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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Talar Moukhtarian, Assistant Professor in Mental Health, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick It’s 3am. The room is dark, the house is silent, but your brain is suddenly wide awake. Many people find themselves waking at roughly the same time each night and start to wonder whether ... <a title="Waking at 3am every night? Here’s what may be going on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/waking-at-3am-every-night-heres-what-may-be-going-on-278264/" aria-label="Read more about Waking at 3am every night? Here’s what may be going on">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Beers, Professor of History, American University At some point in the next several months, I am hoping to receive a modest check as a member of the class covered in the class-action settlement Bartz v. Anthropic. In 2025, the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, best known for ... <a title="Thousands of AI-written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel-writing machines’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/thousands-of-ai-written-edited-or-polished-books-are-being-sold-an-eerie-echo-of-orwells-novel-writing-machines-276008/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of AI-written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel-writing machines’">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samarth Kulshrestha, Research Fellow in Molecular Biology, University of Canterbury Plants are often seen as passive organisms, rooted in one place and largely unable to react to the world around them. But a new field of research is challenging these assumptions and showing that plants are as ... <a title="The secret sensory life of plants: researchers are discovering how they see, hear, feel – and even remember" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/the-secret-sensory-life-of-plants-researchers-are-discovering-how-they-see-hear-feel-and-even-remember-277076/" aria-label="Read more about The secret sensory life of plants: researchers are discovering how they see, hear, feel – and even remember">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Adelaide University Hot flushes, night sweats or swinging mood changes are some of the most common symptoms of menopause – the stage of a woman’s life when menstrual periods stop permanently, and she is no ... <a title="Thinking about acupuncture or herbs for menopause? Read this first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/thinking-about-acupuncture-or-herbs-for-menopause-read-this-first-277612/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking about acupuncture or herbs for menopause? Read this first">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Lawson, Academic Registrar at St Barnabas College in the University of Divinity, PhD Candidate in Ancient Linguistics, Faculty of Arts and Education, CSU, Charles Sturt University Most of us are used to thinking of “religion” in terms of a belief in God or gods. Perhaps the ... <a title="Can we consider ‘play’ to be a religion? Bluey certainly thinks so" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/can-we-consider-play-to-be-a-religion-bluey-certainly-thinks-so-274977/" aria-label="Read more about Can we consider ‘play’ to be a religion? Bluey certainly thinks so">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Fioritti, Lecturer in Politics, School of Social Sciences, Monash University The appointment of former high profile Greens federal housing spokesperson and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s arch nemesis, Max Chandler-Mather, as executive director of the party’s think tank – the Green Institute – raises several important questions. ... <a title="The Greens are relaunching their party think tank. What do these organisations do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/the-greens-are-relaunching-their-party-think-tank-what-do-these-organisations-do-280265/" aria-label="Read more about The Greens are relaunching their party think tank. What do these organisations do?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Bryson, Lecturer in Science, CQUniversity Australia Most of us want to recycle, but it can sometimes be hard to know exactly how. Do jar lids and bottle caps go in the yellow bin? What kinds of plastic can be recycled? And given that food residue can ... <a title="What can you actually put in your yellow recycling bin? An environmental scientist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/what-can-you-actually-put-in-your-yellow-recycling-bin-an-environmental-scientist-explains-278077/" aria-label="Read more about What can you actually put in your yellow recycling bin? An environmental scientist explains">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clinton Free, Academic Director, Executive Education, Business School, University of Sydney There has been no shortage of bold claims recently about artificial intelligence (AI) and jobs — from mass unemployment to over-hyped distraction. Much of this debate is speculative. Often, coming from the tech giants promoting their ... <a title="Employment data shows the early signs of AI job disruption are already here" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/employment-data-shows-the-early-signs-of-ai-job-disruption-are-already-here-280273/" aria-label="Read more about Employment data shows the early signs of AI job disruption are already here">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government will increase defence spending to about 3% of GDP by 2033 in its 2026 National Defence Strategy to be unveiled on Thursday. But it is using a revised definition that, in effect, makes the defence spend appear ... <a title="Albanese government will commit to boosting defence spending to 3% of GDP, but under a revised definition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/albanese-government-will-commit-to-boosting-defence-spending-to-3-of-gdp-but-under-a-revised-definition-280582/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government will commit to boosting defence spending to 3% of GDP, but under a revised definition">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney The High Court has taken an axe to the Victorian Electoral Act, chopping out the entirety of Part 12. It deals with election spending, caps on political donations, three different types of public funding (for election campaigns, ... <a title="High Court takes an axe to Victoria’s political donations laws – and it will make federal MPs nervous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/15/high-court-takes-an-axe-to-victorias-political-donations-laws-and-it-will-make-federal-mps-nervous-280713/" aria-label="Read more about High Court takes an axe to Victoria’s political donations laws – and it will make federal MPs nervous">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clive Williams, Visiting professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney In the lead-up to the release of the National Defence Strategy (NDS) this week, the Albanese government has announced it will spend an additional A$2–5 billion on drones and counter-drone systems. This will bring total ... <a title="What Australia must learn from Ukraine about drone technology and the future of warfare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/15/what-australia-must-learn-from-ukraine-about-drone-technology-and-the-future-of-warfare-280466/" aria-label="Read more about What Australia must learn from Ukraine about drone technology and the future of warfare">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annette Greenhow, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University A recent move from a leading insurance provider has made it more difficult for AFL and AFLW players to access brain injury insurance. In March, Zurich Australia announced concussion and head trauma exclusions for professional players who held ... <a title="When insurers walk away from concussion risk, who protects athletes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/15/when-insurers-walk-away-from-concussion-risk-who-protects-athletes-279740/" aria-label="Read more about When insurers walk away from concussion risk, who protects athletes?">Read more</a>
