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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University The human brain is remarkably complex, with trillions of connections that control how you move, think and feel. Yet it’s still vulnerable to debilitating conditions such as paralysis, stroke, epilepsy and various neurodegenerative diseases. Scientists are ... <a title="Brain implants allow us to move and talk. But they could also be hacked" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/brain-implants-allow-us-to-move-and-talk-but-they-could-also-be-hacked-281114/" aria-label="Read more about Brain implants allow us to move and talk. But they could also be hacked">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Griffin, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Management, University of California, Davis When rivers degrade, pests spread or drought hits crops, nature sends a bill. Yet it’s one rarely itemised on any balance sheet, because nature’s contribution to business remains genuinely hard to quantify. One major obstacle is ... <a title="Nature is good for business – and we now have numbers to show it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/nature-is-good-for-business-and-we-now-have-numbers-to-show-it-283052/" aria-label="Read more about Nature is good for business – and we now have numbers to show it">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nerkez Opacin, Senior Research Fellow in Nature and People, The University of Melbourne One in three Australians says they are lonely. To be lonely is to feel a lack of adequate social connection. Loneliness is about feeling disconnected from others or unable to form the kinds of ... <a title="When we took 37 strangers into the urban bush, their loneliness began to ease" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/when-we-took-37-strangers-into-the-urban-bush-their-loneliness-began-to-ease-282378/" aria-label="Read more about When we took 37 strangers into the urban bush, their loneliness began to ease">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Carniel, Associate Professor in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland In a surprising turn of events, Bulgaria have taken home the crystal microphone trophy for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with Dara’s infectious dance hit Bangaranga. It is Bulgaria’s first-ever win and all the more poignant given ... <a title="Eurovision 2026: a win for Bulgaria, fourth for Australia, and continued controversy for broadcasters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/eurovision-2026-a-win-for-bulgaria-fourth-for-australia-and-continued-controversy-for-broadcasters-282252/" aria-label="Read more about Eurovision 2026: a win for Bulgaria, fourth for Australia, and continued controversy for broadcasters">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Politics; Director, Lau China Institute, King’s College London When Britain sent its first formal diplomatic mission to China in 1793, one of the participants from London, Peter Auber, remarked that the group had been “received with the utmost politeness, treated with the ... <a title="Donald Trump left Beijing empty-handed – but avoided something worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/donald-trump-left-beijing-empty-handed-but-avoided-something-worse-282663/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump left Beijing empty-handed – but avoided something worse">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Worthy, Lecturer in Politics, Birkbeck, University of London The failure of many of the UK’s recent prime ministers, who have passed through Downing Street in quick succession, seems easy to explain. Theresa May couldn’t do what she promised and didn’t “get Brexit done”. Boris Johnson broke ... <a title="From landslide to leadership crisis: where did it all go wrong for Keir Starmer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/from-landslide-to-leadership-crisis-where-did-it-all-go-wrong-for-keir-starmer-282935/" aria-label="Read more about From landslide to leadership crisis: where did it all go wrong for Keir Starmer?">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation At 8.16am on August 10 2019, a post appeared on the online forum 4Chan: “[D]ont ask me how I know, but Epstein died an hour ago from hanging, cardiac arrest. Screencap this.” ABC News broke the story that ... <a title="The conspiracy theorists who feel vindicated by the Epstein files" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/the-conspiracy-theorists-who-feel-vindicated-by-the-epstein-files-282816/" aria-label="Read more about The conspiracy theorists who feel vindicated by the Epstein files">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pratik Raul, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Canberra Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness among ageing people globally. Around one in seven Australians over the age of 50 have some signs of AMD. The disease results in blurred ... <a title="How looking through static can help people with a common degenerative disease see better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/how-looking-through-static-can-help-people-with-a-common-degenerative-disease-see-better-282998/" aria-label="Read more about How looking through static can help people with a common degenerative disease see better">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Dezuanni, Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology In the months leading up to the implementation of Australia’s social media ban in December 2025, there was much discussion about the possible negative consequences. Among these were concerns that teenagers would consume less news. As ... <a title="Australian teens impacted by the social media ban are getting less news: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/australian-teens-impacted-by-the-social-media-ban-are-getting-less-news-new-research-281988/" aria-label="Read more about Australian teens impacted by the social media ban are getting less news: new research">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Brookes, Professor Emerita of History, University of Otago Without immigrant doctors, one expert quoted in a recent report said, New Zealand’s health system “would be more on our knees than we already are”. According to a survey by the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, over 43% ... <a title="Foreign-trained doctors sustain NZ’s health system – we weren’t always so welcoming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/foreign-trained-doctors-sustain-nzs-health-system-we-werent-always-so-welcoming-282471/" aria-label="Read more about Foreign-trained doctors sustain NZ’s health system – we weren’t always so welcoming">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia van Toorn, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Politics, UNSW Sydney Amid the noise and spectacle of budget week, one significant policy change has slipped largely under the radar. Health Minister Mark Butler introduced changes that, if passed by parliament, will tighten access to the National ... <a title="The government plans to tighten NDIS eligibility. Here’s what’s likely to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/the-government-plans-to-tighten-ndis-eligibility-heres-whats-likely-to-change-283061/" aria-label="Read more about The government plans to tighten NDIS eligibility. Here’s what’s likely to change">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zane Goebel, Associate professor, Indonesian Studies, The University of Queensland Indonesia plans to build a “giant sea wall”, more than 500 kilometres long, to defend Java’s north coast from rising sea levels. The proposal includes a large lagoon behind the colossal cement wall, raising significant questions about ... <a title="Indonesia says its giant sea wall will stop flooding. Is this climate adaptation or a costly folly?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/indonesia-says-its-giant-sea-wall-will-stop-flooding-is-this-climate-adaptation-or-a-costly-folly-276181/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia says its giant sea wall will stop flooding. Is this climate adaptation or a costly folly?">Read more</a>
