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February 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, Lecturer, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology One of the largest known stars in the universe underwent a dramatic transformation in 2014, new research shows, and may be preparing to explode. A study led by Gonzalo Muñoz-Sanchez at the National Observatory of ... <a title="One of the biggest stars in the universe might be getting ready to explode" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/24/one-of-the-biggest-stars-in-the-universe-might-be-getting-ready-to-explode-276519/" aria-label="Read more about One of the biggest stars in the universe might be getting ready to explode">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John (Eddie) La Marca, Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) If you’re feeling worn out or have suddenly lost some weight, your doctor might send you for a blood test. Blood tests are a common way ... <a title="Can blood tests really detect cancer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/24/can-blood-tests-really-detect-cancer-269906/" aria-label="Read more about Can blood tests really detect cancer?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University All animals need to eat to survive, grow and reproduce. To do so, they also need to avoid being eaten. This is a big challenge for many of Australia’s native mammals, ... <a title="When feral cats are away, potoroos and bandicoots are more likely to play" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/24/when-feral-cats-are-away-potoroos-and-bandicoots-are-more-likely-to-play-271736/" aria-label="Read more about When feral cats are away, potoroos and bandicoots are more likely to play">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Peden, NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health and Co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW Sydney It is swimming carnival season in Australia. This typically means children from about Year 2 and up are asked to swim a distance of 50 metres or one length ... <a title="I’m a drowning prevention researcher – my kid’s school swimming carnival shocked me" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/24/im-a-drowning-prevention-researcher-my-kids-school-swimming-carnival-shocked-me-276531/" aria-label="Read more about I’m a drowning prevention researcher – my kid’s school swimming carnival shocked me">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Among today’s leaders, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns is notable in a couple of ways. As a Labor leader, his views are a mix of the extremely tough and the very empathetic and compassionate. His handling of the antisemitism ... <a title="View from The Hill: Chris Minns makes sense on ISIS brides’ children, while opposition adds to scaremongering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/view-from-the-hill-chris-minns-makes-sense-on-isis-brides-children-while-opposition-adds-to-scaremongering-275913/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Chris Minns makes sense on ISIS brides’ children, while opposition adds to scaremongering">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Austin, Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne In the shadow of Franz Kafka’s visionary dystopian fiction, the faceless, hierarchical machinery of bureaucracy has long served as a symbol of quiet, grinding despair. Kafka’s institutions are at once impenetrable and absurd, systems that trap individuals ... <a title="Jean Tong’s Do Not Pass Go is Kafka for the modern corporate age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/jean-tongs-do-not-pass-go-is-kafka-for-the-modern-corporate-age-274979/" aria-label="Read more about Jean Tong’s Do Not Pass Go is Kafka for the modern corporate age">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia On average, Australia’s driest town, Oodnadatta, gets just 172mm of rain a year. But the small town in inland South Australia is likely to get two years’ worth of rain in a single week. Rainfall records are likely ... <a title="Severe flooding – in central Australia? How a vast humid air mass could soak the desert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/severe-flooding-in-central-australia-how-a-vast-humid-air-mass-could-soak-the-desert-276618/" aria-label="Read more about Severe flooding – in central Australia? How a vast humid air mass could soak the desert">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodie Avery, Research Co-Lead, Chronic Reproductive Health Conditions, Robinson Research Institute, Adelaide University If you live with pelvic pain, period pain, sex or bowel symptoms, you may have been told you could have endometriosis, and that surgery is the “gold standard” for diagnosis and treatment. But over ... <a title="Is surgery necessary for my endometriosis or ‘suspected’ endo?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/is-surgery-necessary-for-my-endometriosis-or-suspected-endo-276365/" aria-label="Read more about Is surgery necessary for my endometriosis or ‘suspected’ endo?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Gupta, Sleep Researcher, Appleton Institute, HealthWise Research Group, CQUniversity Australia It’s nighttime and you’re exhausted. But the hotel bed feels wrong. The mini fridge won’t stop making that low, irritating hum. The power outlet lights feel brighter than the sun. Outside, random car honks and noises ... <a title="The ‘first-night effect’: why it’s hard to sleep when you’re somewhere new" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/the-first-night-effect-why-its-hard-to-sleep-when-youre-somewhere-new-270299/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘first-night effect’: why it’s hard to sleep when you’re somewhere new">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Nielsen, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship. After being abandoned by his mother and rejected by the rest of his troop, his zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo in ... <a title="A viral monkey, his plushie, and a 70-year-old experiment: what Punch tells us about attachment theory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/a-viral-monkey-his-plushie-and-a-70-year-old-experiment-what-punch-tells-us-about-attachment-theory-276625/" aria-label="Read more about A viral monkey, his plushie, and a 70-year-old experiment: what Punch tells us about attachment theory">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Whitington, Associate Professor of Education (Adjunct), Adelaide University The federal Coalition has proposed an alternative to the universal child care system involving vouchers that could be used for long daycare, family daycare, nannies or a combination of these. Senator Leah Blyth argues in an opinion article ... <a title="The Coalition has proposed vouchers for nannies or child care. It raises more questions than answers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/the-coalition-has-proposed-vouchers-for-nannies-or-child-care-it-raises-more-questions-than-answers-276268/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition has proposed vouchers for nannies or child care. It raises more questions than answers">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lachlan Hart, Lecturer, School of Education, UNSW Sydney The Kimberley region in the north-west corner of Western Australia is full of rugged ranges and gorges, and long stretches of red soil and rocky ground. The dry seasons are long, and the wet seasons often flood the Martuwarra ... <a title="250 million-year-old amphibian fossils from Australia reveal global spread of ‘sea-salamanders’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/250-million-year-old-amphibian-fossils-from-australia-reveal-global-spread-of-sea-salamanders-276162/" aria-label="Read more about 250 million-year-old amphibian fossils from Australia reveal global spread of ‘sea-salamanders’">Read more</a>
