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Lula wins a 'miracle' election in Brazil. Now comes the hard part: putting the country back on the right track -- Guilherme Casarões, Florida International University

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Palestinian citizens face a painful choice in Israel's election: To vote or not -- Tamir Sorek, Penn State

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Youth protests across Europe: the overlapping crises facing gen Z -- Alina Cosma, Trinity College Dublin

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Brazil's election puts at risk country's role as a bulwark against Trump interventionism in the Americas -- Dawisson Belém Lopes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

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Unlocking the secrets of the 'Dragon Man' skull – and what it reveals about human evolution -- Chris Stringer, UCL; Natural History Museum

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The Crucible: Arthur Miller's morality tale was as much a reaction to his own marital failings as it was to the 'red scare' -- Jan Machielsen, Cardiff University

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France's 'casseurs': why the term fails to do justice to the extent of looting and spiralling unrest

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How K-dramas use Africa as a backdrop to boost South Korea's image

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A critical flaw affecting 70% of all websites has the cybersecurity world panicked

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'Sodcit' – after battlefield setbacks, Russia returns to destroying Ukraine's morale

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Yemen's Houthis are bringing their war to Saudi Arabia – and reframing the narrative of being an Iranian proxy

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Young voters fear mass shootings but are divided on gun control

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How the 'geopolitical stigma' associated with Putin's Russia is affecting ordinary Russians

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Prime's Carrie miniseries expands Stephen King's story – but weakens its central horror

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Possessed nuns and sexual deviance: the history behind Ken Russell's highly-censored film The Devils -- Philip C. Almond, The University of Queensland and Brendan C. Walsh, The University of Queensland

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DreamWorks' Forgotten Island is a joyous, painful love letter to the Filipino diaspora -- Kristine Aquino, University of Technology Sydney

21 days ago

Manchester City supporters have been gaslit. What happens now? -- Josh Bland, University of Cambridge

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300 glaciers have disappeared from the American West since the mid-20th century – the survivors have a few things in common -- Andrew Fountain, Portland State University

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Africa's rhinos often get the spotlight – but Indonesia's two rhino species are far closer to extinction -- Michelle Campbell-Ward, University of Sydney

20 days ago

Rising CO₂ is making African savanna grasses grow more – what this means for grazing, fire and carbon storage -- Kimberley Simpson, University of Sheffield

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Cities across the world are sinking because of groundwater depletion. But the process can be reversed -- Jesse Kearse, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

25 days ago

Why old dogs might be able to teach Alzheimer's researchers new tricks -- Julie Moreno, Colorado State University

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Bangladesh has lost 900 children to measles – a warning to other countries where vaccine rates have slipped -- Vikram Niranjan, University of Limerick and Colum P. Dunne, University of Limerick

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The International Olympic Committee wants mental health screening in elite sports. Here's why -- Rosemary Purcell, The University of Melbourne

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Secret chambers in Tutankhamun's tomb could hold the burial of a lost Egyptian queen – we may get answers soon -- Jay Silverstein, Nottingham Trent University

21 days ago

Social media hasn't killed personal style, it's killed how we communicate it -- Catherine Greenwood, University of Lancashire

24 days ago

US tech leaders are urgently calling for rules on AI – China already has them -- Madeline Carr, UCL

26 days ago

How can the same El Niño cause drought in one part of the world and floods in another? -- Ligin Joseph, University of Southampton

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How 'egalitarian' Sweden became more comfortable with wealth -- Håkan Johansson, Lund University and Axel Vikström, Lund University

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The idea of the 'company man' was forged decades ago. Its problems still haunt leaders today -- Claire Wright, University of Technology Sydney

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These 3 charts show female-dominated jobs are actually the most exposed to AI -- Leonora Risse, Queensland University of Technology and Elise Stephenson, Australian National University

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Why you should live your life like an accountant – and how you probably already do -- Jack Campbell, Dublin City University

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How pond algae led to a Nobel prize and a new way to study the brain -- Robert Lucas, University of Manchester

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