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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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