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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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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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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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Israel's onslaught against Lebanon may strengthen Hezbollah – just when it's at its weakest -- John Nagle, Queen's University Belfast

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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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How the Trump administration co-opts pop culture and religion for political gain -- Brent Keogh, University of Technology Sydney

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Iran has a powerful new tool in the Strait of Hormuz that it can leverage long after the war -- Ali Mamouri, Deakin University

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

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

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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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Whale strandings draw emotional responses. But repeated rescues can cause more harm -- Karen Stockin, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Will oil prices ever truly go back to 'normal'?

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

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Will the conflict in Lebanon destroy the US-Iran ceasefire? Maybe, but it was already shaky

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Donald Trump's US ratings fall to a record low amid Iran war

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How will the Iran war change the Middle East? We asked 5 experts

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'A whole civilisation will die tonight': Trump's genocide threat against Iran was another new low for America

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

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

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

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

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Silence: a brief literary history

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

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Strongest evidence yet that vaping likely causes cancer

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Is lighter sleep a normal part of ageing – or a sign of something more serious?

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A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth

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

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Iran's military forces combine state-of-the-art drones and hackers with out-of-date conventional weapons -- Paul J. Springer, Air University

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