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Attacks on hospitals are surging in war zones. What do the laws of war say about protecting them? Shannon Bosch, Edith Cowan University

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As the war drags on, what does victory look like for the US, Israel and Iran?

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Trump's war language is aggressive and extreme. It also offers some insight into his thinking

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Iran and the Arabian Peninsula depend on desalination plants to survive – why water has become a target

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Is Israel running low on missile interceptors? How long can it withstand Iran's retaliatory attacks?

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Can't stop endlessly scrolling? Tips to help you take back control - Sharon Horwood, Deakin University

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A deadly strike, or Call of Duty clip? How the US government is trying to memeify the war on Iran

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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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Why Donald Trump is losing the war at home

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Oil, petrol, gasoline: a chemical engineer explains how crude turns into fuel

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

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'Epic fury' – the men of MAGA might be the most emotional US leaders ever

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

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Desperate to flee abuse in Cambodian scam compounds, these young Indonesians are now facing suspicion back home

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

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Iraq war's aftermath was a disaster for the US – the Iran war is headed in the same direction

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Commercial space technology is shaping the Iran war – the law can't keep up

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'We're the good guys': why moral storytelling doesn't make the war on Iran necessary or legal

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Louis Theroux's Inside the Manosphere exposes the business model of misogyny

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What is the 'acid rain' in the wake of US bombings in Iran? An atmospheric scientist explains

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Persian Gulf desalination plants could become military targets in regional war

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I've studied MAGA rhetoric for a decade, and this is what I see in Hegseth's boasts, action-movie one-liners and gloating over dominance

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Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader? And would he bring change – or more brutal suppression?

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Epstein files reveal the power – and peril – of online sleuths doing the government's work

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Most Saharan dust is generated by 'hidden thunderstorms' high above the desert

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How Snoop Dogg became Swansea City's most unlikely asset

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Mau Mau: how Kenya's history of colonial violence speaks through living bodies and graves

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Scandinavians cycle to work even on snowy days, here's why that makes sense

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A Pale View of Hills: the legacy of atomic bombings in Japan is explored in this adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel

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40% OF TEENAGE BOYS BELIEVE WOMEN LIE ABOUT DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE: NEW RESEARCH

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Hunger crisis is set to get worse in west and central Africa – why and what to do about it

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Can the 2026 FIFA World Cup still be a force for global unity?

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The ousting of Peru's president points to a deeper crisis

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What does a house mean to you? We asked some women who head households in South Africa

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Why the Doomsday Clock has outlived its usefulness

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New global study: long after war, injuries from landmines and explosives kill nearly 4 in 10 victims

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Anthropic v the US military: what this public feud says about the use of AI in warfare

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Too close to Trump: How Indonesian President Prabowo gambles sovereignty, humanity for US' approval

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How Dracula became a red-hot lover -- Stanley Stepanic, University of Virginia

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Wuthering Heights looks lush – but it's a bad film and a worse adaptation

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What Bridgerton's 'pinnacle' tells us about sex talk today

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Charli XCX turned Wuthering Heights into a sonic gothic masterpiece -- Lillian Hingley, University of Oxford

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Can African penguins be brought back from the brink? Better designed no-fishing zones could help

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Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies

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Deep in the Amazon, I discovered this monkey's ingenious survival tactic -- Adrian Barnett, University of Greenwich

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Marine protected areas aren't in the right places to safeguard dolphins and whales in the South Atlantic -- Guilherme Maricato, UFRJ; Clinton N. Jenkins, Florida International University; Maria Alice S. Alves, UERJ, and Rodrigo Tardin, UFRJ

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Can blood tests really detect cancer?

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Intermittent fasting doesn't have an edge for weight loss, but might still work for some

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We studied primary care in 6 rich countries – it's under unprecedented strain everywhere

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Exercise can be as effective as medication for depression and anxiety – new study

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

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How China is betting cheap AI will get the world hooked on its tech

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A few weeks of X's algorithm can make you more right-wing – and it doesn't wear off quickly

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Is AI really 'intelligent'? This philosopher says yes

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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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Why Trump's new pick for Fed chair hit gold and silver markets – for good reasons

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Why the world's central bankers had to speak up against Trump's attacks on the Fed

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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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Is it healthier to only eat until you're 80% full? The Japanese philosophy of hara hachi bu -- Aisling Pigott, Cardiff Metropolitan University

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