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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor Brown, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, University of New England Australians are installing home batteries at a record rate. Since July 2025, more than 260,000 households, businesses and organisations have installed home batteries under the federal government’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program. The ... <a title="Racing to buy a home battery? Read this first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/racing-to-buy-a-home-battery-read-this-first-281022/" aria-label="Read more about Racing to buy a home battery? Read this first">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne During a cost-of-living crisis, many Australians may be wondering if their private health insurance policy actually delivers. Rising premiums, the high costs of specialists’ fees, large out-of-pocket costs and bill shock are some common concerns. So it ... <a title="‘No gap’ private health insurance can save you money. But there’s a catch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/no-gap-private-health-insurance-can-save-you-money-but-theres-a-catch-281630/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No gap’ private health insurance can save you money. But there’s a catch">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on April 29, 2026.
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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Simon, Casual Lecturer, Education and English Departments, University of Tasmania The Devil Wears Prada’s Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) has become a mythic cinematic character. The magazine editor is icy, commanding, manipulative, cruel, oddly sympathetic and endlessly imitated. Streep’s portrayal was surprisingly inspired by the quiet authority ... <a title="Why we still love The Devil Wears Prada, 20 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/why-we-still-love-the-devil-wears-prada-20-years-on-280276/" aria-label="Read more about Why we still love The Devil Wears Prada, 20 years on">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne US President Donald Trump’s net approval is near a record low after a further dip, despite a surging US stock market. In Australia, there are federal Essential ... <a title="Trump’s US ratings are near a record low after dropping further last week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/trumps-us-ratings-are-near-a-record-low-after-dropping-further-last-week-281243/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s US ratings are near a record low after dropping further last week">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish Lewis, Lecturer in Climate Change, University of Waikato We tend to think of climate change impacts as dramatic and destructive. Storms and floods that bring down landslides and swamp streets, or raging wildfires that tear through forests and farmland. Heatwaves, by contrast, often pass for many ... <a title="Cities are getting hotter – and bigger. New research reveals the scale of the challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/cities-are-getting-hotter-and-bigger-new-research-reveals-the-scale-of-the-challenge-281236/" aria-label="Read more about Cities are getting hotter – and bigger. New research reveals the scale of the challenge">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Roberts, Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology A humanoid robot recently made headlines around the world for running a half-marathon and beating the human world record. Around the same time, an AI-powered robot defeated an elite human player in table tennis. What the robot lacked ... <a title="Robots can run a marathon and play ping pong. But will they ever achieve true sporting greatness?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/robots-can-run-a-marathon-and-play-ping-pong-but-will-they-ever-achieve-true-sporting-greatness-281335/" aria-label="Read more about Robots can run a marathon and play ping pong. But will they ever achieve true sporting greatness?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Copland, Honorary Fellow in Sociology, Australian National University Chuck Palahniuk’s first novel, Fight Club, is as relevant and controversial today as when it first hit shelves 30 years ago. The story follows a depressed, insomniac unnamed narrator, who unknowingly creates an alter ego – the charismatic ... <a title="Fight Club at 30: toxic masculinity handbook or clever takedown of capitalism?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/fight-club-at-30-toxic-masculinity-handbook-or-clever-takedown-of-capitalism-279524/" aria-label="Read more about Fight Club at 30: toxic masculinity handbook or clever takedown of capitalism?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Brentnall, Reader in Biostatistics, Queen Mary University of London Over the past decade, millions of men without symptoms of prostate cancer have voluntarily undergone a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test in the UK to find out if they might have prostate cancer. While research has shown that ... <a title="Prostate cancer overdiagnosis risk sharply rises after age 70 – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/prostate-cancer-overdiagnosis-risk-sharply-rises-after-age-70-new-research-281166/" aria-label="Read more about Prostate cancer overdiagnosis risk sharply rises after age 70 – new research">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Stewart, Professor of Evolutionary Palaeoecology, Bournemouth University As the Earth shifts to climates not seen for several hundred thousand years, we may need to look at ancient environments for clues about what could happen next. Our new study of two whale fossils, with preserved fragments of ... <a title="Could warming seas bring great white sharks back to the North Sea? A 5-million-year-old shark tooth may provide clues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/could-warming-seas-bring-great-white-sharks-back-to-the-north-sea-a-5-million-year-old-shark-tooth-may-provide-clues-279157/" aria-label="Read more about Could warming seas bring great white sharks back to the North Sea? A 5-million-year-old shark tooth may provide clues">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aidan Baron, Adjunct Senior Lecturer Paramedicine, University of Tasmania; University of Notre Dame Australia; Kingston University Warning: this article contains details of injuries sustained during a terrorist attack. The 2025 Bondi Beach terrorist attack was different to other terrorism incidents. What stands out was the response. Lifeguards, ... <a title="The Bondi Beach terror attack mobilised a team of volunteer medics. Here’s what we learned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/the-bondi-beach-terror-attack-mobilised-a-team-of-volunteer-medics-heres-what-we-learned-280918/" aria-label="Read more about The Bondi Beach terror attack mobilised a team of volunteer medics. Here’s what we learned">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Al Razi, PhD Student, School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia Every evening, as they move from place to place through the forest, chimpanzees stop to build a nest – most often in a tree – to sleep in. Using a selection of branches, ... <a title="Nest-building chimpanzees seem to anticipate future weather" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/nest-building-chimpanzees-seem-to-anticipate-future-weather-281537/" aria-label="Read more about Nest-building chimpanzees seem to anticipate future weather">Read more</a>
