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US election: Puerto Rican voters could deliver Donald Trump an unwelcome 'October surprise' Todd Landman, University of Nottingham10 hours ago
We analyzed 9 years of Trump political speeches, and his violent rhetoric has increased dramatically -- Nikita Savin, University of California, Los Angeles and Daniel Treisman, University of California, Los Angeles19 hours ago
Israel's latest strike against Iran may actually de-escalate regional tensions – for now, at least -- Javed Ali, University of Michigan2 days ago
Polluters must pay: how COP29 can make this a reality -- Llewellyn Leonard, University of South Africa23 hours ago
Is FIFA's sponsorship deal with a Saudi-owned oil giant really 'a middle finger' to women's soccer? -- Tracey Holmes, University of Canberra19 hours ago
'Our nuclear childhood': the sisters who witnessed H-bomb tests over their Pacific island and are still coming to terms with the fallout -- Christopher Hill, University of South Wales4 days ago
How farmers can install solar panels in fields without damaging the rest of their operation -- Austin Kay, Swansea University7 days ago
Hamas at a crossroads: Sinwar's death leaves a vacuum; Israeli actions make it harder to fill with a moderate -- Mkhaimar Abusada, Northwestern University3 days ago
Naked protests in South Africa: a psychologist explores the emotional power of this form of activism -- Mpho Mathebula, University of the Witwatersrand4 days ago
The US is now at risk of losing to China in the race to send people back to the Moon's surface -- Jacco van Loon, Keele University19 hours ago
Egypt-Ethiopia hostilities are playing out in the Horn – the risk of new proxy wars is high -- Endalcachew Bayeh, Bahir Dar University12 days ago
Foreign countries are helping autocracies repress exiled dissidents in return for economic gain -- Rebecca Cordell, University of Pittsburgh and Kashmiri Medhi, University of Texas at Dallas3 days ago
Is America ready for a woman president? Voters' attitudes to women politicians are radically different from a decade ago -- Angela L. Bos, Boise State University; Daphne Joanna van der Pas, University of Amsterdam, and Loes Aaldering, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam4 days ago
What does China want from the next US president? -- Chee Meng Tan, University of Nottingham10 days ago
Proof that immigrants fuel the US economy is found in the billions they send back home -- Ernesto Castañeda, American University3 days 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 Oxford3 days ago
Israel's 'generals' plan' to clear Palestinians from north of Gaza could pave the way for settlers to return -- Leonie Fleischmann, City St George's, University of London3 days ago
Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group seeks local power in DRC, not just control over mining operations -- Ken Matthysen, IPIS and Peer Schouten, Danish Institute for International Studies4 days ago
Russia's Brics summit shows determination for a new world order – but internal rifts will buy the west some time -- Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham3 days ago
Farms to fame: How China's rural influencers are redefining country life -- Mitchell Gallagher, Wayne State University12 days 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 Pretoria11 days ago
Ratan Tata: a compassionate industrialist who cared about employees and citizens as well as profit -- Thankom Arun, University of Essex12 days ago
Turkey attempts to broker power between east and west as it bids to join Brics -- Bulent Gökay, Keele University7 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-Madison17 days ago
Himpathy: the psychology of why some people side with perpetrators of sexual misconduct – podcast -- Listen28 days ago
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Why ghosts wear clothes or white sheets instead of appearing in the nude -- Shane McCorristine, Newcastle University19 hours ago
AI was central to two of 2024's Nobel prize categories. It's a sign of things to come -- Nello Cristianini, University of Bath18 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)14 days 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 University10 days ago
What Israel and its neighbours want now as all-out war looms in the Middle East – podcast - Gemma Ware, The Conversation - Listen12 days ago
Israeli actions have the cover of 'moral hazard' − a touch of ambiguity might give US pressure greater weight -- Charles Walldorf, Wake Forest University25 days ago
Bottled up in the Black Sea: Russia is having a dreadful naval war, hindering its great power ambitions -- Colin Flint, Utah State University25 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 Witwatersrand1 month ago
Nepal's revamped truth commissions will need to go beyond 'ritualism' to deliver justice to civil war victims -- Tracy Fehr, University of Colorado Boulder1 month ago
HIV prevention: why a new injectable drug could be such a breakthrough – podcast -- Gemma Ware, The Conversation21 days ago
Joker: Folie à Deux as 'ruin porn' – how the new sequel plays with duplication and disintegration -- Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Australian National University26 days ago
Israel and Iran are playing a dangerous game of chicken that will be impossible to contain forever -- Andrew Thomas, Deakin University19 hours 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)24 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'Azur17 days ago
Lee Miller helped shape our understanding of war. Her life as a photojournalist echoes in those working today -- Andrea Jean Baker, Monash University4 days ago
Evacuated artworks exhibit details attempts to wipe out Ukrainian culture – and shows what survives -- Jennifer Mathers, Aberystwyth University2 months ago
Horror movies are as much a mainstay of Halloween as trick or treat − but why are they so bloody? -- James Francis, Jr., Texas A&M University3 days 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 England3 months ago
The harsh process of becoming a K-pop star is opening to western performers -- Taeyoung Kim, Loughborough University1 month 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 Technology2 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 University3 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 Galway3 months ago
I've been listening to seagrass meadows to understand how their underwater soundscapes reflect biodiversity - Isabel Key, University of Edinburgh - Listen1 month 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 University21 days ago
Getting shorter and going hungrier: how children in the UK live today -- Danny Dorling, University of Oxford1 month ago
Is stress turning my hair grey? -- Theresa Larkin, University of Wollongong26 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 Melbourne1 month ago
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Deepfake porn: why we need to make it a crime to create it, not just share it -- Clare McGlynn, Durham University1 month ago
A geomagnetic storm has hit Earth – a space scientist explains what causes them -- Amoré Elsje Nel, South African National Space Agency20 days ago
We've unlocked exotic new beer flavours using genetics -- Jennifer Molinet, Stockholm University1 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 Potsdam1 month ago
How we solved the mystery of the pink sand on South Australia's beaches – podcast -- Gemma Ware, The Conversation4 days ago
The emotional toll of dating apps and why they're no longer about finding love – podcast -- Gemma Ware, The Conversation3 days ago
UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda may never happen but other European leaders still want to copy it – podcast3 months ago
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How Elon Musk has become a powerful figure in US politics -- Thomas Gift, UCL19 hours 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 Queensland3 months ago
Euro 2024: five team-building theories that could decide the tournament -- Mladen Adamovic, King's College London3 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 Warwick3 months ago
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