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Trump risks falling in to the 'asymmetric resolve' trap in Iran − just as presidents before him did elsewhere -- Will Walldorf, Wake Forest University

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Why is the US going back round the Moon with Artemis II? A space policy expert explains

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The unseen challenges of life on the Moon -- Damian Bailey, University of South Wales

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Astronaut Victor Glover is the latest in a long line of Black American explorers − including York, the enslaved man who played a key role in the Lewis and Clark expedition -- Craig Fehrman, Indiana University

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Artemis II's long countdown – a space historian explains why it has taken over 50 years to return to the Moon -- Emily A. Margolis, Smithsonian Institution

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Could a solar storm derail the Artemis II mission? -- Clive Dyer, University of Surrey

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Why a second global shipping chokepoint could soon live up to its name as the 'Gate of Tears'

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How Taiwan is viewing the Iran war – and what it reveals about US credibility -- Bonnie Yushih Liao, Tamkang University

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A war without accountability: why the Middle East crisis is also a legal quagmire

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A host nation at war with a participant: uncertainty and tension swirl around soccer's World Cup

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Brutal Mau Mau camps in Kenya were an extension of Britain's colonial prison system – historian traces their roots -- Ian Caistor-Parker, University of Warwick

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Silence: a brief literary history -- Kate McLoughlin, University of Oxford

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New Israeli law could mean death penalty by default for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks

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The return of sex testing in sport risks harming women athletes rather than protecting them -- Marcus Mazzucco, University of Toronto; Sarah Teetzel, University of Manitoba, and Silvia Camporesi, KU Leuven

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A New York Times critic used AI to write his review – but criticism is deeply human -- Bec Kavanagh, The University of Melbourne

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The revolution in dinosaur science started 50 years ago – here's what we have learned -- Michael J. Benton, University of Bristol and Emily Rayfield, University of Bristol

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How medieval chess created a space in which players – regardless of race – could engage as equals -- Krisztina Ilko, University of Cambridge

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Rock art thousands of years old sheds new light on the mysterious Tasmanian tiger

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Exploding head syndrome: the surprisingly common condition with a terrifying name

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Why do men sexually harass women at work? Science offers two explanations – but only one of them holds up

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A brief history of denim – and why the 'perfect pair' of jeans remains elusive -- Rose Marroncelli, Nottingham Trent University

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Ancient bones show dogs have been woven into human life for nearly 16,000 years

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Gold is meant to be a 'safe haven' in uncertain times. Why is it crashing amid a war?

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Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout

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A Bible Belt track without a pulse – it's no surprise fans hate the 2026 FIFA World Cup song Lighter

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Strongest evidence yet that vaping likely causes cancer

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'I didn't come here to get rich': new research on the lives of Ukrainian women in Georgia's surrogacy boom

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My unsung hero of science: Buckminster Fuller, the architect who wanted to redesign the world (and inspired a nanosized one)

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Scientists may be overestimating the amount of microplastics in the environment – and the culprit is lab gloves

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How the words that Iran and America use about each other paved the way for conflict

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The latest world climate report is grim, but it's not the end of the story

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The Olympics' transgender athlete ban is a legal and moral minefield

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What does China's host bid mean for the High Seas Treaty?

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The four types of dementia most people don't know exist

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Climate change is altering Saharan dust – and Europe is downwind

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The Swedish concept of döstädning or death cleaning is about more than just getting rid of things

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Is lighter sleep a normal part of ageing – or a sign of something more serious?

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Going nuclear? Why a growing number of Washington's allies are eyeing an alternative to US umbrella

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Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict is rooted in local border dispute – but the risks extend across the region

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Morgan le Fay was King Arthur's sister – but also a healer, mathematician and murderer

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Trump's 'Venezuela solution' to Cuba would see the island nation returned to a client state

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Argentina 50 years on from start of dictatorship – is it forgetting the disappeared?

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Spain-US rift: Pedro Sánchez' defiance of Trump is dictated by domestic politics – but it's also a litmus test for Europe

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Secrets, sexism and hypocrisy: Bonfire of the Murdochs reveals the family's real succession drama

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Moulin Rouge! turns 25: how Baz Luhrmann reinvented the movie musical

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Khaby Lame is the world's most followed TikToker: the story of a Senegalese-born star who sold his identity

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From gym to jawline: What looksmaxxing says about modern masculinity

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Men can get out of the manosphere. Here's what former incels say about why they left

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You probably agree with the animals on which bird calls, frog noises and cricket chirps are most attractive – new research

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Microbes in Antarctica survive the freezing and dark winter by living on air

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Tourist visits to Madagascar help conserve some forests, but others suffer: study suggests what to do

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Climate finance has failed Africa twice over – how to fix it

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Couples share 30% of their gut bacteria. Here's how that may affect health

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Largest ever Parkinson's study shows how symptoms differ between men and women

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Babies learn a lot in their first year. But their behaviour doesn't always tell the full story

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Can blood tests really detect cancer?

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A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth

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Hundreds of hungry mosquitoes, a student volunteer and a mesh suit helped us figure out how these deadly insects reach their targets

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All 5 fundamental units of life's genetic code were just discovered in an asteroid sample

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20 BILLION GALAXIES: NEW SURVEY OF THE SKY WILL REVEAL THE UNIVERSE IN UNPRECEDENTED DETAIL

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Oil price surge is hurting African economies: scholars in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa take stock

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Why global methane levels spiked during COVID lockdowns

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Does 'free' shipping really exist? An expert shares the marketing tricks you need to know

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Why your brain has to work harder in an open-plan office than private offices: study

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What a US military base lost under Greenland's ice sheet reveals about the island's real strategic importance

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The American fixation on white Afrikaners in South Africa stretches back nearly a century

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How trafficked American guns fuel Mexico's cartel violence – podcast

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Three scientists speak about what it's like to have research funding cut by the Trump administration

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Why hasn't the US military used force to secure the Strait of Hormuz? -- Justin Bergman, The Conversation; Matt Garrow, The Conversation, and Mitchell Costello, The Conversation

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Two verdicts in two days: How American courts are rewriting the rules for Big Tech and children -- Carolina Rossini, UMass Amherst

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