Low-level blasts from heavy weapons can cause traumatic brain injury − 2 engineers explain the physics of invisible cell death (theconversation.com)
Why the West’s resentment of China is so misguided (theconversation.com)
After years of avoiding extradition, Julian Assange’s appeal is likely his last chance. Here’s how it might unfold (and how we got here) (theconversation.com)
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Gaza war: blaming Israel for October 7 Hamas attack makes peace less – not more – likely (theconversation.com)
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As Israel’s assault on Rafah approaches, Egypt prepares for a flood of Palestinian refugees (theconversation.com)
Satellite imagery and video footage have emerged suggesting that Egypt is building what appears to be a large, concrete-walled enclosure which observers believe will be used to manage a major influx of Palestinian refugees flooding out of Gaza via the Rafah crossng on its eastern border....
200 million voters, 820,000 polling stations and 10,000 candidates: Indonesia’s massive election, by the numbers (theconversation.com)
This is what it takes to organise the largest and most complex single-day election on the planet.
Jerusalem: Jewish settler movement makes bid for large slice of Armenian quarter (theconversation.com)
Atlantic Ocean is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows (theconversation.com)
Two-thirds of Canadian and American renters are in unaffordable housing situations (theconversation.com)
Editing memories, spying on our bodies, normalising weird goggles: Apple’s new Vision Pro has big ambitions (theconversation.com)
Apple Vision Pro is a mixed-reality headset – which the company hopes is a “revolutionary spatial computer that transforms how people work, collaborate, connect, relive memories, and enjoy entertainment” – that begins shipping to the public (in the United States)....
Why Colombia sees legalising drugs as the way forward. Here's what's being proposed (theconversation.com)
South Africa has made its genocide case against Israel in court. Here’s what both sides said and what happens next. (theconversation.com)
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Smersh: why Putin has reinstated Stalin's notorious and much-feared anti-spy unit (theconversation.com)
A man under arrest by Russian internal security forces was seen confessing to a “crime”, in a video posted on January 2. He had been apprehended after allegedly posting a video on social media that purportedly showed air defences near the Russian city of Belgorod. This city, on the border with Ukraine, was the target of...
Racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations (theconversation.com)
Racial threats and slights take a toll on health, but the continual invalidation and questioning of whether those so-called microaggressions exist has an even more insidious effect, research shows.
Jan. 6 was an example of networked incitement − a media and disinformation expert explains the danger of political violence orchestrated over social media (theconversation.com)
Jan. 6 was an example of networked incitement − a media and disinformation expert explains the danger of political violence orchestrated over social media::Social media allows a political leader to direct the behavior of political movements, including engaging in violence and insurrection.
Why the American technological war against China could backfire (theconversation.com)
Data poisoning: how artists are sabotaging AI to take revenge on image generators (theconversation.com)
Data poisoning: how artists are sabotaging AI to take revenge on image generators::As AI developers indiscriminately suck up online content to train their models, artists are seeking ways to fight back.
The 7 charts that show Australians struggling as saving falls to near zero (theconversation.com)
Turmoil at OpenAI shows we must address whether AI developers can regulate themselves (theconversation.com)
Forget ‘Man the Hunter’ – physiological and archaeological evidence rewrites assumptions about a gendered division of labor in prehistoric times (theconversation.com)
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The world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars (theconversation.com)
Biden says the U.S. would have to invent an Israel if it didn't exist. Why? (theconversation.com)
Researchers find evidence of a 2,000-year-old curry, the oldest ever found in Southeast Asia (theconversation.com)
In a paper published today in Science Advances, we and our colleagues detail our findings of what seems to be evidence of Southeast Asia’s oldest known curry. It’s also the oldest evidence of curry ever found outside India.
As heat records fall, how hot is too hot for the human body? (theconversation.com)
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Why is the sky dark at night? The 200-year history of a question that transformed our understanding of the Universe (theconversation.com)
