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The Strait of Hormuz shows how everything is now about leverage -- Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University

16 hours ago

Middle East conflict looks increasingly like a war nobody can win -- Bamo Nouri, City St George's, University of London and Inderjeet Parmar, City St George's, University of London

16 hours ago

3 reasons the war between the US, Israel and Iran is headed for a frozen conflict -- Jessica Genauer, UNSW Sydney and Benedict Moleta, Australian National University

16 hours ago

How the war in Iran has brought European countries closer together – without Trump -- Romain Fathi, Australian National University

16 hours ago

In a fractured world order, where does the global south fit in? -- Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva, Australian National University

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Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation campaign over nuclear disaster

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40 years on from the disaster, why there are foxes, bears and bison again around Chernobyl

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Israel's onslaught against Lebanon may strengthen Hezbollah – just when it's at its weakest -- John Nagle, Queen's University Belfast

16 hours ago

We can't know if Donald Trump has dementia. Even if he did, it wouldn't excuse his actions -- Joyce Siette, Western Sydney University and Paul Strutt, Western Sydney University

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How the Trump administration co-opts pop culture and religion for political gain -- Brent Keogh, University of Technology Sydney

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Iran has a powerful new tool in the Strait of Hormuz that it can leverage long after the war -- Ali Mamouri, Deakin University

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Why the world's banks are so worried about Anthropic's latest AI model -- Toby Walsh, UNSW Sydney

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

2 days ago

Coral reefs are secretly connected across vast oceans – and that's crucial for their survival -- Kate Marie Quigley, James Cook University and Elise Thérèse Gisèle Dehont, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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Our Large Hadron Collider results hint at undiscovered physics -- William Barter, University of Edinburgh and Mark Smith, Imperial College London

3 days ago

Eating fruit is linked to lung cancer? Here's what you need to know about that new study -- Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University

3 days ago

Is Trump heading to a Pyrrhic victory in Iran? -- Andrew Latham, Macalester College

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How does imagination really work in the brain? New theory upends what we knew -- Thomas Pace, University of the Sunshine Coast and Roger Koenig-Robert, University of Technology Sydney; UNSW Sydney

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We designed the turf for soccer's biggest World Cup ever – here's how we created the same playing experience across 3 countries -- John N. Trey Rogers, Michigan State University; Jackie Lyn A. Guevara, Michigan State University; John Sorochan, University of Tennessee, and Ryan Bearss, Michigan State University

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Whale strandings draw emotional responses. But repeated rescues can cause more harm -- Karen Stockin, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

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New plastic film covered in thousands of tiny pillars can tear apart viruses on contact -- Elena Ivanova, RMIT University

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From Fleabag to Vladimir: why has breaking the fourth wall become so common? -- Alex Munt, University of Technology Sydney

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You don't have to be a 'cyclist' to ride a bike. Here's how to start again

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Girls in bands: two 90s rock icons on romance, ruthlessness and boring men

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What is the 25th Amendment and could it be used to remove Trump from office?

8 days ago

Was Trump's so-called 'Jesus' image blasphemy? A religious expert explains

8 days ago

Pope Leo's resolute response to Trump attack reveals a man of God, not politics

7 days ago

AuDHD means being autistic and having ADHD. And it can look very different to a single diagnosis

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​Who is Hungary's Péter Magyar and how he overturned Viktor Orbán's illiberal democracy

7 days ago

Strait of Hormuz: Why the US and Iran are sailing in very different legal waters

8 days ago

Nicole Kidman is training to be a 'death doula'. What is a death doula?

8 days ago

How do teens really use AI companions? With more creativity than you might think

8 days ago

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

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How debate about gender identity could undermine global efforts to protect victims of violence

8 days ago

Three reasons Donald Trump won't pull the US out of Nato

3 days ago

Will oil prices ever truly go back to 'normal'?

8 days ago

Inside Southeast Asia's scam compounds: A trafficked worker tells of fraud, coercion and torture

7 days ago

Will the conflict in Lebanon destroy the US-Iran ceasefire? Maybe, but it was already shaky

14 days ago

Donald Trump's US ratings fall to a record low amid Iran war

15 days ago

How will the Iran war change the Middle East? We asked 5 experts

17 days ago

'A whole civilisation will die tonight': Trump's genocide threat against Iran was another new low for America

14 days ago

In mediating the US-Iran peace talks, Pakistan is flexing its geopolitical muscles

14 days ago

'First contact' that may have led to complex life on Earth finally witnessed by scientists

14 days ago

Drought could be making antibiotic resistance worse, scientists say

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The beloved emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal are now officially endangered. Here's what can be done

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Bollywood helped make me – now, it projects Modi's Indian nationalism

14 days ago

Despairing at the state of the world? The ancient Greeks and Romans knew the feeling

14 days ago

Silence: a brief literary history

16 days ago

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

24 days ago

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

25 days ago

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

29 days ago

Climate change is altering Saharan dust – and Europe is downwind

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

1 month ago

What is 'muscle memory' and can I improve mine?

16 days ago

Strongest evidence yet that vaping likely causes cancer

24 days ago

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

25 days ago

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

23 days ago

Our modern vision evolved from an ancient one-eyed worm creature

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The revolution in dinosaur science started 50 years ago – here's what we have learned

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

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

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

25 days ago

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

29 days ago

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

29 days ago

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

1 month ago

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

2 months ago

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

7 months ago

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

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Iran's military forces combine state-of-the-art drones and hackers with out-of-date conventional weapons -- Paul J. Springer, Air University

8 days ago