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Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's death is a defining moment, but it will not end the war - Ian Parmeter, Australian National University

41 minutes ago

Moldova votes on whether to join EU as Russia intensifies vast disinformation campaign -- Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham

15 hours ago

Bouncing between war-torn countries: Displacement in Lebanon and Syria highlights cyclical nature of cross-border refuge -- Jasmin Lilian Diab, Lebanese American University

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Autocratic nations are reaching across borders to silence critics – and so far nothing seems to stop them -- Francesca Lessa, UCL

15 hours ago

Joe Biden in Africa: US president has ignored the continent for his entire term – why he's visiting Angola -- Christopher Isike, University of Pretoria and Samuel Oyewole, University of Pretoria

17 hours ago

Loss of an idol: response to Liam Payne's death highlights the power of childhood and music -- Liz Giuffre, University of Technology Sydney

22 hours ago

Egypt-Ethiopia hostilities are playing out in the Horn – the risk of new proxy wars is high -- Endalcachew Bayeh, Bahir Dar University

20 hours ago

Mozambique's 2024 elections: 9 major challenges that will face the next president -- David Matsinhe, Carleton University

20 hours ago

Farms to fame: How China's rural influencers are redefining country life -- Mitchell Gallagher, Wayne State University

1 day ago

Ancient humans were so good at surviving the last ice age they didn't have to migrate like other species – new study -- John Stewart, Bournemouth University and Jeremy Searle, Cornell University

6 days ago

There are major risks, but also solutions for AI in the Global South -- Robert Muggah, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

3 days ago

When medicines don't work: eliminating neglected tropical diseases will reduce drug resistance – a win for all -- Francisca Mutapi, University of Edinburgh

9 days ago

AI was central to two of 2024's Nobel prize categories. It's a sign of things to come -- Nello Cristianini, University of Bath

7 days ago

Han Kang: innovative South Korean author wins the 2024 Nobel prize for literature -- Jenni Ramone, Nottingham Trent University

7 days ago

Nobel peace prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors' group for its efforts to free the world of nuclear weapons -- Eirini Karamouzi, University of Sheffield and Luc-André Brunet, The Open University

1 day ago

Nobel prize in medicine awarded for discovery of microRNAs, the molecules that control our genes -- Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University

9 days ago

Ratan Tata: a compassionate industrialist who cared about employees and citizens as well as profit -- Thankom Arun, University of Essex

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The vote in Pennsylvania could decide the US election – it's a battle for the suburbs -- Thomas Gift, UCL

7 days ago

Swing-state GOP leaders amplified election denial in 2020 − and may do so again -- Sadie Dempsey, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Benny Witkovsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jianing Li, Rutgers University; Michael W. Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Yiming Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison

6 days ago

Himpathy: the psychology of why some people side with perpetrators of sexual misconduct – podcast -- Listen

16 days ago

Smokers have a higher level of harmful bacteria in the mouth – new study -- Yvonne Prince, Cape Peninsula University of Technology; Glenda Mary Davison, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and Tandi Matsha-Erasmus, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

10 days ago

Bottled up in the Black Sea: Russia is having a dreadful naval war, hindering its great power ambitions -- Colin Flint, Utah State University

14 days ago

Anglo-Boer War: how a bloody conflict 125 years ago still shapes South Africa -- André Wessels, University of the Free State

6 days ago

What Israel and its neighbours want now as all-out war looms in the Middle East – podcast - Gemma Ware, The Conversation - Listen

1 day ago

Israeli actions have the cover of 'moral hazard' − a touch of ambiguity might give US pressure greater weight -- Charles Walldorf, Wake Forest University

14 days ago

The ESA's Hera mission takes flight toward the asteroid deflected by NASA's DART probe two years ago -- Patrick Michel, Université Côte d'Azur

6 days ago

Discovery of 5,000-year-old farming society in Morocco fills a major gap in history – north-west Africa was a central player in trade and culture -- Giulio Lucarini, National Research Council (CNR); Cyprian Broodbank, University of Cambridge, and Youssef Bokbot, Institut national des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine in Rabat

6 days ago

Egypt's fears about Ethiopia's mega-dam haven't come to pass: moving on from historical concerns would benefit the whole region -- Mike Muller, University of the Witwatersrand

20 days ago

Nepal's revamped truth commissions will need to go beyond 'ritualism' to deliver justice to civil war victims -- Tracy Fehr, University of Colorado Boulder

27 days ago

HIV prevention: why a new injectable drug could be such a breakthrough – podcast -- Gemma Ware, The Conversation

