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As SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic plan blockbuster launches, will it make AI giants more accountable? -- Marta Khomyn, Adelaide University

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Belfast unrest shows the power of social media as far‑right views on immigration enter the mainstream -- Paul Reilly, University of Glasgow

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Belfast violence: an uncomfortable reminder of the innocent people 'burnt out' during the Troubles -- Brendan Ciarán Browne, Trinity College Dublin

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

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Ukraine war: air campaign intensifies as Russia and Ukraine trade massive drone and missile attacks -- Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham and Tetyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy

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

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

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

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Haiti at the World Cup is more than an underdog tale – it is the story of global migration -- Laurent Dubois, University of Virginia

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If AI is addictive, where does the responsibility lie – with big tech or its users? -- Bernd Stahl, University of Nottingham

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Footballer Christian Eriksen's ICD kept his heart beating after he collapsed on the pitch – here's how these devices work -- Klaus Witte, University of Leeds

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The 'Divine Ponytail', drug scandals and the OJ Simpson chase: looking back at the 1994 US World Cup -- Vaughan Cruickshank, University of Tasmania and Brendon Hyndman, Charles Sturt University

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How migration became a key to World Cup success -- Ben Brindle, University of Oxford

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What the tattoos of World Cup players say about their love, life and religious beliefs -- Gustavo Morello, Boston College

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Is soccer taking over America ... or are Americans taking over football? -- Kirk Bowman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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'Soccer' is a fine term for the beautiful game – don't let any 'football' snob or president tell you otherwise this World Cup -- Kirk Bowman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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

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

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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

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

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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

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What is 'strategic autonomy' – and why is everyone suddenly reaching for it? -- Andrew Latham, Macalester College

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

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Unearthing Namibia's forgotten genocide through forensic archaeology

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US indictment of Raúl Castro comes amid a long history of American aggression against Cuba -- Kevin A. Young, UMass Amherst

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How Iran uses billboards as wartime propaganda – we selected 5 to explain what they mean - Hamideh Khaleghi Mohammadi, University of Sydney and Ali Abbasi, University of Sydney

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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

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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

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The Sahel region is less secure than ever: foreign forces just add to the cycle of violence

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Is Beijing the world's 'living room'? China is enjoying the global stage, but there are limits to its influence

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

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Why are people obsessed with (and stealing) Pokemon cards again?

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Can you own a voice? Taylor Swift's latest legal move raises big questions for AI and copyright

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

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

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

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Trees and greenery can cool cities by as much as 18°C – but only if they're the right type

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

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

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What is 'cycle syncing', and how might it affect menstruation? -- Emmalee Ford, University of Sydney

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Hantavirus is very different to COVID. Here's why the 'Andes virus' won't cause the next pandemic -- Rhys Parry, The University of Queensland

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

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AI godbots: religious leaders warn of 'alarming consequences' when machines speak in the name of God

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When AI giants go public, will ordinary investors know if they are along for the ride?

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

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

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

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

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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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Politicians have long misunderstood the 'working class'. The rise of the far right shows how mistaken they have been -- David Peetz, Griffith University

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People are using AI to communicate without disclosing it. Is this morally wrong? -- Siavosh Sahebi, Macquarie University and Thomas Montefiore, Macquarie University

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