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World-first social media wargame reveals how AI bots can swing elections
Hammond Pearce, UNSW Sydney; Alexandra Vassar, UNSW Sydney, and Rahat Masood, UNSW Sydney On December 14 2025, a terrorist attack occurred at Bondi Beach in Sydney Australia, leaving 15 civilians…
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As Victoria’s Great Ocean Road flash floods show, we need to get better at taking warnings seriously
Rory Nathan, The University of Melbourne The images and stories of flash flooding coming out of Victoria’s Great Ocean Road overnight have been described as “terrifying”. It’s easy to see…
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The saint who faced down lions and killer seals is one of many ‘leading ladies’ in early Christian texts
Christy Cobb, University of Denver The Bible is filled with brave and courageous women. Deborah, the judge who fought a war to protect her people. The widow Ruth, who wittingly…
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New variant of the flu virus is driving surge of cases across the US and Canada
Zachary W. Binder, UMass Chan Medical School After a sharp uptick in flu cases in mid-December 2025, flu activity across the U.S. and Canada remains high. Although cases are trending…
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American farmers, who once fed the world, face a volatile global market with diminishing federal backing
Peter Simons, Hamilton College President Donald Trump appears to have upended an 85-year relationship between American farmers and the United States’ global exercise of power. But that link has been…
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Deep reading can boost your critical thinking and help you resist misinformation – here’s how to build the skill
JT Torres, Washington and Lee University and Jeff Saerys-Foy, Quinnipiac University The average American checks their phone over 140 times a day, clocking an average of 4.5 hours of daily…
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Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks – studying their clever brains can clarify human intelligence, too
Kelly Lambert, University of Richmond When a curious raccoon broke into an Ashland, Virginia, liquor store in December 2025, sampled the stock and passed out on the bathroom floor, the…
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In the most cleared state in Australia, Victoria’s native wildlife needs our help after fires
Euan Ritchie, Deakin University Victoria has just suffered some of its worst bushfires since the Black Summer fires of 2019–20. Over 400,000 hectares are estimated to have burnt so far,…
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5 things to make with mangoes that aren’t smoothies
Margaret Murray, Swinburne University of Technology It’s mango season. They’re cheap, delicious, in the shops or you can buy trays at roadside stalls. But what can you actually do with…
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Australia needs a canine brain bank to reduce the risk of dog attacks
Paul McGreevy, University of Sydney and Rimini Quinn, University of Sydney Dog attacks are on the rise in Australia. The most recent data from the Australian Institute of Health and…
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A ‘cosmic clock’ in tiny crystals has revealed the rise and fall of Australia’s ancient landscapes
Maximilian Dröllner, Curtin University; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen ; Chris Kirkland, Curtin University, and Milo Barham, Curtin University Australia’s iconic red landscapes have been home to Aboriginal culture and recorded in songlines…
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Takeaway coffee cups release thousands of microplastic particles
Xiangyu Liu, Griffith University It’s 7:45am. You grab a takeaway coffee from your local cafe, wrap your hands around the warm cup, take a sip, and head to the office.…
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death-haunted masterpiece The Blind Owl shadows the decline of modern Iran
Hossein Asgari, Adelaide University Sadeq Hedayat (1903-1951) abandoned his training in dentistry and, later, engineering in France and Belgium, to study old Persian and Iranian mythology. He would become one…
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Reddit and TikTok – with the help of AI
Layla Bouzoubaa, Drexel University When you think of tools for studying substance use and addiction, a social media site like Reddit, TikTok or YouTube probably isn’t the first thing that…
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US military has a long history in Greenland, from mining during WWII to a nuclear-powered Army base built into the ice
Paul Bierman, University of Vermont President Donald Trump’s insistence that the U.S. will acquire Greenland “whether they like it or not” is just the latest chapter in a co-dependent and…
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