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The reality is there is no military pathway to opening the Strait of Hormuz. Trump may attempt to find one anyway.
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The reality is there is no military pathway to opening the Strait of Hormuz. Trump may attempt to find one anyway.

For one thing, there’d be a much higher rate of brain cancers in the decades since mobile phones were widely adopted.

In extreme heat, the tour can provide extra shade, hydration during racing and even alter or cancel a stage. But is this enough?

Could we be thinking the wrong way about surging energy demand from data centres in Australia?

Natural selection may not be the only force that has contributed to the evolution of channel millet’s unusual genetics.

Control of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus strait was life and death for ancient Athens. Waterways are no less important – and contentious – today.

Election campaigns focus on today’s pressures. But NZ’s biggest challenges span decades and may require new institutions.

Job-ready Graduates created cheaper postgraduate education – especially for nursing students – but this may not last.

Pedestrianized spaces can help support local businesses, give public spaces back to people and retrieve them from cars.

Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast to hear Philip Brown and Kirsty Fairclough discuss Manchesterism, the political philosophy of Andy Burnham.

A new film about the climate emergency is designed to change behaviour. But there’s a risk that in-depth discussions replace action.

One of west Africa’s most popular action films speaks to Nigeria’s pressing security issues.