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Berlin Pride: ISIS still inspires terrorism in Europe – but who carries out these attacks? -- Ibrahim Al-Marashi, IE University; California State University San Marcos

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US-Saudi nuclear deal invites proliferation risks ... unless safeguards are written in -- Amy McAuliffe, University of Notre Dame

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Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua plans to scrap elections – what that says about today's autocrats -- Felix Wiebrecht, University of Liverpool

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How do we know what dinosaurs looked like? Eloise Stevens, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation

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India's cockroach movement brought down a minister. Bringing real reform will be much harder -- Craig Jeffrey, Monash University

3 days ago

Sargassum, the smelly nemesis of beach vacations, has become a self-sustaining disaster that will keep coming back -- Xing Zhou, Georgia Institute of Technology; Annalisa Bracco, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Joseph Montoya, Georgia Institute of Technology

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What is Falun Gong and why does the Chinese Communist Party want to suppress it? -- Gareth Fisher, Syracuse University

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Al-Qaida and the Islamic State are both adopting AI – but differ in how they think about the technology -- Sara Harmouch, George Washington University

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The dog who waited for Odysseus: Argos reflects the deep human-animal bonds of ancient Greece -- Susanna Phillippo, Newcastle University and Sally Waite, Newcastle University

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Featuring Trump on US coins and bills would put America in rare company -- Jacques Hymans, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; University of Southern California

7 days ago

Great apes were using touch to reassure and keep the peace six million years before humans evolved – new research -- Jake Brooker, Utrecht University and Zanna Clay, Durham University

7 days ago

The US is issuing billions in tariff refunds. That won't unwind the damage to the global trading system -- Markus Wagner, University of Wollongong

6 days ago

The antifa terrorism threat the Trump administration describes does not exist -- Jason M. Blazakis, Middlebury College

7 days ago

More than half of Earth's migratory bird species are declining – here's how we can still save them -- Peter P. Marra, Georgetown University and Nathan W. Cooper, Smithsonian Institution

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Why new Houthi threats in the Red Sea could spell trouble for global oil prices and inflation -- Sanjoy Paul, University of Technology Sydney

8 days ago

Tigray's old grapevines have survived against the odds: new research uncovers their genetic and historic value -- Jan Nyssen, Ghent University; Alemtsehay Tsegay, Mekelle University; Emnet Negash, Ghent University; Oregon State University; Federica Sulas, University of Gothenburg; Mariano Ucchesu, Université de Montpellier; Tesfaalem Gebreyohannes, Mekelle University, and Yemane Hailu Fissuh

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Africa's Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease -- Daniel Maxwell, Tufts University; Alex de Waal, Tufts University; Luka Kuol, University of Juba; Merry Fitzpatrick, Tufts University, and Peter Hailey, Tufts University

10 days ago

Ugandan women work in the Middle East even though they face abuse. They told us why -- Hanne O. Mogensen, University of Copenhagen and Julaina A. Obika, Gulu University

7 days ago

The Gambia's hidden history: how a tiny river basin influenced colonial trade and slavery -- Pape Chérif Bertrand Bassène, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar

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'I can't work in the farce of climate change tourism': why Antarctic guides quit -- Zdenka Sokolickova, University of Groningen; Christy Hehir, University of Surrey, and Elizabeth Cooper, University of Groningen

7 days ago

Nasa's new space telescope will tackle some of the universe's biggest mysteries -- Noelia Noël, University of Surrey

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The U.S. just approved a giant space mirror to test 'sunlight on demand.' Low Earth orbit is getting weird -- Samantha Lawler, University of Regina and Aaron Boley, University of British Columbia

16 days ago

Can Ozempic prevent cancer? A doctor explains why the headlines are easy to misread -- Ziyad Al-Aly, Washington University in St. Louis

16 days ago

China has cracked down on AI companions. What can we learn from this? -- Joseph Crawford, University of Tasmania and Michael Cowling, RMIT University

7 days ago

When a teenager makes the 'stupid choice', their brain is working exactly as designed -- Evelyn Svingen, University of Birmingham

8 days ago

The Commonwealth Games are here, with fewer sports, more nations and an uncertain future -- Vaughan Cruickshank, University of Tasmania and Brendon Hyndman, Charles Sturt University

7 days ago

What science loses when T. rex becomes a trophy -- Kristi Curry Rogers, Macalester College

13 days ago

China is funding African farmers but not food processing and storage: why it's a problem -- Adrino Mazenda, University of Pretoria

13 days ago

Israel and Lebanon have a long history of failed ceasefires – will this time be any different? -- Anthony Wanis-St John, American University School of International Service and Federico Manfredi Firmian, American University School of International Service

16 days ago

We asked Ukrainians what they think of Trump – more view him as an enemy than a friend

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Can we map The Odyssey? How ancient geographers and modern researchers have traced Odysseus's travels -- Pragya Agarwal, Loughborough University

16 days ago

The mystery behind what killed Botticelli's muse: has a 550-year-old medical case been solved? -- Paolo Pozzilli, Queen Mary University of London

14 days ago

The real mystery behind Moana: after 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?

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The rhythms that broke Bashir: how Sudan's music shaped a revolution

27 days ago

How an El Niño becomes a super El Niño -- Listen

28 days ago

Hummingbirds and pineapples: why this ancient relationship hits the evolutionary sweetspot -- Jamie Thompson, University of Reading

20 days ago

Levels of 'forever chemicals' in dolphins and whales are rising globally

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The Gulf Stream suddenly moved north during an ancient cold snap – and it's a warning for our future

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Five hidden pitfalls of fitness tracking -- Sahar Bakr, Nottingham Trent University

28 days ago

Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic could work for addiction too – and we finally know how -- Robert Munn, University of Otago

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Frozen fruit and canned veg are cheap, but are they as healthy as fresh food? -- Margaret Murray, Swinburne University of Technology

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Does the body really 'keep the score' after trauma? How the debunked idea of 'repressed memories' is making a comeback

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How Sam Neill's Jurassic Park performance inspired a generation of palaeontologists -- Nic Rawlence, University of Otago

7 days ago

30 years since Dolly the sheep was born, where is cloning technology at now? -- Sathana Dushyanthen, The University of Melbourne

22 days ago

Megalodon's legendary life revealed by fossil rediscovery -- David Hone, Queen Mary University of London

28 days ago

Spider fangs are one of their scariest features – new fossils reveal their origins

27 days ago

Trump has made more than $1 billion from crypto in a year. How? -- Marta Khomyn, Adelaide University

28 days ago

Central bank gold holdings are at a 50-year high. What's behind the jump in reserves? -- Luke Hartigan, University of Sydney

1 month ago

Amazon is being taken to court for introducing ads to Prime Video. The world will be watching

27 days ago

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

2 months ago

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

5 months ago

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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Could Count Binface actually win? -- Paul Whiteley, University of Essex

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Why people are ordering fake food and fashion deliveries on free 'dopamine apps' -- Gary Mortimer, Queensland University of Technology

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