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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney The legendary American bank robber Willie Sutton spent 40 years robbing banks because, as he claimed in his autobiography, he loved doing it. And when asked why he chose banks of all places to rob, he allegedly ... <a title="Why the world’s banks are so worried about Anthropic’s latest AI model" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/why-the-worlds-banks-are-so-worried-about-anthropics-latest-ai-model-281218/" aria-label="Read more about Why the world’s banks are so worried about Anthropic’s latest AI model">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanja Luckins, Historian, Department of Archeology and History, La Trobe University Even before the first world war, a high mortality rate from disease, accident and death during infancy meant that Australians were familiar with mourning black. During a period of mourning, for example after the death of ... <a title="The first Anzac Day was marked by women wearing mourning black" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/the-first-anzac-day-was-marked-by-women-wearing-mourning-black-281023/" aria-label="Read more about The first Anzac Day was marked by women wearing mourning black">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvette Grant, PhD Candidate in Dance and Dance History Tutor, The University of Melbourne The story of the Anzacs has been represented through art from the beginning. The film Hero of the Dardanelles (1915) recreates the landing at Gallipoli. Official war artists were commissioned to document the ... <a title="The theatre of war: how the Anzac story has been retold through dance for 80 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/the-theatre-of-war-how-the-anzac-story-has-been-retold-through-dance-for-80-years-278982/" aria-label="Read more about The theatre of war: how the Anzac story has been retold through dance for 80 years">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iuliana Hartescu, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Loughborough University Insomnia may have been torturing humanity since ancient times, but over the last 20 years scientists have made progress in their understanding of chronic sleep deprivation. Today, sleep deprivation is one of the most widespread reported psychological problems in ... <a title="How scientists changed their view of insomnia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/how-scientists-changed-their-view-of-insomnia-279585/" aria-label="Read more about How scientists changed their view of insomnia">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bamo Nouri, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of International Politics, City St George’s, University of London Let’s begin with a simple question that rarely gets a straight answer: what would victory over Iran actually look like? In Washington and Jerusalem, the answers tend to sound definitive: eliminate Iran’s ... <a title="Middle East conflict looks increasingly like a war nobody can win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/middle-east-conflict-looks-increasingly-like-a-war-nobody-can-win-281253/" aria-label="Read more about Middle East conflict looks increasingly like a war nobody can win">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brigid Rooney, Associate Professor (Affiliate), Australian Literature, University of Sydney David George Joseph Malouf AO, one of Australia’s most accomplished, internationally renowned and beloved writers, has died aged 92. Malouf’s novels are cherished by readers – from Johnno (1975), An Imaginary Life (1978), Child’s Play (1981) and ... <a title="David Malouf was a writer of wisdom, grace and generosity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/david-malouf-was-a-writer-of-wisdom-grace-and-generosity-223011/" aria-label="Read more about David Malouf was a writer of wisdom, grace and generosity">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland Some historical events are so catastrophic they resist comprehension. And yet they compel us to try to understand them, again and again. Chernobyl is one of them. On April 26, 1986, at 1:23am, Reactor No. 4 at ... <a title="Chernobyl at 40: the lies, the loss and why we can’t let go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/chernobyl-at-40-the-lies-the-loss-and-why-we-cant-let-go-280369/" aria-label="Read more about Chernobyl at 40: the lies, the loss and why we can’t let go">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jesse Kearse, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The magnitude of an earthquake depends on how far a rupture travels along a fault line before it stops. For the first time, we have now directly observed how a large earthquake comes to ... <a title="Seismic ‘whiplash’ – new research shows what happens when earthquakes stop suddenly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/seismic-whiplash-new-research-shows-what-happens-when-earthquakes-stop-suddenly-280846/" aria-label="Read more about Seismic ‘whiplash’ – new research shows what happens when earthquakes stop suddenly">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Politically, it’s a very bad time to be a baby boomer. It is not just that intergenerational equity has become, rightly, a priority for Labor. It’s also that this government, which always has an ear cocked to public opinion, is ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Politically, the baby boomers’ day is done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/grattan-on-friday-politically-the-baby-boomers-day-is-done-281138/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Politically, the baby boomers’ day is done">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil Brewer, Professor in Plant Biology, La Trobe University Whether it’s tucking into some toast, dumplings or a bowl of fresh pasta, humans love eating wheat. Wheat is the most widely grown cereal crop in the world. It’s produced by harvesting the dry, edible seeds of a ... <a title="We eat a lot of wheat. So how can we grow more in a changing climate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/we-eat-a-lot-of-wheat-so-how-can-we-grow-more-in-a-changing-climate-271846/" aria-label="Read more about We eat a lot of wheat. So how can we grow more in a changing climate?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracy Comans, Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland; The University of Melbourne This week, we learned older people in home-based aged care will no longer have to pay out-of-pocket for showering, dressing and continence care. This backflip will provide relief for those currently receiving ... <a title="A free shower is the least older people can expect. But aged care funding misses one key point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/a-free-shower-is-the-least-older-people-can-expect-but-aged-care-funding-misses-one-key-point-281228/" aria-label="Read more about A free shower is the least older people can expect. But aged care funding misses one key point">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Manfreda, Associate Professor – Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, Torrens University Australia Trying to book a flight right now can feel absurd. Qantas and Virgin Australia are warning that higher fuel costs and disruption linked to the Middle East conflict are putting pressure on fares ... <a title="Airlines are facing higher fuel costs and cutting fares at the same time. How does that work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/airlines-are-facing-higher-fuel-costs-and-cutting-fares-at-the-same-time-how-does-that-work-281219/" aria-label="Read more about Airlines are facing higher fuel costs and cutting fares at the same time. How does that work?">Read more</a>
