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Source: Radio New Zealand If you scroll through social media for long enough, you’ll probably find videos claiming that listening to songs tuned to “A 432Hz” can provide an amazing sense of calmness or healing. It’s even claimed that listening to music tuned to this frequency can align your internal frequencies to those of the…
Source: Radio New Zealand EV proponents say getting more people into cars would change the country’s energy system. (File photo) RNZ / Mark Papalii An electric vehicle advocacy group is calling for consistent, cross-party policies to get more battery-run cars and charging infrastructure on the road. Drive Electric presented its State of the Nation report…
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Manfreda, Associate Professor, Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, Torrens University Australia South Australia will become the first Australian destination included in the Michelin Guide, with the inaugural selection to be revealed in October. The guide began in France in 1900 as a road guide created ... <a title="The Michelin Guide is coming to South Australia. The rest of the country will be watching" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/the-michelin-guide-is-coming-to-south-australia-the-rest-of-the-country-will-be-watching-283072/" aria-label="Read more about The Michelin Guide is coming to South Australia. The rest of the country will be watching">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Flaherty, Senior Lecturer (English and Drama), Australian National University In Dark Renaissance, his new biography of Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), Stephen Greenblatt shares a trait with Marlowe and the Elizabethan playwright’s most famous character, Doctor Faustus: a desire to conjure. Review: Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and ... <a title="Poet, playwright, spy: Stephen Greenblatt conjures the brilliant life of Christopher Marlowe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/poet-playwright-spy-stephen-greenblatt-conjures-the-brilliant-life-of-christopher-marlowe-280465/" aria-label="Read more about Poet, playwright, spy: Stephen Greenblatt conjures the brilliant life of Christopher Marlowe">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Febe De Geest, Research Fellow in Human Geography, The University of Melbourne Right now, an unusual April and May heatwave is scorching large parts of India. Temperatures have exceeded 46°C across the northwest and centre, schools are closed, hospitals have set up dedicated heatstroke units and the ... <a title="Women experience extreme heat differently to men. And they’re adapting to it in creative ways" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/women-experience-extreme-heat-differently-to-men-and-theyre-adapting-to-it-in-creative-ways-282493/" aria-label="Read more about Women experience extreme heat differently to men. And they’re adapting to it in creative ways">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Kirkland, Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University From butterflies to blue whales, corals and worms, Earth is home to an incredible diversity of animals. How all of these animals evolved from earlier, simpler ancestors is one of the most exciting stories in the history book of life ... <a title="Rare 567-million-year-old fossils refine our understanding of early animal evolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/rare-567-million-year-old-fossils-refine-our-understanding-of-early-animal-evolution-283260/" aria-label="Read more about Rare 567-million-year-old fossils refine our understanding of early animal evolution">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashleigh Barrett-Young, Research Fellow in Brain Health, University of Otago Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions worldwide, has a long preclinical stage. It potentially begins decades before clinical symptoms become apparent. But as our new research suggests, blood biomarkers in combination with self-reported memory ... <a title="Blood biomarkers could detect earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease – and slow its progression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/blood-biomarkers-could-detect-earliest-signs-of-alzheimers-disease-and-slow-its-progression-282582/" aria-label="Read more about Blood biomarkers could detect earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease – and slow its progression">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dorina Pojani, Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland For a growing swathe of Australians, “forever renting” has become the new norm. Renting is no longer a youthful rite of passage or a transitional phase on the way to home ownership. Given these circumstances, how ... <a title="‘Forever renting’ is common in New York, California and Europe. What lessons can we learn?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/forever-renting-is-common-in-new-york-california-and-europe-what-lessons-can-we-learn-283141/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Forever renting’ is common in New York, California and Europe. What lessons can we learn?">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashwin Nagappa, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology Globally, users of digital media are increasingly locked into a handful of operating systems, app stores, and communication platforms. Most of us must choose between Apple, Windows, or Android. ... <a title="Nearly everything we use online is owned by big tech. There’s a better way forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/nearly-everything-we-use-online-is-owned-by-big-tech-theres-a-better-way-forward-282969/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly everything we use online is owned by big tech. There’s a better way forward">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Krista Fisher, Research Fellow, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne Interest in the manosphere has recently surged yet again, with the recent Louis Theroux documentary catapulting the term “manosphere” back to the forefront of our cultural psyche. The term has become a catchall for ... <a title="We analysed the TikTok history of 142 men. Here’s what it taught us about the manosphere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/we-analysed-the-tiktok-history-of-142-men-heres-what-it-taught-us-about-the-manosphere-282156/" aria-label="Read more about We analysed the TikTok history of 142 men. Here’s what it taught us about the manosphere">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is grappling with a rising Ebola epidemic, with almost 600 cases detected so far and more than 130 deaths. Ebola is a rare ... <a title="Health authorities are racing to contain Ebola in the DRC and Uganda. Here’s what’s making it so challenging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/21/health-authorities-are-racing-to-contain-ebola-in-the-drc-and-uganda-heres-whats-making-it-so-challenging-283276/" aria-label="Read more about Health authorities are racing to contain Ebola in the DRC and Uganda. Here’s what’s making it so challenging">Read more</a>
Source: Radio New Zealand Public Service Commissioner Brian Roche will be in charge of implementing the public sector changes the government announced on Tuesday. RNZ / REECE BAKER An overhaul of the public sector is a chance to modernise it and the associated job cuts were regrettable but a fact of life, thehe head of…