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Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have different war aims – can the Iran peace deal survive? -- Simon Mabon, Lancaster University

18 hours ago

'It's a disgrace': the US has abandoned the Kurds again – and this time, Trump is insulting them to boot -- Ali Aziz, Western Sydney University and Charles Barbour, Western Sydney University

1 day ago

Russia's strike on centuries-old Ukrainian monastery complex reveals its growing desperation -- Anastasiya Byesyedina, University of Sydney

1 day ago

The Iran peace deal must demand the release of Narges Mohammadi and other prisoners of conscience -- Shadi Rouhshahbaz, The University of Melbourne; University of Newcastle

13 hours ago

One of the world's most important climate threats has an image problem -- Fionagh Thomson, Durham University

18 hours ago

From prejudice to harm – current policies targeting trans people follow a clear pattern of escalation -- Jaimie Veale, University of Waikato

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India's youth-led Cockroach party may prove as hard to kill as its namesake -- Phebyn Joseph, La Trobe University; Maggie Paul, La Trobe University, and Ruth Gamble, La Trobe University

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40 years on, Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal is still celebrated. But should it be? -- Cesar R. Torres, Penn State

18 hours ago

Why the US World Cup chants are being mocked – and what makes a great one -- Brendon Hyndman, Charles Sturt University; Tom Hartley, University of Tasmania, and Vaughan Cruickshank, University of Tasmania

2 days ago

For countries contesting the FIFA World Cup, size doesn't always mean goals and glory -- Jesse Whitehead, University of Waikato and Sughayshinie Samba Sibam, University of Waikato

2 days ago

FIFA's Haiti jersey ban echoes the long campaign to discredit and downplay the Haitian Revolution -- Julia Gaffield, William & Mary

2 days ago

Instead of a soft power coup, the World Cup could be an 'own goal' for Donald Trump -- Caitlin Byrne, Griffith University

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6 days ago

Levels of 'forever chemicals' in dolphins and whales are rising globally -- Katharina J. Peters, University of Wollongong; Frédérik Saltré, University of Technology Sydney; Australian Museum, and Karen Stockin, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

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What is education for? Why new Korean drama Teach You a Lesson is topping the charts -- Yanyan Hong, Adelaide University

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Floating volcanic rock is disrupting life in Papua New Guinea – and the problem will last a long time -- Rebecca Carey, University of Tasmania

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How political leaders use combat spectacles to symbolize national power and purpose -- Scott Atran, University of Michigan

18 hours ago

Love life: David Hockney, the artist who forced Britain to make room for colour, joy and queerness -- Simon Mckeown, Teesside University

2 days ago

What came before the Big Bang? -- Eloise Stevens, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation

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Hugh Jackman plays Robin Hood as wicked – it's a badly timed take on the hero of the poor -- William Hoff, The University of Melbourne

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Toy Story 5 pits traditional toys vs a tablet. In real life, families can combine the two -- Lisa Kervin, Monash University

2 days ago

Australia has already banned social media for under 16s – here's what the UK can learn from the experience -- Lisa M. Given, RMIT University

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From a World Heritage-listed city to sacred shrines, Lebanon's historic sites are being destroyed -- Sherine Al Shallah, UNSW Sydney

3 days ago

Do shark culls keep people safe in the ocean? Here's what the science says -- Charlie Huveneers, Flinders University

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1 year ago

Nigerians tell their stories of banditry. 'A month will not go by without someone being killed in this village.' -- Oludayo Tade, University of Ibadan

18 hours ago

Why the US government shut down Anthropic's latest Claude AI model -- Francesco Bailo, University of Sydney

2 days ago

Trump's 'narco-terrorism' war in Latin America evokes Reagan – then as now, it's more about fighting leftists than drug runners -- Michelle D. Paranzino, US Naval War College

5 days ago

This successful Arctic fishing treaty has kept Russia, China, the US and others working together for 5 years – it could be a model for future diplomacy -- David Balton, Harvard Kennedy School

2 days ago

Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim crafted a magnificent new culture for South Africa -- Henning Melber, University of Pretoria

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Appolonia: the story of an African kingdom that resisted the Atlantic slave trade -- Nana Kesse, Clark University

5 days ago

Spice Girls at 30: how girl power changed pop -- Joel Gray, Sheffield Hallam University

7 days ago

Conspiracy theories that emerged from a civil rights shooting 60 years ago resonate today -- Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis

5 days ago

Earthquakes can be destructive for distant cities built on top of basins – now we know why -- Timothy Stern, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

3 days ago

Frozen fruit and canned veg are cheap, but are they as healthy as fresh food? -- Margaret Murray, Swinburne University of Technology

3 days ago

Worried about your child's sleep? Keep screens out of bedrooms and limit iPads before bed -- Cassandra Pattinson, The University of Queensland

3 days ago

Could the war in Ukraine bring political change to Russia? -- Jennifer Mathers, Aberystwyth University

8 days ago

Ebola, hantavirus, diphtheria: how distrust in health care is fuelling multiple outbreaks across the globe -- Holly Seale, UNSW Sydney; Bianca Middleton, Menzies School of Health Research, and Md Saiful Islam, UNSW Sydney

