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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julien Benoit, Associate professor in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand Between 280 and 200 million years ago, a group of animals evolved which would eventually give rise to mammals, including humans: the therapsids. They were first described more than 150 years ago, based on fossils from ... <a title="Embryo fossil found in South Africa is world’s oldest proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/embryo-fossil-found-in-south-africa-is-worlds-oldest-proof-that-mammal-ancestors-laid-eggs-277673/" aria-label="Read more about Embryo fossil found in South Africa is world’s oldest proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Cordes, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona Spiders are among Earth’s most resourceful predators, nabbing prey by any means necessary. Orb weavers spin webs for capture. Wolf spiders ambush on the ground at night. Almost all spiders use venom when they hunt. But ... <a title="How does spider venom damage human cells? Researchers uncover the killer mechanism of recluse spider toxin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/how-does-spider-venom-damage-human-cells-researchers-uncover-the-killer-mechanism-of-recluse-spider-toxin-279903/" aria-label="Read more about How does spider venom damage human cells? Researchers uncover the killer mechanism of recluse spider toxin">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Democracy Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute Around the world, democracy as a system of government is backsliding. After more than 50 years of liberal democracy in ascendancy, democratic progress plateaued around the turn of the century and is now going backwards. In 2025, there were ... <a title="To stop Australian democracy going the way of the US, here’s what we need to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/to-stop-australian-democracy-going-the-way-of-the-us-heres-what-we-need-to-do-280353/" aria-label="Read more about To stop Australian democracy going the way of the US, here’s what we need to do">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey Taliaferro, Professor of Political Science, Tufts University “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Napoleon Bonaparte’s maxim may well have been in the minds of policymakers in Moscow and Beijing these past weeks, as the U.S. war in Iran dragged on. And now ... <a title="4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/4-ways-the-war-in-iran-has-weakened-the-united-states-in-the-great-power-game-279069/" aria-label="Read more about 4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne While stopped in heavy Melbourne traffic recently, I noticed that what looked like a shadow under a row of spotted gums (Corymbia maculata) along a major road was actually a stain ... <a title="From river stain to your cup of tea: the secret world of tannins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/from-river-stain-to-your-cup-of-tea-the-secret-world-of-tannins-271730/" aria-label="Read more about From river stain to your cup of tea: the secret world of tannins">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giuseppe Carabetta, Associate Professor of Workplace and Business Law, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney ANZAC Day is commemorated on 25 April each year as a tribute to more than 2 million Australians who’ve served in war and peacekeeping operations. That date is always the same. ... <a title="This Anzac Day falls on a Saturday – and these states will be getting an extra public holiday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/this-anzac-day-falls-on-a-saturday-and-these-states-will-be-getting-an-extra-public-holiday-279858/" aria-label="Read more about This Anzac Day falls on a Saturday – and these states will be getting an extra public holiday">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Costello, Professor, School of Computer Science, Queensland University of Technology Online data is generally pretty secure. Assuming everyone is careful with passwords and other protections, you can think of it as being locked in a vault so strong that even all the world’s supercomputers, working together ... <a title="Quantum computers are coming to break our codes faster than anyone expected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/quantum-computers-are-coming-to-break-our-codes-faster-than-anyone-expected-280303/" aria-label="Read more about Quantum computers are coming to break our codes faster than anyone expected">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie O’Brien, Professor of International Law, The University of Western Australia Warzones are full of danger. But that’s never stopped humanitarian workers from living and working in such places, with the aim of keeping civilians safe. Humanitarian workers are deployed to locations ravaged by conflict or natural ... <a title="Health-care workers risk their lives in warzones. Are we protecting them enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/health-care-workers-risk-their-lives-in-warzones-are-we-protecting-them-enough-280256/" aria-label="Read more about Health-care workers risk their lives in warzones. Are we protecting them enough?">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will leave on Tuesday for his second fuel security mission within a week. He will visit Brunei and Malaysia, after his trip to Singapore last week won assurances that the country would not be putting restrictions ... <a title="Second fuel security trip to Asia for PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/second-fuel-security-trip-to-asia-for-pm-280434/" aria-label="Read more about Second fuel security trip to Asia for PM">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Increased exports of Australian LNG to Singapore are in prospect, after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met his Singaporean counterpart Lawrence Wong in Friday talks to shore up Australia’s oil supply chain. During a joint news conference Prime Minister Wong said ... <a title="More Australian LNG to Singapore flagged as Albanese looks to strengthen oil supply chain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/more-australian-lng-to-singapore-flagged-as-albanese-looks-to-strengthen-oil-supply-chain-280260/" aria-label="Read more about More Australian LNG to Singapore flagged as Albanese looks to strengthen oil supply chain">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Adelaide University A herb commonly sold in cold and flu supplements may no longer be classified as “low-risk”, after Australia’s therapeutic goods regulator found it can cause severe allergic reactions and even death. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is proposing to ... <a title="What is andrographis, the cold and flu ingredient the TGA says can be fatal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/what-is-andrographis-the-cold-and-flu-ingredient-the-tga-says-can-be-fatal-280356/" aria-label="Read more about What is andrographis, the cold and flu ingredient the TGA says can be fatal?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Eager, Professor of Risk Management and Injury Prevention, University of Technology Sydney As thousands of people packed into the Gold Coast’s Warner Bros Movie World theme park for the school holidays on Wednesday, one of Australia’s biggest roller coaster rides ground to a halt. A Village ... <a title="Who checks Australian theme park rides and roller coasters are safe? A risk expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/who-checks-australian-theme-park-rides-and-roller-coasters-are-safe-a-risk-expert-explains-278063/" aria-label="Read more about Who checks Australian theme park rides and roller coasters are safe? A risk expert explains">Read more</a>
