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Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban: 5 essential reads on the case and its consequences -- Eric Smalley, The Conversation and Matt Williams, The Conversation

13 hours ago

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire. It doesn't guarantee a peaceful end to a devastating war -- Marika Sosnowski, The University of Melbourne

2 days ago

Meta's factchecker cut has sparked controversy – but the real threat is AI and neurotechnology -- Fiona Carroll, Cardiff Metropolitan University and Rafael Weber Hoss, Cardiff Metropolitan University

2 days ago

David Lynch exposed the rot at the heart of American culture -- Billy J. Stratton, University of Denver

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Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires − why using saltwater is typically a last resort -- Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Institution

2 days ago

LA fires: Why fast-moving wildfires and those started by human activities are more destructive and harder to contain -- Virginia Iglesias, University of Colorado Boulder

2 days ago

Global temperatures passed critical 1.5°C milestone for the first time in 2024 – new report -- Matthew Wright, University of Oxford; Nicholas Leach, University of Oxford, and Shirin Ermis, University of Oxford

7 days ago

Silicon Valley's bet on AI defence startups and what it means for the future of war – podcast -- Gemma Ware, The Conversation

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The Silicon Valley venture capitalists who want to 'move fast and break things' in the defence industry -- Elke Schwarz, Queen Mary University of London

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Buried alive? The surreal story of how COVID took over a remote city in the Amazon -- Japhy Wilson, Bangor University

2 days ago

Why China might need the rest of the west more as Trump arrives in the White House -- Chee Meng Tan, University of Nottingham

2 days ago

Trump's plan for a strategic bitcoin reserve could trigger a crypto 'arms race' and reshape the global economic order -- Huw Macartney, University of Birmingham; Erin McCracken, University of Birmingham, and Robert Elliott, University of Birmingham

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Mali's military junta has made homosexuality a crime – what the new law says -- Christophe Broqua, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

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4 reasons why the US might want to buy Greenland – if it were for sale, which it isn't -- Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington

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Trump's canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run its shipping passage without interference from China or the US -- Carla Martinez Machain, University at Buffalo; Michael A. Allen, Boise State University, and Michael E. Flynn, Kansas State University

2 days ago

Terrorist groups respond to verbal attacks and slights by governments with more violence against civilians -- Brandon J. Kinne, University of California, Davis; Iliyan Iliev, The University of Southern Mississippi, and Nahrain Bet Younadam, University of Arizona

2 days ago

Trump's Greenland bid is really about control of the Arctic and the coming battle with China -- Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham

8 days ago

How the world fell in love with plastic without thinking through the consequences – podcast -- Listen

2 days ago

Canada, the 51st state? Eliminating interprovincial trade barriers could ward off Donald Trump -- Walid Hejazi, University of Toronto

9 days ago

Even the much lauded Nordic prisons are facing overcrowding and understaffing -- Kaigan Carrie, University of Westminster

9 days ago

How China's appetite for salmon could reshape global seafood markets – new research -- Dave Little, University of Stirling and Mausam Budhathoki, University of Stirling

10 days ago

Germany's genocide in Namibia: deal between the two governments falls short of delivering justice -- Henning Melber, University of Pretoria

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Brain implants, agentic AI and answers on dark matter: what to expect from science in 2025 – podcast

15 days ago

Pirates, princes and hostages: inside the mysterious life of the unnamed medieval princess of Cyprus -- Leticia Jeeval Pala, Nottingham Trent University

10 days ago

Babygirl's provocative exploration of power, infidelity and eroticism – reviewed by a sex therapist -- Chantal Gautier, University of Westminster

10 days ago

The dynamics that polarise us on social media are about to get worse -- Colin M. Fisher, UCL

4 days ago

Why has the EU stripped Hungary of €1 billion? The latest confrontation explained -- Patrick Holden, University of Plymouth

11 days ago

Alliance between Meta and Trump is likely to create informational, economic and geopolitical conflicts around the world -- Gilberto Scofield Jr., Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)

