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May 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zhonghua Zheng, Assistant Professor in Data Science and Environmental Analytics, University of Manchester More than half the world’s population now lives in cities that are often much hotter than their rural surroundings. Roads, buildings and paved surfaces absorb and store heat during the day, then release it ... <a title="How traffic makes cities warmer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/20/how-traffic-makes-cities-warmer-283195/" aria-label="Read more about How traffic makes cities warmer">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelley Cotter, Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State Anthropic, the company behind the generative AI tool Claude, claimed in March 2026 that it used an AI interviewer to conduct “the largest and most multilingual qualitative study” ever done. The AI tool collected responses from ... <a title="AI interviewers can’t connect with people the way human researchers can – they can produce only data, not meaning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/20/ai-interviewers-cant-connect-with-people-the-way-human-researchers-can-they-can-produce-only-data-not-meaning-279437/" aria-label="Read more about AI interviewers can’t connect with people the way human researchers can – they can produce only data, not meaning">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Christine Reynolds, Associate Professor in Hominin Palaeoecology, Bournemouth University For most of the 20th century, the model of human origins was a tree: with the trunk dividing into branches, and then twigs. Each species of human relative (hominin) was a neat, single branch. As an undergraduate, ... <a title="Ancient tooth proteins suggest ‘Homo erectus’ may have left a genetic legacy in people today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/ancient-tooth-proteins-suggest-homo-erectus-may-have-left-a-genetic-legacy-in-people-today-282785/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient tooth proteins suggest ‘Homo erectus’ may have left a genetic legacy in people today">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Farah N. Jan, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Pennsylvania Days after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began on Feb. 28, 2026, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez denied American forces the use of the Naval Station Rota and the Morón Air Base – installations that ... <a title="Why the Iran war is breaking the US-European strategic alliance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/why-the-iran-war-is-breaking-the-us-european-strategic-alliance-281975/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Iran war is breaking the US-European strategic alliance">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vitomir Kovanovic, Professor and Associate Director of the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L), Education Futures, Adelaide University The pre-print website arXiv has announced that researchers who put their names to papers which included errors clearly generated by artificial intelligence (AI) will face a year-long ... <a title="A key science publishing platform is cracking down on AI slop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/a-key-science-publishing-platform-is-cracking-down-on-ai-slop-283136/" aria-label="Read more about A key science publishing platform is cracking down on AI slop">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Myra Williamson, Senior Lecturer in Law, Auckland University of Technology New Zealand has a voter turnout problem. Although enrolment is compulsory for all eligible voters, casting a ballot is optional. And the number of people voting has been falling in both general and local body elections since ... <a title="Compulsory voting has boosted turnout in Australia – is it time NZ tried it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/compulsory-voting-has-boosted-turnout-in-australia-is-it-time-nz-tried-it-281744/" aria-label="Read more about Compulsory voting has boosted turnout in Australia – is it time NZ tried it?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gorana Grgić, Head of Global Security, Center for Security Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich; University of Sydney As NATO counts down to its annual summit in Turkey in July, the alliance is facing perhaps the biggest challenge in its history – what a potential future ... <a title="NATO would survive a US withdrawal. But what kind of alliance would it become?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/nato-would-survive-a-us-withdrawal-but-what-kind-of-alliance-would-it-become-282723/" aria-label="Read more about NATO would survive a US withdrawal. But what kind of alliance would it become?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narendar Manohar, Research Fellow in Workplace Mental Health, Black Dog Institute Many Australian children struggle with their mental health. Recent data shows around one in seven children (13.9%) aged 4–17 experiences a diagnosable mental illness. So what can actually help? Our research shows the most powerful influences ... <a title="To improve children’s mental health, start by supporting their parents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/to-improve-childrens-mental-health-start-by-supporting-their-parents-271944/" aria-label="Read more about To improve children’s mental health, start by supporting their parents">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Boylan, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University Getting the kids out the door for school can feel like herding cats in the rain. Just when one child is ready, another can’t find a shoe, someone remembers homework, and someone else starts crying because they ... <a title="Getting the kids out the door for school drives me bananas. How can we make mornings calmer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/getting-the-kids-out-the-door-for-school-drives-me-bananas-how-can-we-make-mornings-calmer-283134/" aria-label="Read more about Getting the kids out the door for school drives me bananas. How can we make mornings calmer?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Nassios, Deputy Director and Associate Professor, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University Is Australia finally getting serious about tax reform, or just testing the waters? The 2026 federal budget makes some long-debated changes to capital gains tax, family trusts and negative gearing. This has sparked fresh ... <a title="The tax changes in the budget only scratch the surface. Here are 4 reforms Australia needs next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/the-tax-changes-in-the-budget-only-scratch-the-surface-here-are-4-reforms-australia-needs-next-282851/" aria-label="Read more about The tax changes in the budget only scratch the surface. Here are 4 reforms Australia needs next">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Binns, Senior Lecturer, Media & Communication, RMIT University The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has adjusted the eligibility criteria for films vying for Oscars from 2027 onward. Films featuring actors generated by artificial intelligence (AI) are now ineligible, as are scripts that aren’t demonstrably ... <a title="Most mainstream films already use AI. The new Oscars rules won’t stop that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/most-mainstream-films-already-use-ai-the-new-oscars-rules-wont-stop-that-282598/" aria-label="Read more about Most mainstream films already use AI. The new Oscars rules won’t stop that">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Farmery, Associate Professor, the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong Australians should be eating more healthy and nutritious foods – but that likely won’t happen unless they’re also cheap, easy to transport and store, and simple to prepare. Sardines fit the ... <a title="How to get more local sardines on Australian plates – a win for nutrition, local fishers and the environment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/19/how-to-get-more-local-sardines-on-australian-plates-a-win-for-nutrition-local-fishers-and-the-environment-278782/" aria-label="Read more about How to get more local sardines on Australian plates – a win for nutrition, local fishers and the environment">Read more</a>
