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These cities occasionally sparks intense debates on undocumented migration to Spain, and hence to the EU.
Ceuta and Melilla: how the colonial legacies of these cities have shaped migration in the region
These cities occasionally sparks intense debates on undocumented migration to Spain, and hence to the EU.
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India and Pakistan fought a war in 2025 that was wholly dependent on space technology.
India and Pakistan’s 79-year rivalry has made the dangerous move into space
India and Pakistan fought a war in 2025 that was wholly dependent on space technology.
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Every year the festival attracts thousands of people to Scotland’s capital, but is the city able to harness this and improve it as a place to live?
Edinburgh festival: how the city’s residents could benefit after the crowds leave
Every year the festival attracts thousands of people to Scotland’s capital, but is the city able to harness this and improve it as a place to live?
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Clever clothing that can sense health issues are not far off, but they could prove hard to recycle or reuse.
Smart clothes will soon be on sale. But regulations are needed to prevent a new waste mountain
Clever clothing that can sense health issues are not far off, but they could prove hard to recycle or reuse.
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It’s not just humans who enjoy interacting with other animal species.
Monkeys keep pets too - animal specialist on the world of interspecies friendship
It’s not just humans who enjoy interacting with other animal species.
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People reached the Mediterranean island at least 8,500 years ago.
Europe’s stone age hunters made sea voyages to Malta – thousands of years before evidence of sails
People reached the Mediterranean island at least 8,500 years ago.
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You spend eight hours a night in the one room nobody ventilates. That’s bad for your sleep, and ideal for mould.
Your bedroom could be the unhealthiest room in your home
You spend eight hours a night in the one room nobody ventilates. That’s bad for your sleep, and ideal for mould.
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This powerful custody drama questions how society judges queer mothers.
In Love Me Tender, a mother’s fight for her child reveals how queerness is still policed
This powerful custody drama questions how society judges queer mothers.
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BTS expressed a wish that ‘music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language’.
What BTS’ Grammy boycott tells us about the problem with ‘Asian pop’ as a label
BTS expressed a wish that ‘music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language’.
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Whether you’re an experienced poet or completely new to writing poetry, we want to hear your perspective on climate change. If you're a UK or Ireland-based academic, apply to our climate poetry competition! Apply before 1 September: tcnv.link/sAoQss8
Introducing The Conversation Climate Poetry Award – for UK and Ireland-based academics
The Conversation invites academics across the UK and Ireland to write a poem inspired by climate change research.
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Child mental health services are supposed to change lives. So why don’t we measure whether they actually do?
Billions are spent on child mental health services without knowing if they work in the long term
Child mental health services are supposed to change lives. So why don’t we measure whether they actually do?
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The 47th US president and his family have benefited more financially from the presidency than any of his predecessors.
Donald Trump has made US$2.2 billion in his second term. How does that stack up against other US presidents?
The 47th US president and his family have benefited more financially from the presidency than any of his predecessors.
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Done properly, rewilded landscapes are more fire-resistant.
How rewilding could help stop the spread of Britain’s wildfires
Done properly, rewilded landscapes are more fire-resistant.
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From Tudor welfare claims to modern PIP assessments, disabled people have long faced suspicion and bureaucracy.
Today’s arguments about disability benefits have been raging for 500 years
From Tudor welfare claims to modern PIP assessments, disabled people have long faced suspicion and bureaucracy.
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Asia’s middle powers are identifying how and where they can cultivate indispensability in the AI value chain.
How four Asian economies are positioning themselves for the AI age
Asia’s middle powers are identifying how and where they can cultivate indispensability in the AI value chain.
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Your bones run on a 24-hour clock too and disrupting it with late nights and screens could be weakening your skeleton.
Bones are much more dynamic than scientists once believed – they even have a daily rhythm
Your bones run on a 24-hour clock too and disrupting it with late nights and screens could be weakening your skeleton.
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Fifa’s expansionist strategy is pushing elite footballers beyond acceptable limits.
Fifa’s failed equity plan and football’s growing welfare crisis
Fifa’s expansionist strategy is pushing elite footballers beyond acceptable limits.
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AI agents can play an important role in coping with the rise in air traffic – but only if trust in their capabilities is established first.
As the skies get busier, will AI help air traffic controllers keep planes flying safely?
AI agents can play an important role in coping with the rise in air traffic – but only if trust in their capabilities is established first.
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Billed as Russia’s Michael McIntyre, Sasha Nezlobin is having to almost start again in exile.
Exiled Russian comic Sasha Nezlobin brings laugh therapy to Edinburgh Fringe
Billed as Russia’s Michael McIntyre, Sasha Nezlobin is having to almost start again in exile.
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Research suggests loneliness and depression can reinforce each other, while social isolation has a more limited effect.
Loneliness may damage health in ways isolation does not – new study
Research suggests loneliness and depression can reinforce each other, while social isolation has a more limited effect.
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How to recognise an adverse drug reaction, and why reporting it could help protect others.
Feeling unwell after taking medicine? Here’s how to report it
How to recognise an adverse drug reaction, and why reporting it could help protect others.
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Satirical candidates are part of a longstanding tradition in British politics.
Count Binface: why Britain’s ‘joke’ election candidates deserve to be taken seriously
Satirical candidates are part of a longstanding tradition in British politics.
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Wildfires are sweeping through parts of France and Spain causing havoc to many holidaymakers’ plans. Does travel insurance help with the extra bills?
How wildfires and heatwaves affect your travel insurance
Wildfires are sweeping through parts of France and Spain causing havoc to many holidaymakers’ plans. Does travel insurance help with the extra bills?
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Using orphan girl novels to study Ted Lasso brings certain themes into sharper focus – particularly its concern with fatherhood.
Ted Lasso returns: why its story of kindness owes so much to ‘orphan girl’ fiction
Using orphan girl novels to study Ted Lasso brings certain themes into sharper focus – particularly its concern with fatherhood.
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AI-generated fashion models may become the future, but they should be used responsibly.
AI-generated fashion models: innovation, illusion or a step too far?
AI-generated fashion models may become the future, but they should be used responsibly.
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The changing face of demographics, immigration, social attitudes and LGBTQ+ politics.
Britain’s quarter century: shrinking families, ethnic tensions and queer winners and losers
The changing face of demographics, immigration, social attitudes and LGBTQ+ politics.
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Partner nations say the jet will give them military advantage in an increasingly unstable world.
The UK is building a fighter jet with Japan and Italy – an aviation expert explains why it could be a defence gamechanger
Partner nations say the jet will give them military advantage in an increasingly unstable world.
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Carbon dioxide removal is different to carbon capture, utilisation and storage. It’s easy to confuse the two processes but they tackle different problems.
Confused about carbon capture? Experts explain why we need different types
Carbon dioxide removal is different to carbon capture, utilisation and storage. It’s easy to confuse the two processes but they tackle different problems.
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Every container opens onto its own distinct social world.
Kyrgyzstan’s Dordoi Bazaar: a world made from shipping containers and a city within a city
Every container opens onto its own distinct social world.
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