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Eloise Stevens, The Conversation
Wildlife scientist and whale snot expert Vanessa Pirotta joins us on the first episode of The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast.
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Gemma Ware, The Conversation
Listen to the trailer for The Conversation’s Curious Kids, a new podcast where kids get answers to their big questions from experts.
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Dimitris Akrivos, University of Surrey
A harrowing and important depiction of a male victim of sexual abuse.
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Andrea Pisauro, University of Plymouth; Gianluca Fantoni, Nottingham Trent University
One hundred years after the Italian opposition leader’s murder, documents long locked away at the London School of Economics could shed new light on Mussolini’s involvement in his death
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Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University; Tim Bakken, United States Military Academy West Point
Both scholars stressed they are working very hard to be ‘vigorously neutral’ about Trump himself, while noting that the trial is drawing attention to a broader subject: his approach to the media.
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Jean-Pierre Darnis, Université Côte d’Azur
By turning southward, Georgia Meloni’s far-right government is both breaking with foreign policy conventions and scoring points with her base ahead of the European elections.
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Dan Jerker B. Svantesson, Bond University
Using Australian laws to force a foreign-owned platform to take down content globally sets a risky precedent – should we allow all countries to impose their laws on the internet?
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Meelan Thondoo, University of Cambridge
African cities with over 10 million residents are getting hotter fast. Millions face disaster in these urban heat islands unless the cities start greening and adapting to climate change soon.
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Peter A. Coclanis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Leon Fink, University of Illinois Chicago
As of 2022, only Nigeria and Sudan had lower trade-to-GDP ratios.
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Nita Dyola, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC); Sergio Rossi, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
The Himalayas are a beautiful and fragile ecosystem that both humans and non-humans have relied upon for millennia. Protecting them will require careful conservation efforts.
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Dean Lomax, University of Manchester
Ichthyosaurs were the last giant reptiles to rule our oceans.
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