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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Brown, Associate Professor of Medieval History, Durham University In our research in the British Library’s medieval collections, we have identified a previously unnoticed document that provides fresh insights into the survivors of the outbreak of plague known as the Black Death (1346–53). The document – a ... <a title="What a list of Black Death survivors reveals about the way people recovered from plague" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/what-a-list-of-black-death-survivors-reveals-about-the-way-people-recovered-from-plague-275622/" aria-label="Read more about What a list of Black Death survivors reveals about the way people recovered from plague">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Whitehouse, Deputy Director, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Professor of Autism Research, The University of Western Australia Thinking about autism has evolved. Just three decades ago, autism was a relatively rare and clearly defined condition, diagnosed in people with limited verbal language and highly repetitive behaviour. ... <a title="As the definition of autism expands, are we losing sight of those with the greatest needs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/as-the-definition-of-autism-expands-are-we-losing-sight-of-those-with-the-greatest-needs-281991/" aria-label="Read more about As the definition of autism expands, are we losing sight of those with the greatest needs?">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Beer, Executive Dean, UniSA Business, Adelaide University Since at least the early 1990s, much of regional Australia has felt overlooked by the rest of the country. Our regions have seen themselves as disadvantaged compared to other parts of the nation, ignored when new policies are being ... <a title="Despite some wins, this budget won’t transform regional Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/despite-some-wins-this-budget-wont-transform-regional-australia-282715/" aria-label="Read more about Despite some wins, this budget won’t transform regional Australia">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ihsan Badshah, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Auckland University of Technology Across New Zealand and Australia, the impacts of a warming climate have been slowly changing how investors weigh up risk and returns. Both countries have been experiencing more extreme events such as floods and bushfires, all while ... <a title="Climate risk is changing where investors put their money – even as NZ relaxes disclosure rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/climate-risk-is-changing-where-investors-put-their-money-even-as-nz-relaxes-disclosure-rules-282038/" aria-label="Read more about Climate risk is changing where investors put their money – even as NZ relaxes disclosure rules">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Lachman, Director, Zone Learning & Professor, Digital Media, Toronto Metropolitan University A billboard tries to sell you something. So does a used car salesman. But no matter how smooth the pitch, you’re quite aware of the profit motive, and you can walk away at any time. ... <a title="Is your AI chatbot manipulating you? Subtly reshaping your opinions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/is-your-ai-chatbot-manipulating-you-subtly-reshaping-your-opinions-280800/" aria-label="Read more about Is your AI chatbot manipulating you? Subtly reshaping your opinions?">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Van Lier, Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Studies, Loyola Marymount University Beginning in July 2026, Detroiters will be paying higher water and sewer bills. That’s because The Great Lakes Water Authority, or GLWA, voted unanimously on Feb. 25, 2026, to increase water rates by 5.8% ... <a title="Detroit’s water affordability crisis is tied to the uneven distribution of stormwater management costs – a fraught history explains why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/detroits-water-affordability-crisis-is-tied-to-the-uneven-distribution-of-stormwater-management-costs-a-fraught-history-explains-why-277157/" aria-label="Read more about Detroit’s water affordability crisis is tied to the uneven distribution of stormwater management costs – a fraught history explains why">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A Coalition government would cap Net Overseas Migration (NOM) at the number of new homes completed, under a further instalment of the opposition’s migration policy to be announced by Liberal leader Angus Taylor in his budget reply on Thursday. The ... <a title="Angus Taylor’s budget reply to tie Net Overseas Migration to new housing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/angus-taylors-budget-reply-to-tie-net-overseas-migration-to-new-housing-282865/" aria-label="Read more about Angus Taylor’s budget reply to tie Net Overseas Migration to new housing">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominik Koll, Honorary Lecturer, Nuclear Physics, Australian National University When you think of outer space, you’re likely picturing stars, planets and moons. But much of space is filled with clouds of gas, plasma and stardust – known as interstellar clouds. In the local parts of our galaxy ... <a title="Stardust trapped in Antarctic ice reveals tens of thousands of years of Solar System’s past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/stardust-trapped-in-antarctic-ice-reveals-tens-of-thousands-of-years-of-solar-systems-past-279745/" aria-label="Read more about Stardust trapped in Antarctic ice reveals tens of thousands of years of Solar System’s past">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Hopcraft, Associate Professor in Professional Practice, Melbourne Dental School, The University of Melbourne This week’s federal budget was meant to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis. But Treasurer Jim Chalmers has done little to address a big out-of-pocket health cost millions of Australians face – dental care. ... <a title="Dental funding in this week’s budget is just tinkering around the edges. We need so much more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/dental-funding-in-this-weeks-budget-is-just-tinkering-around-the-edges-we-need-so-much-more-282859/" aria-label="Read more about Dental funding in this week’s budget is just tinkering around the edges. We need so much more">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Dwyer, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania The US Government has released a new trove of documents on various cases of “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena” (UAPs) – many of which would have been described in the past as Unidentified Flying Objects or UFOs – including ... <a title="New UFO files offer no answers – but something is happening in the skies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/new-ufo-files-offer-no-answers-but-something-is-happening-in-the-skies-282608/" aria-label="Read more about New UFO files offer no answers – but something is happening in the skies">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology Last night’s federal budget suggests an important step in Australia’s transition to cleaner energy and electric transport may be underway. Spiking prices and geopolitical uncertainty in global oil markets show transport policy is no longer ... <a title="Electric transport is no longer niche. This year’s budget shows it’s the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/electric-transport-is-no-longer-niche-this-years-budget-shows-its-the-future-282846/" aria-label="Read more about Electric transport is no longer niche. This year’s budget shows it’s the future">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kai He, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University US President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing this week may ease tensions at the margins of the US–China rivalry. But it will not change a central fact: neither side can escape the rivalry, and neither side can decisively win ... <a title="Trump-Xi summit: 3 ways the US and China can compete without going to war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/trump-xi-summit-3-ways-the-us-and-china-can-compete-without-going-to-war-281328/" aria-label="Read more about Trump-Xi summit: 3 ways the US and China can compete without going to war">Read more</a>
