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

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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

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Ukraine is countering the impact of the war in Iran by attacking Russian energy facilities -- James Horncastle, Simon Fraser University

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

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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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Venice is sinking – we analysed every plan to save it, and none would preserve the city as we know it -- Robert James Nicholls, University of East Anglia; Marjolijn Haasnoot, Utrecht University, and Piero Lionello, University of Salento

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How Israel's history has shaped the way it wages war -- Gemma Ware, The Conversation

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Supreme Court's 'shadow docket' brings hasty decisions with long-lasting implications, outside of its usual careful deliberation -- Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac University

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From Wulfstan of York to Pete Hegseth, fake Bible verses have often been politicized -- Mo Pareles, University of British Columbia

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Meta and Microsoft have joined the tech layoff tsunami – but is AI really to blame? -- Kai Riemer, University of Sydney and Sandra Peter, University of Sydney

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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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Mozambique 'sky island' expeditions found 4 new species of chameleon – already at risk from forest loss -- Krystal Tolley, University of Johannesburg

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What a 'post-antibiotic era' could mean for modern medicine -- Steven W. Kerrigan, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

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Consent is a core principle in the Kamasutra – what we can learn from it today -- Sharha, Cardiff Metropolitan University

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How scientists changed their view of insomnia -- Iuliana Hartescu, Loughborough University

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Could revisiting Asimov's laws help us avoid AI's 'Chernobyl moment'? -- Francesco Grillo, Bocconi University

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

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

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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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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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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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New plastic film covered in thousands of tiny pillars can tear apart viruses on contact -- Elena Ivanova, RMIT 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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Eating fruit is linked to lung cancer? Here's what you need to know about that new study -- Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University

4 days ago

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

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

9 days ago

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

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

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

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6 WAYS YOUR SMARTWATCH IS LYING TO YOU, ACCORDING TO SCIENCE

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

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

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

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

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

15 days ago

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

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

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

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

15 days ago

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

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Silence: a brief literary history

17 days ago

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

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

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

30 days ago

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

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

17 days ago

Strongest evidence yet that vaping likely causes cancer

25 days ago

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

26 days ago

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

15 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

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

26 days ago

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

30 days ago

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

30 days 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

2 months ago

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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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

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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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The end of oil? As fuel shocks cascade, 53 nations gather to plan a fossil fuel phaseout -- Wesley Morgan, UNSW Sydney and Ben Newell, UNSW Sydney

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