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Solar activity follows an 11-year cycle – here’s how it controls eruptions and solar flares
The Sun is a complex physical body. It generates incredible amounts of heat and a strong, often tangled, magnetic field.
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For the first time in a decade, the next election could be less secure than the one preceding it
The federal task force that defends US elections has been largely absent this election cycle, and the threat-sharing hub it relied on has been defunded.
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How you map numbers in your mind isn’t universal, even among people who read the same language
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Olga Lazareva, Professor of Psychology, Drake University Each person organizes quantities and gradients in their own mental space. AMarc/iStock via Getty Images Plus...
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Beyond regulation: Why committed leadership will decide Canada’s energy future
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Amir Bahman Radnejad, Chair and Associate Professor of Innovation and Marketing, Mount Royal University The Canadian government’s discussion paper, Getting Major Projects Built...
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What AI taxis and robots can learn from bees
Bees may have tiny brains but they can make rapid and accurate choices.
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Taiwan Travelogue wins 2026 International Booker – a deftly translated tale of food, love and history
Taiwan Travelogue’s hands-on translation makes it a worthy winner of the International Booker 2026
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Madeleine Ly-Tio-Fane, at the conceptual origins of the French Indo-Pacific
The Conversation – France in French (3) – By Paco Milhiet, Visiting fellow at the Rajaratnam School of International Studies (NTU-Singapore), associate researcher at the Catholic Institute of Paris, Catholic...
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European countries reach new agreement on human rights – here’s what it means for the UK’s immigration debate
The declaration does very little to change how countries may legally approach immigration control.
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Why digital IDs are back on the UK government’s agenda
The government says digital IDs will modernise services. Critics fear exclusion and creeping surveillance.
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Can supplements containing NMN, NAD+ and resveratrol really slow ageing? Here’s what the evidence says
NAD+, NMN and resveratrol are marketed as anti-ageing breakthroughs, but human evidence remains mixed and incomplete.