10 days ago

Joker: Folie à Deux as 'ruin porn' – how the new sequel plays with duplication and disintegration -- Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Australian National University

15 days ago

Deepfake porn: why we need to make it a crime to create it, not just share it -- Clare McGlynn, Durham University

22 days ago

Five reasons why Brazil struggles to attract international tourists -- Gui Lohmann, RMIT University; Glauber Eduardo de Oliveira Santos, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), and Jaqueline Gil, Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

13 days ago

Getting shorter and going hungrier: how children in the UK live today -- Danny Dorling, University of Oxford

1 month ago

Why Putin has resisted using Ukraine's Kursk offensive to call for greater Russian sacrifices -- Jennifer Mathers, Aberystwyth University

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Evacuated artworks exhibit details attempts to wipe out Ukrainian culture – and shows what survives -- Jennifer Mathers, Aberystwyth University

2 months ago

Raygun is now Australia's most famous dancer. What does she reveal about our own attitudes towards dance? -- Jeanette Mollenhauer, The University of Melbourne

2 months ago

The harsh process of becoming a K-pop star is opening to western performers -- Taeyoung Kim, Loughborough University

1 month ago

Record labels are suing tech companies for copying classic songs – and the results could shape the legal future of generative AI -- Wellett Potter, University of New England

3 months ago

John Lennon wore contact lenses that kept on pinging out. Then he smoked pot and the rest is history -- Steve Vincent, Queensland University of Technology

2 months ago

Spotify's audiobook bundle has reduced music royalties. The music industry is fighting back – and authors have questions too -- Millicent Weber, Australian National University

3 months ago

Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan wins the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024 -- Ankhi Mukherjee, University of Oxford

3 months ago

Brazil needs a new approach to climate mobility -- Robert Muggah, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

3 months ago

Remembering Wallace J. Nichols: the blue mind scientist who explained our human connection to water -- Easkey Britton, University of Galway

3 months ago

I've been listening to seagrass meadows to understand how their underwater soundscapes reflect biodiversity - Isabel Key, University of Edinburgh - Listen

19 days ago

Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands -- Farah Nibbs, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

3 months ago

Is stress turning my hair grey? -- Theresa Larkin, University of Wollongong

15 days ago

I'm feeling run down. Why am I more likely to get sick? And how can I boost my immune system? -- Sathana Dushyanthen, The University of Melbourne

1 month ago

Genetically modified mosquitoes and malaria in Africa: top scientist shares latest advances -- Abdoulaye Diabaté

1 month ago

Polio in Gaza: what does this mean for the region and the world? -- Michael Toole, Burnet Institute

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A geomagnetic storm has hit Earth – a space scientist explains what causes them -- Amoré Elsje Nel, South African National Space Agency

9 days ago

We've unlocked exotic new beer flavours using genetics -- Jennifer Molinet, Stockholm University

1 month ago

How gravitational waves could help detect Star Trek-style warp drive spaceships -- Katy Clough, Queen Mary University of London; Sebastian Khan, Cardiff University, and Tim Dietrich, University of Potsdam

1 month ago

New fish found off Madagascar: remarkable long-nosed skate discovered in the deep ocean -- Simon Weigmann, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change

2 months ago

The emotional toll of dating apps and why they're no longer about finding love – podcast - Gemma Ware, The Conversation

1 month ago

UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda may never happen but other European leaders still want to copy it – podcast

3 months ago

Scientists can't agree on how fast the universe is expanding – why this matters so much for our understanding of the cosmos

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Creative flow: what's going on inside the brain when everything just clicks – podcast

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The world is rushing to Africa to mine critical minerals like lithium – how the continent should deal with the demand -- James Boafo, Murdoch University; Eric Stemn, University of Mines and Technology; Jacob Obodai, Edge Hill University, and Philip Nti Nkrumah, The University of Queensland

3 months ago

Euro 2024: five team-building theories that could decide the tournament -- Mladen Adamovic, King's College London

3 months ago

Royal Mail takeover has benefits but poses risk to those reliant on UK's national postal service -- Nigel Driffield, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

3 months ago

Will checking character references really help you find the best candidate for a job? -- Timothy Colin Bednall, Swinburne University of Technology

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Electric cars pile up at European ports as Chinese firms struggle to find buyers -- Tom Stacey, Anglia Ruskin University

4 days ago

Israel has a history of unsuccessful invasions of Lebanon. Will this time be any different? -- Amin Saikal, Australian National University

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