3 days ago

How Taiwan is balancing between American and Chinese visions of energy dominance -- Philippe Le Billon, University of British Columbia

5 days ago

Anti-foreigner violence in South Africa is easily sparked: what hasn't been done to deal with it -- Alan Hirsch, University of Cape Town

7 days ago

The Gulf Stream suddenly moved north during an ancient cold snap – and it's a warning for our future -- Alice Carter-Champion, Royal Holloway, University of London; Fangjingcheng Zhu, University of Southampton, and Jack Wharton, UCL

5 days ago

Germany pulled the plug on flagship FCAS fighter jet – the implications for European defence are worrying -- Arun Dawson, King's College London

5 days ago

Ukraine war now longer than the first world war – the similarities are unsettling -- Frank Ledwidge, University of Portsmouth

6 days ago

Two decades of research show Indonesia's coral reefs are heat-tolerant — but only up to a point -- Tries Blandine Razak, IPB University

6 days ago

Greater international co-operation is needed to achieve the UN's global forest goals -- Terry Sunderland, University of British Columbia and Peter Wood

7 days ago

The Milky Way was rewired by a cataclysmic collision billions of years ago. Now it is on course for another -- Vasily Belokurov, University of Cambridge

6 days ago

Life after death: From burned trees to bleached corals, how dead organisms live on as the building blocks of new life -- Kai Kopecky, University of Colorado Boulder and John Kominoski, Florida International University

6 days ago

Butter or margarine? A food scientist describes their subtle chemical deviations and how they can affect your baked goods -- Rosemary Trout, Drexel University

6 days ago

Rhino horn: why South Africa wants to revive the international trade, and why critics fear the consequences -- Jason Gilchrist, Edinburgh Napier University

7 days ago

In Iran war's shadow, Israel's renewed Lebanon campaign risks repeating failed lessons – and occupations – of the past -- Asher Kaufman, University of Notre Dame

16 days ago

Do aid cuts fuel violent conflict in Africa? How to promote peace -- Dominic Rohner, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID); Austin L. Wright; Jing-Rong Zeng, Paris School of Economics – École d'économie de Paris; Oliver Vanden Eynde, Paris School of Economics – École d'économie de Paris; Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), and Uwe Sunde, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

6 days ago

Why do male chimpanzees throw rocks at the same trees for more than a decade? We travelled to remote Guinea-Bissau to find out -- Robyn Nakano, University of Victoria and Ammie Kalan, University of Victoria

9 days ago

Two scientists on their race to make a new Ebola vaccine

12 days ago

Bingles, knuckleballs and 'Beer Barrel Polka' – hundreds of forgotten works showcase the eclectic world of baseball scholarship -- Tom Reinsfelder, Penn State

6 days ago

Why impressionists loved to paint gardens -- Clare Willsdon, University of Glasgow

6 days ago

Marjane Satrapi's masterpiece Persepolis transformed the world's understanding of Iran -- Shadi Rouhshahbaz, The University of Melbourne; University of Newcastle

5 days ago

New documentary traces Kylie Minogue's career, from harsh early critics to pop stardom

24 days ago

Why the electric SUV boom is a problem for climate, health and equity -- Keyvan Hosseini, University of Southampton and Dawn-Marie Walker, University of Southampton

12 days ago

Too hot, too humid: why the sustained heatwave in India and Pakistan is so dangerous

20 days ago

Birds masturbate, and that's perfectly normal -- Chloe Heys, University of Lancashire; Kevin Arbuckle, Swansea University, and Matilda Brindle, University of Oxford

12 days ago

Entanglement injuries cause prolonged suffering for whales and dolphins – early intervention is crucial

23 days ago

Does the body really 'keep the score' after trauma? How the debunked idea of 'repressed memories' is making a comeback -- Andressa Almeida, University of Sydney and Celine van Golde, University of Sydney

7 days ago

World's first AI-designed vaccine explained -- Neil Mabbott, University of Edinburgh

8 days ago

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic show promise for more than weight loss. But what's science vs hype? -- Paul Joyce, Adelaide University

12 days ago

What's wrong with how US and Uganda plan to stop Ebola spreading

15 days ago

Great mysteries of archaeology: an ancient Amazonian world revealed from the sky -- José Iriarte, University of Exeter

9 days ago

Alien first contact: how the new rules differ from science fiction -- Michael Garrett, University of Manchester

9 days ago

South African telescope detects record-breaking signal from the early universe -- Thato Manamela, University of Pretoria and Roger P. Deane, Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy; University of Cape Town

8 days ago

Mysterious signals keep coming from space. We have found their 'Rosetta stone'

15 days ago

China's ability to weather Trump's trade war was two decades in the making -- Gemma Ware, The Conversation

1 month ago

Apple chief executive Tim Cook resigns after 15 years. What's next for the tech giant? -- Rajat Roy, Bond University

1 month ago

Musk's SpaceX is shaping up as the biggest IPO on record. It's also bending the rules to do so

1 month ago

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

2 months ago

Why Javier Milei's inflation 'miracle' in Argentina is more of a mirage

13 days ago

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

4 months ago

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

4 months ago

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

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Putin wanted to make Russia great again. Instead, Ukraine is the new rising power in Europe -- Mark Edele, The University of Melbourne

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