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May 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katelyn Barney, Associate Professor, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) and the School of Music, The University of Queensland Leah Purcell has told the story of The Drover’s Wife across play, novel, film and now opera. Each form has extended its political and emotional reach. In ... <a title="Leah Purcell continues exploring The Drover’s Wife – and opera might be its perfect form" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/leah-purcell-continues-exploring-the-drovers-wife-and-opera-might-be-its-perfect-form-282258/" aria-label="Read more about Leah Purcell continues exploring The Drover’s Wife – and opera might be its perfect form">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Homan, Associate Professor, English, Communications and Performance Studies, Monash University Australia’s community radio sector contributes an estimated A$153.1 million to the country’s struggling music industries each year. Our new research findings show community radio airs an estimated 390,960 hours of Australian music each year. This is ... <a title="Community radio drives $153m into Australian music – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/community-radio-drives-153m-into-australian-music-new-study-282729/" aria-label="Read more about Community radio drives $153m into Australian music – new study">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maxwell Lechte, Research Associate in Geobiology, University of Sydney Stored in an open-air warehouse in tropical Darwin, Australia, are dozens of trays containing cylindrical cores of rock. They are from drill holes bored hundreds of metres below the surface by mineral exploration companies decades ago. Some of ... <a title="Tiny fossils found in 1.7 billion-year-old mud yield clues to the evolution of complex life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/tiny-fossils-found-in-1-7-billion-year-old-mud-yield-clues-to-the-evolution-of-complex-life-282371/" aria-label="Read more about Tiny fossils found in 1.7 billion-year-old mud yield clues to the evolution of complex life">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Ali, Research Fellow and Academic Database Advisor, Auckland University of Technology We’ve heard a lot about the artificial intelligence (AI) boom and how enormous amounts of money are being poured into companies building ever more powerful technologies. That boom is now taking a new turn as ... <a title="When AI giants go public, will ordinary investors know if they are along for the ride?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/when-ai-giants-go-public-will-ordinary-investors-know-if-they-are-along-for-the-ride-282963/" aria-label="Read more about When AI giants go public, will ordinary investors know if they are along for the ride?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Manfreda, Associate Professor, Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, Torrens University Australia South Australia will become the first Australian destination included in the Michelin Guide, with the inaugural selection to be revealed in October. The guide began in France in 1900 as a road guide created ... <a title="The Michelin Guide is coming to South Australia. The rest of the country will be watching" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/the-michelin-guide-is-coming-to-south-australia-the-rest-of-the-country-will-be-watching-283072/" aria-label="Read more about The Michelin Guide is coming to South Australia. The rest of the country will be watching">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Flaherty, Senior Lecturer (English and Drama), Australian National University In Dark Renaissance, his new biography of Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), Stephen Greenblatt shares a trait with Marlowe and the Elizabethan playwright’s most famous character, Doctor Faustus: a desire to conjure. Review: Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and ... <a title="Poet, playwright, spy: Stephen Greenblatt conjures the brilliant life of Christopher Marlowe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/poet-playwright-spy-stephen-greenblatt-conjures-the-brilliant-life-of-christopher-marlowe-280465/" aria-label="Read more about Poet, playwright, spy: Stephen Greenblatt conjures the brilliant life of Christopher Marlowe">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Febe De Geest, Research Fellow in Human Geography, The University of Melbourne Right now, an unusual April and May heatwave is scorching large parts of India. Temperatures have exceeded 46°C across the northwest and centre, schools are closed, hospitals have set up dedicated heatstroke units and the ... <a title="Women experience extreme heat differently to men. And they’re adapting to it in creative ways" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/women-experience-extreme-heat-differently-to-men-and-theyre-adapting-to-it-in-creative-ways-282493/" aria-label="Read more about Women experience extreme heat differently to men. And they’re adapting to it in creative ways">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Kirkland, Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University From butterflies to blue whales, corals and worms, Earth is home to an incredible diversity of animals. How all of these animals evolved from earlier, simpler ancestors is one of the most exciting stories in the history book of life ... <a title="Rare 567-million-year-old fossils refine our understanding of early animal evolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/rare-567-million-year-old-fossils-refine-our-understanding-of-early-animal-evolution-283260/" aria-label="Read more about Rare 567-million-year-old fossils refine our understanding of early animal evolution">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashleigh Barrett-Young, Research Fellow in Brain Health, University of Otago Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions worldwide, has a long preclinical stage. It potentially begins decades before clinical symptoms become apparent. But as our new research suggests, blood biomarkers in combination with self-reported memory ... <a title="Blood biomarkers could detect earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease – and slow its progression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/blood-biomarkers-could-detect-earliest-signs-of-alzheimers-disease-and-slow-its-progression-282582/" aria-label="Read more about Blood biomarkers could detect earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease – and slow its progression">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dorina Pojani, Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland For a growing swathe of Australians, “forever renting” has become the new norm. Renting is no longer a youthful rite of passage or a transitional phase on the way to home ownership. Given these circumstances, how ... <a title="‘Forever renting’ is common in New York, California and Europe. What lessons can we learn?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/forever-renting-is-common-in-new-york-california-and-europe-what-lessons-can-we-learn-283141/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Forever renting’ is common in New York, California and Europe. What lessons can we learn?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashwin Nagappa, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology Globally, users of digital media are increasingly locked into a handful of operating systems, app stores, and communication platforms. Most of us must choose between Apple, Windows, or Android. ... <a title="Nearly everything we use online is owned by big tech. There’s a better way forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/nearly-everything-we-use-online-is-owned-by-big-tech-theres-a-better-way-forward-282969/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly everything we use online is owned by big tech. There’s a better way forward">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Krista Fisher, Research Fellow, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne Interest in the manosphere has recently surged yet again, with the recent Louis Theroux documentary catapulting the term “manosphere” back to the forefront of our cultural psyche. The term has become a catchall for ... <a title="We analysed the TikTok history of 142 men. Here’s what it taught us about the manosphere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/we-analysed-the-tiktok-history-of-142-men-heres-what-it-taught-us-about-the-manosphere-282156/" aria-label="Read more about We analysed the TikTok history of 142 men. Here’s what it taught us about the manosphere">Read more</a>
