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April 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Tim O’Shea I don’t blame Iran for going cold on another sham negotiation session with the US. After all, why would they take the US or Israel seriously? Or even remotely trust either of them when: They both bombed Iran right in the middle of two sets of previous “negotiations”; and Trump lied ... <a title="No wonder Iran went cold on sham talks, considering the lying US-Israeli track record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/no-wonder-iran-went-cold-on-sham-talks-considering-the-lying-us-israeli-track-record/" aria-label="Read more about No wonder Iran went cold on sham talks, considering the lying US-Israeli track record">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Marie Quigley, DECRA Research Fellow in molecular ecology, James Cook University Lord Howe Island lies in the middle of the ocean, about 700 kilometres northeast of Sydney. It’s covered in lush forest and fringed by the world’s most southerly coral reef ecosystem. This reef system isn’t ... <a title="Coral reefs are secretly connected across vast oceans – and that’s crucial for their survival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/coral-reefs-are-secretly-connected-across-vast-oceans-and-thats-crucial-for-their-survival-278424/" aria-label="Read more about Coral reefs are secretly connected across vast oceans – and that’s crucial for their survival">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Munt, Associate Professor, Media Arts & Production, University of Technology Sydney In the opening moments of Vladimir, Netflix’s new erotic drama series, the protagonist M (Rachel Weisz) is sprawled on a couch in her negligee, writing in her notepad. She leans towards the camera, then stares ... <a title="From Fleabag to Vladimir: why has breaking the fourth wall become so common?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/from-fleabag-to-vladimir-why-has-breaking-the-fourth-wall-become-so-common-280716/" aria-label="Read more about From Fleabag to Vladimir: why has breaking the fourth wall become so common?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Stockin, Professor of Marine Ecology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University A humpback whale repeatedly restranding in shallow waters in the Baltic Sea for more than three weeks has become the focus of a complex debate about reconciling compassion for animals with ethical, evidence-based decision ... <a title="Whale strandings draw emotional responses. But repeated rescues can cause more harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/whale-strandings-draw-emotional-responses-but-repeated-rescues-can-cause-more-harm-281137/" aria-label="Read more about Whale strandings draw emotional responses. But repeated rescues can cause more harm">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anja Shortland, Professor in Political Economy, King’s College London When evolutionary biologist Joseph Popp coded the first documented piece of ransomware in 1989, he had little idea it would become a major criminal business model capable of bringing economies to their knees. Popp, who worked for the ... <a title="From floppy discs to Claude Mythos, how ransomware grew into a multibillion-dollar industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/from-floppy-discs-to-claude-mythos-how-ransomware-grew-into-a-multibillion-dollar-industry-281000/" aria-label="Read more about From floppy discs to Claude Mythos, how ransomware grew into a multibillion-dollar industry">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert James Nicholls, Professor of Climate Adaptation, University of East Anglia Venice has co-existed with the sea throughout its 1,500-year history, perhaps better than any other city on earth. Yet over the past century it has flooded increasingly often, as the sea rises and the city itself ... <a title="Venice is sinking – we analysed every plan to save it, and none would preserve the city as we know it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/venice-is-sinking-we-analysed-every-plan-to-save-it-and-none-would-preserve-the-city-as-we-know-it-280891/" aria-label="Read more about Venice is sinking – we analysed every plan to save it, and none would preserve the city as we know it">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John N. Trey Rogers, Professor of Turfgrass Research, Michigan State University With 104 matches in 16 stadiums across Canada, the United States and Mexico, the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be soccer’s biggest event ever. It’s our job as turfgrass researchers hired by FIFA, the game’s governing ... <a title="We designed the turf for soccer’s biggest World Cup ever – here’s how we created the same playing experience across 3 countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/we-designed-the-turf-for-soccers-biggest-world-cup-ever-heres-how-we-created-the-same-playing-experience-across-3-countries-279536/" aria-label="Read more about We designed the turf for soccer’s biggest World Cup ever – here’s how we created the same playing experience across 3 countries">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Pace, Researcher and Lecturer at the Thompson Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast Your brain is currently expending about a fifth of your body’s energy, and almost none of that is being used for what you’re doing right now. Reading these words, feeling the weight of ... <a title="How does imagination really work in the brain? New theory upends what we knew" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/how-does-imagination-really-work-in-the-brain-new-theory-upends-what-we-knew-280803/" aria-label="Read more about How does imagination really work in the brain? New theory upends what we knew">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwenda Tavan, Adjunct Associate Professor of Politics, La Trobe University Multiculturalism first made its way into Australian political dialogue in the 1970s, with the idea that the country could, and should, be home to people from all over the world. Inevitably, there was backlash against the idea, ... <a title="Multicultural Australia was built under a Liberal prime minister. The current party should take heed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/multicultural-australia-was-built-under-a-liberal-prime-minister-the-current-party-should-take-heed-277732/" aria-label="Read more about Multicultural Australia was built under a Liberal prime minister. The current party should take heed">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Davy, Senior Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Every welfare program negotiates a fundamental tension: between fiscal responsibility and consistency on one hand, and care for real people with complex needs and situations on the other. Over the past decade or so, one ... <a title="First Robodebt, now NDIS and aged care: how computers still decide who gets care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/first-robodebt-now-ndis-and-aged-care-how-computers-still-decide-who-gets-care-280711/" aria-label="Read more about First Robodebt, now NDIS and aged care: how computers still decide who gets care">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Aikhenvald, Professor and Australian Laureate Fellow, Jawun Research Institute, CQUniversity Australia When the Crusaders descended upon the eastern shores of the Mediterranean at the end of the 11th century, they had to communicate with each other, with traders and with locals. Many of them spoke different ... <a title="What is a lingua franca? A brief history, from the Crusades to today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/what-is-a-lingua-franca-a-brief-history-from-the-crusades-to-today-275807/" aria-label="Read more about What is a lingua franca? A brief history, from the Crusades to today">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney US President Donald Trump is a longtime climate denier and oil industry ally, who sums up his own energy policy as “drill, baby, drill”. Yet he is doing more than almost anyone to speed up ... <a title="The end of oil? As fuel shocks cascade, 53 nations gather to plan a fossil fuel phaseout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/the-end-of-oil-as-fuel-shocks-cascade-53-nations-gather-to-plan-a-fossil-fuel-phaseout-280263/" aria-label="Read more about The end of oil? As fuel shocks cascade, 53 nations gather to plan a fossil fuel phaseout">Read more</a>
