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One year after their brief war, how close are India and Pakistan to another conflict? Stuti Bhatnagar, UNSW Sydney17 hours ago
What you need to know about the Ebola outbreak that has the WHO concerned18 hours ago
NATO would survive a US withdrawal. But what kind of alliance would it become?18 hours ago
Elon Musk sued OpenAI and lost. But the core question of the case remains unanswered18 hours ago
From beef ribs to a 'heavenly' walk: Xi-Trump summit symbolism underscored American power and Chinese tradition18 hours ago
Who are the main contenders to replace Keir Starmer as UK prime minister?18 hours ago
De-extinction company says it's made an artificial egg – if true, it could help save living species18 hours ago
129,000 years of crocodiles: what we know about Australasia's ancient apex predators18 hours ago
Making millions: the suspicious oil bets just before Trump posts - Timothy Graham, Ella Chorazy, Stephen Harrington, and The Conversation Digital Storytelling Team - Visual feature18 hours ago
From ancient kings to Trump and Xi: when did humans start shaking hands? And why? -- Louise Pryke, University of Sydney18 hours ago
Indigenous Australians were the world's first astronomers. But their knowledge is now at risk -- Kai Lane, Indigenous Knowledge; Jaana Dielenberg, Charles Darwin University, and Kaori Yokochi, Deakin University18 hours ago
Famesick: Lena Dunham makes us laugh about a dream job turned brutal nightmare - Liz Evans, University of Tasmania17 hours ago
Australian teens impacted by the social media ban are getting less news: new research2 days ago
Meta's new tools allow parents to better supervise their kids' social media accounts. Will they work?2 days ago
Museums have always been entangled with European imperialism. Will the world's first 'AI art' museum be any different?5 days ago
Eurovision 2026: a win for Bulgaria, fourth for Australia, and continued controversy for broadcasters18 hours ago
Iran is threatening undersea cables. The world's 'digital chokepoints' have never been more vulnerable18 hours ago
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Baloch insurgency: Suicide bombs and uptick in violence threaten Pakistan, regional security5 days ago
Illegal gold mining causes surges in malaria in the Amazon, and the association is far worse than we suspected5 days ago
We tested the new World Cup ball – this is what you need to know about how it will fly, dip and swerve - John Eric Goff, University of Puget Sound17 hours ago
From 'French leave' to 'Irish goodbyes': why you may be right to exit a party without saying goodbye5 days ago
How World Cup filming has evolved since the last US tournament – from spider cameras to AI and drones -- Joe Towns, Cardiff Metropolitan University9 days ago
100 million African children are not in school. What's driving the trend and how to reverse it -- Moses Ngware, African Population and Health Research Center7 days ago
How Venezuela has – and hasn't – changed since Maduro's capture -- Julia Buxton, Liverpool John Moores University9 days ago
Why Nairobi Africa-France summit bears the hallmarks of Macron and Ruto priorities -- Frank Gerits, Utrecht University9 days ago
The yips: when 'choking' in sport can go next level -- Christopher Mesagno, Victoria University6 days ago
Why was an Egyptian mummy stuffed with a fragment of Homer's Iliad? -- Stephan Blum, University of Tübingen and Stefan Baumann, KU Leuven7 days ago
If AI can translate instantly, why learn another language? -- Olivia Maurice, Western Sydney University; University of Sydney and Mark Antoniou, Western Sydney University6 days ago
The women's rights crisis in Afghanistan is an ongoing humanitarian calamity -- Sepita Hatami, Western University8 days ago
What is 'cycle syncing', and how might it affect menstruation? -- Emmalee Ford, University of Sydney6 days ago
Falling space debris poses an escalating risk as spacecraft get stronger and more heat resistant5 days ago
Why is the US so obsessed with controlling Cuba? -- Deborah Shnookal, The University of Melbourne8 days ago
What a list of Black Death survivors reveals about the way people recovered from plague -- Alex Brown, Durham University and Grace Owen, Durham University7 days ago
Hantavirus is very different to COVID. Here's why the 'Andes virus' won't cause the next pandemic -- Rhys Parry, The University of Queensland8 days ago
Trump administration claiming a 'win' against Iran – here's a report card12 days ago
Hantavirus, COVID, norovirus, legionnaires': why are cruise ships so prone to disease outbreaks? -- Vikram Niranjan, University of Limerick12 days ago
