Iran wants oil tariffs paid in Chinese yuan – is the power of the US petrodollar in decline?Chris Ogden, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
How Pakistan became the primary mediator between the US and IranNatasha Lindstaedt, University of Essex
Israel’s destructive actions in Lebanon are normalising war without rulesAmra Lee, Australian National University
Trump and Lula at the White House: a relationship built on pragmatism and a broader regional calculusGuilherme Casarões, Florida International University
Hantavirus, COVID, norovirus, legionnaires’: why are cruise ships so prone to disease outbreaks?Vikram Niranjan, University of Limerick
Ted Turner didn’t just revolutionize television − he changed the way we see our worldMichael J. Socolow, University of Maine
Russia’s pared-down Victory Day parade tells a story: Away from the pomp, war in Ukraine is not going to Putin’s planLena Surzhko Harned, Penn State
Is Richard Dawkins right about Claude? No. But it’s not surprising AI chatbots feel conscious to usJulian Koplin, Monash University; The University of Melbourne and Megan Frances Moss, Monash University
‘Much-needed fresh air’: 5 outcomes from the world’s first summit on ending fossil fuelsWesley Morgan, UNSW Sydney
From fossicking for fossils to a champion for life on Earth: Sir David Attenborough at 100Euan Ritchie, Deakin University
Do we absorb information better on paper, rather than screens? It depends on the screenErik D Reichle, Macquarie University and Lili Yu, Macquarie University
Mali attacks: Tuareg grievances hold the key to peaceOlayinka Ajala, Leeds Beckett University and Darrin Patrick McDonald, Leeds Beckett University
Mozambique’s economy is failing: the tough policy choices that need to be made urgentlySam Jones, United Nations University
Diaspora distress: When geopolitical conflict follows immigrant workers into the officeAmir Bahman Radnejad, Mount Royal University and Brenda Nguyen, University of Lethbridge
China’s ability to weather Trump’s trade war was two decades in the makingGemma Ware, The Conversation
South Africans are far less tolerant of migrants than before – hotspots, drivers and solutionsSteven Gordon, Human Sciences Research Council
Motown’s Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind the pop music juggernautMargena A. Christian, University of Illinois Chicago
The Epstein Files: the AI podcast that sounds like journalism but isn’tKathryn McDonald, Bournemouth University
In the age of AI, human creative output is becoming a luxuryNathan Murray, Algoma University and Elisa Tersigni, University of Toronto
As David Attenborough turns 100, four experts explore his legacy, from science to storytellingChloe Brimicombe, University of Oxford; Ben Garrod, University of East Anglia; Jean-Baptiste Gouyon, UCL, and Saffron O'Neill, University of Exeter
The method in Iran’s madness? Closure of Strait of Hormuz echoes a centuries-old Danish play − and is a tragedy for the world orderVivek Krishnamurthy, University of Colorado Boulder
Urban trees cool the world’s cities more than we thought – but we can’t rely on them aloneManuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Western Sydney University; Rob McDonald, City University of New York, and Tirthankar Chakraborty, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Massive marine heatwave caused Caribbean coral reefs to collapse much faster than predicted – new researchChris Perry, University of Exeter and Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Our study looked at teens’ social media behaviour in 43 countries – those from disadvantaged backgrounds face greater harms
Netanyahu has pledged to ‘finish the job’ against Hezbollah. It’s a promise he can’t deliver onMartin Kear, University of Sydney
Seeing an eclipse from Earth is awe-inspiring – for astronauts seeing one from space, the scene was even more grandDeana L. Weibel, Grand Valley State University
Synthetic biology promised to rewrite life – with the death of its pioneer, J. Craig Venter, how close are scientists?André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology
What is a just war? Inside the war of words between the Trump administration and the Catholic churchGemma Ware, The Conversation
Consent is a core principle in the Kamasutra – what we can learn from it todaySharha, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Mozambique ‘sky island’ expeditions found 4 new species of chameleon – already at risk from forest lossKrystal Tolley, University of Johannesburg
What a ‘post-antibiotic era’ could mean for modern medicineSteven W. Kerrigan, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Photographic memory is a myth – here’s what research really says about rememberingGabrielle Principe, College of Charleston
Venice is sinking – we analysed every plan to save it, and none would preserve the city as we know it
From Fleabag to Vladimir: why has breaking the fourth wall become so common?Alex Munt, University of Technology Sydney
The beloved emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal are now officially endangered. Here’s what can be done
Scientists may be overestimating the amount of microplastics in the environment – and the culprit is lab gloves
Eating fruit is linked to lung cancer? Here’s what you need to know about that new studyJustin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University
Apple chief executive Tim Cook resigns after 15 years. What’s next for the tech giant?Rajat Roy, Bond University
Why do men sexually harass women at work? Science offers two explanations – but only one of them holds up
What a US military base lost under Greenland’s ice sheet reveals about the island’s real strategic importanceListen
