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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney This is an article in our Guide to the Classics series. I first encountered William Golding’s 1954 novel Lord of the Flies in my final year of primary school in the UK. A long-term staple ... <a title="‘It could happen here’: Lord of the Flies took its lessons from Hitler’s Germany. They speak to now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/it-could-happen-here-lord-of-the-flies-took-its-lessons-from-hitlers-germany-they-speak-to-now-275672/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It could happen here’: Lord of the Flies took its lessons from Hitler’s Germany. They speak to now">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Maslow, Associate Professor, International Relations, Contemporary Japanese Politics & Society, University of Tokyo Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) got a historic landslide victory in last week’s parliamentary elections. This marks the first time since its founding in 1955 that ... <a title="Make Japan strong again: Sanae Takaichi’s plan to transform her country’s military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/make-japan-strong-again-sanae-takaichis-plan-to-transform-her-countrys-military-275676/" aria-label="Read more about Make Japan strong again: Sanae Takaichi’s plan to transform her country’s military">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marten Risius, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland Online chat service Discord has announced it will begin testing age verification for some users, joining a growing list of platforms trying to work out who is actually behind the screen. The move comes as ... <a title="Age verification online can be done safely and privately. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/age-verification-online-can-be-done-safely-and-privately-heres-how-276104/" aria-label="Read more about Age verification online can be done safely and privately. Here’s how">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Fuerbach, Professor, Photonics Research Centre, Macquarie University Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading information in ordinary pieces of glass which can store two million books’ worth of data in a thin, palm-sized square. In ... <a title="Is this glass square the long, long future of data storage?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/is-this-glass-square-the-long-long-future-of-data-storage-276263/" aria-label="Read more about Is this glass square the long, long future of data storage?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Graham, Associate Professor in Digital Media, Queensland University of Technology A new study published today in Nature has found that X’s algorithm – the hidden system or “recipe” that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order – shifts users’ political opinions in ... <a title="A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right-wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/a-few-weeks-of-xs-algorithm-can-make-you-more-right-wing-and-it-doesnt-wear-off-quickly-276153/" aria-label="Read more about A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right-wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Radisic, Fellow at the Centre for Space, Cyberspace and Data Law; Senior Teaching Fellow, Faculty of Law, Bond University On January 30 2026, SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission for a megaconstellation of up to one million satellites to power data centres ... <a title="Too many satellites? Earth’s orbit is on track for a catastrophe – but we can stop it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/too-many-satellites-earths-orbit-is-on-track-for-a-catastrophe-but-we-can-stop-it-275430/" aria-label="Read more about Too many satellites? Earth’s orbit is on track for a catastrophe – but we can stop it">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A. Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University There’s little worse as a pool lifeguard than hearing the words “code brown” come through your radio. For swimmers on a hot day, there’s also little worse than being told to immediately get out of the ... <a title="After ‘code brown’, how long before the pool is safe again? Water quality experts explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/after-code-brown-how-long-before-the-pool-is-safe-again-water-quality-experts-explain-274856/" aria-label="Read more about After ‘code brown’, how long before the pool is safe again? Water quality experts explain">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After a coup by the Liberals’ conservative faction, the party has dumped its first female leader Sussan Ley, who had dire polling, in favour of Angus Taylor. Jane Hume, from the moderate side of the party, won the position of ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: New Liberal Deputy Jane Hume on why she wants a woman contesting every seat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/politics-with-michelle-grattan-new-liberal-deputy-jane-hume-on-why-she-wants-a-woman-contesting-every-seat-276271/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: New Liberal Deputy Jane Hume on why she wants a woman contesting every seat">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johra Kayeser Fatima, Senior Lecturer, Marketing, University of Canberra In Australia, around 16% of major road accidents (such as multi-vehicle crashes and pedestrian collisions) involve distracted driving. Distracted driving happens when people shift their attention from the primary task of driving to a secondary task such as ... <a title="Using your phone while driving is dangerous. What about listening to music or eating?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/using-your-phone-while-driving-is-dangerous-what-about-listening-to-music-or-eating-273236/" aria-label="Read more about Using your phone while driving is dangerous. What about listening to music or eating?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Troy McEwan, Professor of Clinical and Forensic Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology In 2024, 38 Australian women were murdered by a partner or ex-partner. Thankfully, new data show the number of women killed by intimate partners has reduced to 32 over the most recent reporting period. The ... <a title="Can we predict domestic homicide? New research suggests we can’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/can-we-predict-domestic-homicide-new-research-suggests-we-cant-268290/" aria-label="Read more about Can we predict domestic homicide? New research suggests we can’t">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University While the world is focused on the fate of a ruined Gaza, Israel has accelerated its creeping annexation of the West Bank. Israeli legislative moves, security operations, settlement expansion ... <a title="Israel is accelerating its creeping annexation of the West Bank. Can Donald Trump stop it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/israel-is-accelerating-its-creeping-annexation-of-the-west-bank-can-donald-trump-stop-it-276074/" aria-label="Read more about Israel is accelerating its creeping annexation of the West Bank. Can Donald Trump stop it?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matevz (Matt) Raskovic, Professor of International Business & Strategy, Auckland University of Technology On the face of it, New Zealand’s positive placing in a newly-released scorecard of perceived corruption seems reassuring. The country remains among the world’s least corrupt in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), published ... <a title="NZ is slowly slipping on the global corruption index. Is it time for an anti-corruption agency?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/nz-is-slowly-slipping-on-the-global-corruption-index-is-it-time-for-an-anti-corruption-agency-275781/" aria-label="Read more about NZ is slowly slipping on the global corruption index. Is it time for an anti-corruption agency?">Read more</a>