9 days ago

2025 will see huge advances in quantum computing. So what is a quantum chip and how does it work? -- Muhammad Usman, CSIRO

10 days ago

Maduro: another term amid legitimacy crisis and escalating external tensions -- Armando Alvares Garcia Júnior, UNIR - Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

7 days ago

West African military leaders prepare to exit Ecowas regional bloc, raising concerns for stability -- Ezenwa E. Olumba, Royal Holloway University of London; Bernard Nwosu, University of Nigeria, and Francis Okpaleke, University of Waikato

9 days ago

Syria: challenges facing Ahmad al-Shara as he strives for legitimacy both inside and outside war-torn country -- Rahaf Aldoughli, Lancaster University

10 days ago

An AI system has reached human level on a test for 'general intelligence'. Here's what that means -- Michael Timothy Bennett, Australian National University and Elija Perrier, Stanford University

25 days ago

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5 ELECTIONS TO WATCH IN 2025 -- Lisandro Claudio, University of California, Berkeley; Garret Martin, American University School of International Service; Jorge Heine, Boston University; Patrick James, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and Tatsiana Kulakevich, University of South Florida

22 days ago

Can science be both open and secure? Nations grapple with tightening research security as China's dominance grows -- Caroline Wagner, The Ohio State University

10 days ago

'Squid Game' Season 2 is a dystopian reflection of capitalism's dark side -- Dirk Matten, York University, Canada

10 days ago

Estonia's language and culture are becoming battlegrounds for independence from Putin's Russia -- Juliette Bretan, University of Cambridge

10 days ago

African men most at risk of prostate cancer – new study flags genetic causes -- Wenlong Carl Chen, University of the Witwatersrand

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COVID caused cancer tumours to shrink in mice – new study -- Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University

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Quincy Jones mastered the art of arrangement, transforming simple tunes into epic soundscapes -- Jose Valentino Ruiz, University of Florida

2 months ago

Commercial whaling and climate change are inhibiting evolutionary change in Arctic whales -- Matt J. Thorstensen, University of Manitoba

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How farmers can install solar panels in fields without damaging the rest of their operation -- Austin Kay, Swansea University

2 months ago

Moo Deng: the celebrated hippo's real home has disappeared – will the world restore it? -- Huanyuan Zhang-Zheng, University of Oxford and Sulemana Bawa, University of Oxford

2 months ago

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

6 months ago

How a liver transplant helped one woman with bowel cancer become disease free -- Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University

9 days ago

Why is it so difficult to make a new antibiotic? -- Alistair Farley, University of Oxford and Helen Smith, University of Oxford

1 month ago

Bird flu has been detected in a pig in the US. Why does that matter? -- C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW Sydney and Haley Stone, UNSW Sydney

2 months 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

3 months ago

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6 months ago

Translating fiction: how AI could assist humans in expanding access to global literature and culture -- Andy Miah, University of Salford

8 days ago

Electric vehicles in Africa: what's needed to grow the sector -- MJ (Thinus) Booysen, Stellenbosch University and Joubert Van Eeden, Stellenbosch University

2 months ago

Robot developers keep making it seem like housebots are imminent when they're decades away -- Carl Strathearn, Edinburgh Napier University and Dimitra Gkatzia, Edinburgh Napier University

2 months 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 months ago

Fifty years after the discovery of Lucy, it's time to 'decolonise paleoanthropology' says leading Ethiopian fossil expert – podcast

1 month ago

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

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How we solved the mystery of the pink sand on South Australia's beaches – podcast

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The emotional toll of dating apps and why they're no longer about finding love – podcast

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6 months ago

How Elon Musk has become a powerful figure in US politics -- Thomas Gift, UCL

2 months ago

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

6 months ago

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

6 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

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Southern California is extremely dry, and that's fueling fires − maps show just how dry -- Ming Pan, University of California, San Diego

7 days ago