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Maps can be misleading – on purpose – and their story becomes history. The case of Ethiopia
Political groups use social media ‘maptivism’ to spread exaggerated regional maps to stake a claim to territory.
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Nigeria faces the world’s highest projected death toll from super El Niño heat: what could save lives
The super El Niño could cause 31,400 extra heat deaths in Nigeria alone. Heat warnings, cooling centres and worker protections could help save lives.
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What the differences between Danish and British humour can teach us about laughter
Why we laugh at different things – and what that tells us about humour
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Ancient virus hunters: how we discovered sheeppox DNA hidden in medieval gospels
DNA can survive in parchment for well over a thousand years.
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Feeling the burn? It’s not lactic acid
The myth that lactic acid causes the ‘burn’ we feel during exercise is actually a long-lasting misunderstanding.
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Why Indiana Jones is the best and worst thing to happen to archaeology
The idea of archaeology as adventure predates the discipline itself.
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There’s something you can do now to cool your home next summer – and it’s far cheaper than air conditioning
Plants can help homes stay cooler in a variety of ways.
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Nigella Lawson and the fantasy of Bake Off – what to watch and read this week
Bake Off is back and Nigella is judging. We’re also recommending a host of books from non-fiction on British food history to a fiction book about gay Jamaicans.
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‘They just have to get out’ – civilians pay the price for West Papua conflict
By Tiana Haxton of RNZ Pacific More than 125,000 people are reported to have been displaced in West Papua as armed conflict escalates, but the real number is likely much higher. A recent report from the Human Rights Monitor said military operations and armed violence have been particularly intense in the central highlands of Indonesian-ruled
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Selling the Iran war: Purges, polygraphs and propaganda
Pacific Media Watch With the US midterm elections just weeks away, US President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to put a positive spin on a war with Iran that shows no sign of letting up, reports the Al Jazeera media watch programme Listening Post. Climbing fuel and grocery prices, the president’s provocative social media posts
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‘Baseless lies meant to sanitise his genocide’ – Mayor Mamdani hits back after Netanyahu’s attacks during UN speech
COMMENTARY: By Brett Wilkins New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has hit back after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the UN General Assembly podium to accuse him of supporting Hamas and making Jewish New Yorkers “feel unsafe” — remarks that came after delegates from scores of countries walked out of the chamber to
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Trump-XI summit aims to head off an AI arms race
Can the two leaders achieve the sort of rapport that helped Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev face the threat of nuclear proliferation in the 1980s.