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Why Iran broke the ceasefire in the Strait of Hormuz and what might happen next – expert Q&A -- Scott Lucas, University College Dublin

2 days ago

VAR was supposed to take the messy human element out of refereeing. How did it go so wrong? -- Bikesh Raj Upreti, The University of Queensland; Federico Iannacci, University of Sussex, and Stan Karanasios, The University of Queensland

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Israel and Lebanon have a long history of failed ceasefires – will this time be any different? -- Anthony Wanis-St John, American University School of International Service and Federico Manfredi Firmian, American University School of International Service

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England out of the World Cup, but this team may have helped redefine a nation -- Michael Skey, Loughborough University

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The mystery behind what killed Botticelli's muse: has a 550-year-old medical case been solved? -- Paolo Pozzilli, Queen Mary University of London

20 hours ago

For nearly 250 years, the US has had eyes on Latin America – but interventions then looked rather different - Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, Miami University

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'We are waiting for the Americans to save us' – in crisis, Cubans have given up on reform from within

6 days ago

DRC has taken Rwanda to the world court over genocide again. A law scholar explains what's different this time -- Kerstin Bree Carlson, Roskilde University

2 days ago

'Let the people judge me': how Marine Le Pen and Nigel Farage learned a potent populist tactic from Donald Trump -- Emile Chabal, University of Edinburgh

6 days ago

The U.S. just approved a giant space mirror to test 'sunlight on demand.' Low Earth orbit is getting weird -- Samantha Lawler, University of Regina and Aaron Boley, University of British Columbia

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Can Ozempic prevent cancer? A doctor explains why the headlines are easy to misread -- Ziyad Al-Aly, Washington University in St. Louis

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The ball is round – and contrary to some keepers' views, in this World Cup it has performed just fine -- John Eric Goff, Purdue University

2 days ago

Why reports Trump pressed FIFA to overturn a decision are so alarming -- Catherine Ordway, UNSW Sydney and James Connor, UNSW Sydney

6 days ago

What Ghana's World Cup 'juju man' tells us about sport and spirituality in Africa -- Ayodeji Ogunnaike, McGill University

2 days ago

There's more to being a goalkeeper than just stopping shots. Here's how they get there -- Shane Pill, Flinders University

2 days ago

Messi is old, short and slow. How is he still dominating at the World Cup? -- Gert-Jan Pepping, Australian Catholic University and Thomas McGuckian, Australian Catholic University

13 days ago

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1 month ago

South Sudan at 15: how the political elite have found a way to profit from peace as well as war

6 days ago

We asked Ukrainians what they think of Trump – more view him as an enemy than a friend

6 days ago

Why Prince Harry lost phone hacking case against Daily Mail publisher -- John Jewell, Cardiff University

6 days ago

How Iran used Ali Khamenei's funeral as a political and diplomatic tool -- Marzieh Kouhi-Esfahani, Durham University

6 days ago

Can we map The Odyssey? How ancient geographers and modern researchers have traced Odysseus's travels -- Pragya Agarwal, Loughborough University

2 days ago

The real mystery behind Moana: after 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east? -- David Sear, University of Southampton; Manoj Joshi, University of East Anglia, and Mark Peaple, University of Southampton

6 days ago

Flawed credit ratings in Africa: are top 3 western agencies driven by data or bias? -- Misheck Mutize, University of Cape Town

6 days ago

Canada's little-known role in helping to spur American independence in 1776 -- Sarah M.S. Pearsall, Johns Hopkins University

13 days ago

China's submarine missile test looks routine. The real story is the panic it triggered -- James Dwyer, University of Tasmania

9 days ago

The rhythms that broke Bashir: how Sudan's music shaped a revolution -- Cathy Wilcock, University of Manchester

13 days ago

Hummingbirds and pineapples: why this ancient relationship hits the evolutionary sweetspot -- Jamie Thompson, University of Reading

6 days ago

The 'navalization' of economic warfare sees trade routes become zones of force rather than rules -- John Calabrese, American University

9 days ago

If Europe wants to 'go it alone' on security, countries need to learn to sing from the same songsheet

20 days ago

Germany's proposal to ease trade tensions with China has not gone down well in Beijing -- Tom Harper, University of East London

16 days ago

Why Poland's president is invoking wartime history in a dispute with Volodymyr Zelensky -- Artur Nadiiev, University of Nottingham

13 days ago

Israel's 'campaign between the wars': How strategy to contain Iran and its allies risks further straining ties with US -- Amy McAuliffe, University of Notre Dame

17 days ago

The youth jobs crisis fuelling India's Cockroach Janta Party protests -- Gemma Ware, The Conversation

8 days ago

30 years since Dolly the sheep was born, where is cloning technology at now? -- Sathana Dushyanthen, The University of Melbourne

7 days ago

How an El Niño becomes a super El Niño -- Listen

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Reading Homer's Iliad feels like scrolling through TikTok -- Harsh Trivedi, University of Sheffield

13 days ago

How 'catchy' music is driven by rhythmic patterns

20 days ago

An elite fighting unit of gay lovers – the Theban Sacred Band in ancient Greece -- Peter Londey, Australian National University

24 days ago

30 years after 'Reasonable Doubt,' Jay-Z's career embodies hip-hop's biggest contradictions

20 days ago

Levels of 'forever chemicals' in dolphins and whales are rising globally

27 days ago

The Gulf Stream suddenly moved north during an ancient cold snap – and it's a warning for our future

27 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

20 days ago

Greater international co-operation is needed to achieve the UN's global forest goals

20 days ago

Five hidden pitfalls of fitness tracking -- Sahar Bakr, Nottingham Trent University

13 days ago

Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic could work for addiction too – and we finally know how -- Robert Munn, University of Otago

24 days ago

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

1 month ago

Does the body really 'keep the score' after trauma? How the debunked idea of 'repressed memories' is making a comeback

20 days ago

Megalodon's legendary life revealed by fossil rediscovery -- David Hone, Queen Mary University of London

13 days ago

Spider fangs are one of their scariest features – new fossils reveal their origins

13 days ago

Today's space race could turn fatal if we don't agree on new rules -- Cassandra Steer, Australian National University

24 days ago

Cracks in the International Space Station are causing air leaks – how much longer can it remain habitable?

20 days ago

Trump has made more than $1 billion from crypto in a year. How? -- Marta Khomyn, Adelaide University

14 days ago

Central bank gold holdings are at a 50-year high. What's behind the jump in reserves? -- Luke Hartigan, University of Sydney

20 days ago

Amazon is being taken to court for introducing ads to Prime Video. The world will be watching

13 days ago

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

2 months ago

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

1 month ago

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

5 months ago

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

5 months ago

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

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2 years ago

Despite Trump's wishes, Iran is dragging the US into a long war -- Jessica Genauer, UNSW Sydney

6 days ago

After the 'red card' scandal, has the shine come off Gianni Infantino's World Cup? -- Keith Rathbone, Macquarie University

6 days ago