Squeak up! I can't hear you: pilot whales are shouting to hear themselves over ship noise -- Vanessa Pirotta, Macquarie University9 days ago
What it would have been like to experience the dinosaur-killing asteroid armageddon: a blow-by-blow account -- Michael J. Benton, University of Bristol and Monica Grady, The Open University9 days ago
Is your AI chatbot manipulating you? Subtly reshaping your opinions? -- Richard Lachman, Toronto Metropolitan University7 days ago
Instagram can now read all users' private messages. Will this make kids safer or just boost ad targeting? -- Joel Scanlan, University of Tasmania8 days ago
Stardust trapped in Antarctic ice reveals tens of thousands of years of Solar System's past -- Dominik Koll, Australian National University7 days ago
We found hundreds of huge ancient mass graves hidden in the Sahara desert8 days ago
370 billion crickets are farmed for food every year. Scientists have discovered they may feel pain -- Thomas White, University of Sydney and Kate Lynch, University of Sydney7 days ago
'Poverty porn': the moral dilemma behind MrBeast's billion-dollar empire -- Paul Formosa, Macquarie University7 days ago
In an ant colony, the queen isn't in charge. So who is? -- Tanya Latty, University of Sydney8 days ago
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Fenian: the anti-Irish history behind Kneecap's defiant new album title -- Ciara Smart, University of Tasmania9 days ago
Motown's Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind the pop music juggernaut -- Margena A. Christian, University of Illinois Chicago12 days ago
Consent is a core principle in the Kamasutra – what we can learn from it today -- Sharha, Cardiff Metropolitan University26 days ago
The six best Shakespeare adaptations that aren't in English -- Sarah Olive, Aston University20 days ago
Conspiracy theories: do 300,000 Kiwis really believe Canada is building an army of mutant super-raccoons?8 days ago
Urban trees cool the world's cities more than we thought – but we can't rely on them alone5 days ago
Massive marine heatwave caused Caribbean coral reefs to collapse much faster than predicted – new research5 days ago
Mozambique 'sky island' expeditions found 4 new species of chameleon – already at risk from forest loss - Krystal Tolley, University of Johannesburg8 days ago
How scientists changed their view of insomnia -- Iuliana Hartescu, Loughborough University26 days ago
Synthetic biology promised to rewrite life – with the death of its pioneer, J. Craig Venter, how close are scientists? -- André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology19 days ago
What a 'post-antibiotic era' could mean for modern medicine -- Steven W. Kerrigan, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences26 days ago
Eating fruit is linked to lung cancer? Here's what you need to know about that new study -- Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University29 days ago
Is Richard Dawkins right about Claude? No. But it's not surprising AI chatbots feel conscious to us8 days ago
Silicon Valley's AI 'tokenmaxxing' obsession has a big problem – and philosophers saw it coming5 days ago
Seeing an eclipse from Earth is awe-inspiring – for astronauts seeing one from space, the scene was even more grand -- Deana L. Weibel, Grand Valley State University19 days ago
Photographic memory is a myth – here's what research really says about remembering -- Gabrielle Principe, College of Charleston14 days ago
China's ability to weather Trump's trade war was two decades in the making -- Gemma Ware, The Conversation12 days ago
Apple chief executive Tim Cook resigns after 15 years. What's next for the tech giant? -- Rajat Roy, Bond University29 days ago
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Why do men sexually harass women at work? Science offers two explanations – but only one of them holds up1 month ago
What a US military base lost under Greenland's ice sheet reveals about the island's real strategic importance3 months ago
The American fixation on white Afrikaners in South Africa stretches back nearly a century3 months ago
How trafficked American guns fuel Mexico's cartel violence – podcast8 months ago
Three scientists speak about what it's like to have research funding cut by the Trump administration11 months ago
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What is the 'Thucydides trap' Xi warned Trump about? Lessons from an ancient war between Athens and Sparta -- David M. Pritchard, The University of Queensland5 days ago