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Global power struggles over the ocean's finite resources call for creative diplomacy

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Most of the world just agreed on something: a new treaty to protect our oceans

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Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – our new study examines each method's risks

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One uprising, two stories: how each side is trying to frame the uprising in Iran

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Why Iran can't afford to shut down the internet forever – even if the world doesn't act

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Googoosh, the 'Voice of Iran,' has gone quiet – and that's her point

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Alor's healing plants: a treasure trove of medical knowledge and oral tradition - Francesco Perono Cacciafoco, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

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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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Does adding 'please' and 'thank you' to your ChatGPT prompts really waste energy?

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How adults can use Stranger Things to talk to young people about their mental health

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Before Venezuela's oil, there were Guatemala's bananas

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China's new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country's declining fertility rate

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The making and breaking of Uganda: an interview with scholar Mahmood Mamdani - Mahmood Mamdani, Columbia University

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How is China viewing US actions in Venezuela – an affront, an opportunity or a blueprint?

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How mountain terraces have helped Indigenous peoples live with climate uncertainty

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Ghana collects half the blood it needs – digital approaches can improve that

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From Kathmandu to Casablanca, a generation under surveillance is rising up - Amani Braa, Université de Montréal

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Ukraine is under pressure to trade land for peace − if it does, history shows it might not ever get it back

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What Cubans want – and what they are bracing for, following Trump's threats

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Growing up alongside deadly fires inspired me to study them – and fight flames with swarms of drones

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Saudi-UAE bust-up over Yemen was only a matter of time − and reflects wider rift over vision for the region -- Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University

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Why the mad artistic genius trope doesn't stand up to scientific scrutiny -- Daisy Fancourt, UCL

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The World Trade Organization is on life support. Will Trump's new rules finish it off?

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Four ways to understand what's going on with the US, Denmark and Greenland

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Bird flu warnings are being ignored. I've seen this pattern before -- Nikki Ikani, Leiden University; King's College London

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Venezuela, Gaza, Ukraine: is the UN failing?

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India's 60 million street dogs are turning from village scavengers to city territory defenders -- Nishant Kumar, University of Oxford

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Sudan's civil war: A visual guide to the brutal conflict -- Christopher Tounsel, University of Washington

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Autocrats have long lists of political enemies. This is how Donald Trump has tried to silence his

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Marriage and migration: what happens when men return to the family home in Botswana -- Unaludo Sechele, University of the Free State

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How I used AI to transform myself from a female dance artist to an all-male post-punk band – and what that means for other musicians

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How facial recognition for bears can help ecologists manage wildlife -- Emily Wanderer, University of Pittsburgh

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China's five green economy challenges in 2026 -- Chee Meng Tan, University of Nottingham

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The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states and electro-states – here's what to watch for in 2026

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As the Milan Winter Olympics approach, what are the environmental expectations? -- Alizée Pillod, Université de Montréal

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How Hannah Arendt can help us understand this new age of far-right populism -- Christopher J. Finlay, Durham University

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Syria's incomplete security transition has left gaps for Islamic State to exploit

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I grew up in the world's coldest city without central heating. Here's what the world can learn from us

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Coup contagion? A rash of African power grabs suggests copycats are taking note of others' success

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China and Mongolia are battling to control massive dust storms

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Revolutionary rap: Nigerian star Falz has kept protest music alive -- Paul Onanuga, Federal University, Oye Ekiti

23 days ago

Brigitte Bardot defined the modern woman and defied social norms -- Ben McCann, University of Adelaide

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'Rage bait' is the Oxford Word of the Year, showing how social media is manufacturing anger -- Laurence Grondin-Robillard, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

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In a cynical industry, Rob Reiner's films taught us the power of sincerity -- Adam Daniel, Western Sydney University

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From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected

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Millions of hectares are still being cut down every year. How can we protect global forests? Kate Dooley, The University of Melbourne

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Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes detected at the crumbling end of Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier

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We watched these coral colonies succumb to black band disease. 6 months later, 75% were dead

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Can you wear the same pair of socks more than once? -- Primrose Freestone, University of Leicester

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Dick Van Dyke credits his longevity to his positive outlook – and research says optimists live longer -- Jolanta Burke, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

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More women are using steroids – and many don't know the risks

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What's the difference between a tumour and cancer?

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Internet shutdowns are increasing dramatically in Africa – a new book explains why -- Tony Roberts, Institute of Development Studies

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With Nvidia's second-best AI chips headed for China, the US shifts priorities from security to trade

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What the hyperproduction of AI slop is doing to science -- Vitomir Kovanovic, University of South Australia

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Can bigger-is-better 'scaling laws' keep AI improving forever? History says we can't be too sure

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How rogue nations are capitalizing on gaps in crypto regulation to finance weapons programs

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How crime in Brazil drags down the economy and heaps economic pain on the nation's poor

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Congress has been dodging responsibility for tariffs for decades. Now the Supreme Court will decide how far presidents can go

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Africa's trade deal with the US was left in limbo: what exporters can do about it

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

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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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Birkin v Wirkin: the backlash against the global elite and their luxury bags – podcast

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ICE killing of driver in Minneapolis involved tactics many police departments warn against − but not ICE itself -- Ben Jones, Penn State

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