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Indicators of alien life may have been found – astrophysicist explains what the new research means -- Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University

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Could CT scans be fuelling a future rise in cancer cases, as a new study suggests? -- Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University

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Cambodia's haunted present: 50 years after Khmer Rouge's rise, murderous legacy looms large -- Sophal Ear, Arizona State University

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Ecuador: can freshly re-elected Daniel Noboa govern a country in crisis? -- Nicolas Forsans, University of Essex

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Iran and US to enter high-stakes nuclear negotiations – hampered by a lack of trust -- Ali Bilgic, Loughborough University

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What lies ahead for South Korea after the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol? -- Yoon Walker, SOAS, University of London

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Hungary's exit from the International Criminal Court is a sign of the times -- Michal Ovadek, UCL

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Cancer hijacks your brain and steals your motivation − new research in mice reveals how, offering potential avenues for treatment -- Adam Kepecs, Washington University in St. Louis

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Earth's oceans once turned green – and they could change again -- Cédric M. John, Queen Mary University of London

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The Thucydides Trap: Vital lessons from ancient Greece for China and the US ... or a load of old claptrap? -- Andrew Latham, Macalester College

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Do Inuit languages really have many words for snow? The most interesting finds from our study of 616 languages -- Charles Kemp, The University of Melbourne; Ekaterina Vylomova, The University of Melbourne; Temuulen Khishigsuren, The University of Melbourne, and Terry Regier, University of California, Berkeley

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Ethiopia's civil war: what's behind the Amhara rebellion? -- Amanuel Tesfaye, University of Helsinki and Yared Debebe, University of Gondar

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China plans to build the world's largest dam – but what does this mean for India and Bangladesh downstream? -- Mehebub Sahana, University of Manchester

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How the small autonomous region of Puntland found success in battling Islamic State in Somalia -- Ido Levy, American University

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Pikachu protesters, Studio Ghibli memes and the subversive power of cuteness -- Yii-Jan Lin, Yale University

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Sudan's war isn't nearly over – armed civilian groups are rising -- Mohamed Saad, Charles University

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Ukraine deal: Europe has learned from the failed 2015 Minsk accords with Putin. Trump has not -- Natalya Chernyshova, Queen Mary University of London

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Former Brazilian president Bolsonaro will stand trial over alleged coup attempt -- Felipe Tirado, King's College London

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How power imbalance, misread signs and strategic blunders clouded Hamas' judgment over Gaza ceasefire -- Mkhaimar Abusada, Northwestern University

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Signal chat group affair: unprecedented security breach will seriously damage US international relations -- Robert Dover, University of Hull

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What does Egypt's plan to rebuild Gaza involve and what challenges does it face? -- Rafik Omar, Cardiff Metropolitan University

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Islamic State in Somalia: the terrorist group's origins, rise and recent battlefield defeats -- Stig Jarle Hansen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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One to One: John & Yoko – documentary shows how Lennon and Ono shaped protest music, pop culture and each other -- Stephanie Hernandez, University of Liverpool

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Amadou Bagayoko: the blind Malian musician whose joyful songs changed west African music -- Lucy Durán, SOAS, University of London

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Ecological disruptions are a risk to national security -- Bradley J. Cardinale, Penn State; Emmett Duffy, Smithsonian Institution, and Rod Schoonover, Georgetown University

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Chewing gum is plastic pollution, not a litter problem -- David Jones, University of Portsmouth

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

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Greenland's fossil fuel ban is up in the air after recent election -- Lukas Slothuus, University of Sussex

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Early-onset Alzheimer's: new drug shows promise in slowing the disease -- Rahul Sidhu, University of Sheffield

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Europe had worst measles outbreak since 1997 – new data -- Michael Head, University of Southampton

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Bug drugs: bacteria-based cancer therapies are finally overcoming barriers -- Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University

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Scientists in Antarctica: why they're there and what they've found -- David William Hedding, University of South Africa

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Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to Amazon – starting today -- Kathy Reid, Australian National University

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You've heard of the Big Bang. Now astronomers have discovered the Big Wheel – here's why it's significant -- Themiya Nanayakkara, Swinburne University of Technology

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The female explorers who braved the wilderness but were overlooked by the history books -- Sarah Lonsdale, City St George's, University of London

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Why Americans care so much about egg prices – and how this issue got so political -- Clodagh Harrington, University College Cork

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Are the glory days of German carmakers gone forever? -- Pietro Micheli, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

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Protectionism has a long history in the US – so its return should not be all that surprising -- Steve Schifferes, City St George's, University of London

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Pennsylvania's mushroom industry faces urgent labor shortage − and latest immigration policies will likely make it worse -- Hazel Velasco Palacios, Penn State and Kathleen Sexsmith, Penn State

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Syria after Assad: why many Syrian refugees aren't returning home - Charlotte Al-Khalili, University of Sussex and Melissa Gatter, University of Sussex - Insights

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'We could hear the screams until midnight': life inside Southeast Asia's brutal fraud compounds -- Ivan Franceschini, University of Melbourne; Ling Li, Ca' Foscari University of Venice; The Conversation Digital Storytelling Team

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Why does Putin insist Ukranians and Russians are 'one people'? The answer spans centuries of colonisation and resistance -- Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Australian Catholic University

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