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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan Hicks, Lecturer & Movement Scientist / PhD Sports Biomechanics, Flinders University When New Zealand runner Sam Ruthe crossed the line to break the under-18 indoor mile world record last week at Boston University, he became the 11th fastest indoor miler of all time. By clocking the ... <a title="How far can teenage Kiwi running star Sam Ruthe go? What science and history tell us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/how-far-can-teenage-kiwi-running-star-sam-ruthe-go-what-science-and-history-tell-us-275214/" aria-label="Read more about How far can teenage Kiwi running star Sam Ruthe go? What science and history tell us">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Wilhelm, Professor of Microbiology, University of Tennessee Virus. The word evokes images of illness and fears of outbreaks. Yet, in the oceans, not all viruses are bad news. Some play a helpful, even critical, role in sustaining marine life. In a new study, we and an ... <a title="Viruses aren’t all bad: In the ocean, some help fuel the food web – a new study shows how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/viruses-arent-all-bad-in-the-ocean-some-help-fuel-the-food-web-a-new-study-shows-how-273088/" aria-label="Read more about Viruses aren’t all bad: In the ocean, some help fuel the food web – a new study shows how">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis B. Desmond, Lecturer, Cyberintelligence and Cybercrime Investigations, University of the Sunshine Coast As a career counterintelligence officer for the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Defense Intelligence Agency, I worked inside a fully integrated intelligence system. Signals intelligence from the National Security Agency guided investigations. ... <a title="Amazon’s Ring wanted to track your pets. It revealed the future of surveillance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/amazons-ring-wanted-to-track-your-pets-it-revealed-the-future-of-surveillance-276020/" aria-label="Read more about Amazon’s Ring wanted to track your pets. It revealed the future of surveillance">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siegfried Gudergan, Professor of Strategy & Associate Dean (Research), James Cook University; Aalto University Publicly funded research underpins much of daily life, from policy decisions to innovation and public debate. When research remains inaccessible, its value is diminished. Australia has made real progress on open access to ... <a title="Thousands of paywalled research papers could be freed with this simple fix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/thousands-of-paywalled-research-papers-could-be-freed-with-this-simple-fix-275205/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of paywalled research papers could be freed with this simple fix">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamid R. Jamali, Professor, School of Information and Communication Studies, Charles Sturt University Scientific publishing relies on peer review as the mechanism that maintains trust in what we publish. When we read a journal article, we assume experts have rigorously scrutinised it before publication. This crucial system ... <a title="The peer review system is breaking down. Here’s how we can fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/the-peer-review-system-is-breaking-down-heres-how-we-can-fix-it-275317/" aria-label="Read more about The peer review system is breaking down. Here’s how we can fix it">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney The lawyer for the accused Bondi Beach gunman, Naveed Akram, commented in court that his client was subject to “very onerous conditions” at Goulburn’s supermax prison. Goulburn Correctional Complex, in New South Wales, houses the country’s highest security ... <a title="As Australia’s prisons evade scrutiny, conditions inside are getting worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/as-australias-prisons-evade-scrutiny-conditions-inside-are-getting-worse-276165/" aria-label="Read more about As Australia’s prisons evade scrutiny, conditions inside are getting worse">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Se Youn Park, Sessional academic, School of Political Science and International Studies, The University of Queensland Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government will not help repatriate the 34 Australian women and children with links to Islamic State fighters who were released from a detention camp ... <a title="Australia has ruled out repatriation for ISIS families. This isn’t a safe or coherent plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/australia-has-ruled-out-repatriation-for-isis-families-this-isnt-a-safe-or-coherent-plan-276160/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has ruled out repatriation for ISIS families. This isn’t a safe or coherent plan">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra Sussan Ley has announced that, after a fortnight’s farewell tour, she will step down as the member for Farrer. This sets the stage for what will be one of the most interesting and unpredictable byelections in Australian ... <a title="Want to know what’s really going on in Australian politics? A four-way tussle in Farrer may tell us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/want-to-know-whats-really-going-on-in-australian-politics-a-four-way-tussle-in-farrer-may-tell-us-275926/" aria-label="Read more about Want to know what’s really going on in Australian politics? A four-way tussle in Farrer may tell us">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer in International Studies in the School of Society and Culture, Adelaide University Thailand’s prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, will almost certainly stay in the job after a surprise result in last week’s elections saw his conservative Bhumjaithai Party win the most seats in the ... <a title="What Thailand’s election means for the future of the country – and its beleaguered pro-democracy forces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/what-thailands-election-means-for-the-future-of-the-country-and-its-beleaguered-pro-democracy-forces-272895/" aria-label="Read more about What Thailand’s election means for the future of the country – and its beleaguered pro-democracy forces">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Shaw, Associate Professor in Public Health, University of Otago For interest groups and lobbyists, face-to-face time with political decision-makers is the most valuable kind of access there is. As one New Zealand politician once put it (speaking anonymously to lobbying researchers), “politics is so much about ... <a title="Who has most access to the top? What 5 years of transport ministers’ diaries reveal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/who-has-most-access-to-the-top-what-5-years-of-transport-ministers-diaries-reveal-274732/" aria-label="Read more about Who has most access to the top? What 5 years of transport ministers’ diaries reveal">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute Child vaccination has been one of Australia’s biggest success stories. Before the COVID pandemic, we hit the national target of 95% of one-year-olds fully vaccinated. Our child vaccination rates were among the best in the world. Vaccination ... <a title="Child vaccination rates are falling fast, with some regions barely reaching 80%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/child-vaccination-rates-are-falling-fast-with-some-regions-barely-reaching-80-259387/" aria-label="Read more about Child vaccination rates are falling fast, with some regions barely reaching 80%">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evelyn Parr, Research Fellow in Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University Intermittent fasting has become a buzzword in nutrition circles, with many people looking to it as a way to lose weight or improve their health. But new research from ... <a title="Intermittent fasting doesn’t have an edge for weight loss, but might still work for some" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/intermittent-fasting-doesnt-have-an-edge-for-weight-loss-but-might-still-work-for-some-276057/" aria-label="Read more about Intermittent fasting doesn’t have an edge for weight loss, but might still work for some">Read more</a>
