Liberal leader Sussan Ley stared down the Liberals’ minor partner. This followed all Nationals frontbenchers resigning from the shadow ministry on Wednesday night, ... <a title="Nationals break Coalition, declaring it ‘untenable’ and blaming Ley" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/nationals-break-coalition-declaring-it-untenable-and-blaming-ley-274025/" aria-label="Read more about Nationals break Coalition, declaring it ‘untenable’ and blaming Ley">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Stevens, Professor in Ocean Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Stevens/NIWA/K061, CC BY-NC-ND Beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf lies one of the least measured oceans on Earth – a vast, dark cavity roughly twice the volume of ... <a title="Beneath Antarctica’s largest ice shelf, a hidden ocean is revealing its secrets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/beneath-antarcticas-largest-ice-shelf-a-hidden-ocean-is-revealing-its-secrets-273219/" aria-label="Read more about Beneath Antarctica’s largest ice shelf, a hidden ocean is revealing its secrets">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yanyan Hong, Adjunct Fellow in Communication, Media and Film Studies, Adelaide University Agata Grzybowska © 2025 Focus Features In Hamnet, Agnes Hathaway (Jessie Buckley) asks William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) to introduce himself by telling her a story. It is her way of seeing who this man really ... <a title="Shakespeare reinvented: how Chloé Zhao blends East and West philosophies in Hamnet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/shakespeare-reinvented-how-chloe-zhao-blends-east-and-west-philosophies-in-hamnet-273352/" aria-label="Read more about Shakespeare reinvented: how Chloé Zhao blends East and West philosophies in Hamnet">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Trenberth, Distinguished Scholar, NCAR; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Sanka Vidanagama/Getty Images For many people this summer – especially those across Northland Auckland and Coromandel – showery days and bursts of heavy rain have become all too familiar. This week, fresh downpours on ... <a title="NZ is again being soaked this summer – record ocean heat helps explain it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/nz-is-again-being-soaked-this-summer-record-ocean-heat-helps-explain-it-274013/" aria-label="Read more about NZ is again being soaked this summer – record ocean heat helps explain it">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maxime Aubert, Professor of Archaeological Science, Griffith University Supplied When we think of the world’s oldest art, Europe usually comes to mind, with famous cave paintings in France and Spain often seen as evidence this was the birthplace of symbolic human culture. But new evidence from Indonesia ... <a title="Humanity’s oldest known cave art has been discovered in Sulawesi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/humanitys-oldest-known-cave-art-has-been-discovered-in-sulawesi-273364/" aria-label="Read more about Humanity’s oldest known cave art has been discovered in Sulawesi">Read more</a>
