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What happens when a neighbourhood bottle store closes? We asked local residents

For people living in New Zealand’s most deprived communities, alcohol is often far too accessible.

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Iran war pushes diesel – the economy’s lifeblood – to record high prices, with no relief on the horizon

Diesel fuel prices in the U.S. continue to break all-time records, hitting $6.28 a gallon as a national average on Sept. 14, 2026, and they aren’t likely to come down anytime soon. Because diesel is the fuel for freight transportation, farming and construction – and is related to a key…

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Houthi advance boosts Iran’s leverage over the US and Saudi Arabia – but may cost rebel group its legitimacy back in Yemen

It took just a few days for Houthi forces to seize most of Yemen’s Red Sea coast, including the shores of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial Red Sea maritime choke point.

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Imagine newsletter: penguins, satellites and pink poo

This roundup of The Conversation’s environment coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine.

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Africa’s Red Sea states face growing risks as Houthi rebels expand their reach

The Houthi takeover of parts of the Red Sea gives the armed group a new platform to challenge global shipping. The group has taken over the port of Mocha, the island of Mayyun, and the Zuqar and Hanish archipelago about 160km north of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. These areas were…

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Rethinking how we assess students could improve their well-being

When you were in school, what stressed you out the most? For many students, classroom assessments — graded tests, quizzes, group work, presentations, labs and the like — would be near the top of the list.

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Driving through water is the biggest cause of death during floods – here’s how it can happen

With climate change leading to more extreme and prolonged heavy rainfall across the northern hemisphere, flooding is a risk, especially in autumn and winter.

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When prepping for disaster, don’t forget to pack your teddy bear

Imagine it’s the dead of night. Your phone pings with a text – it’s a government emergency alert: “Leave your home immediately! Only take with you enough supplies for the next three days.” What would you want in your go-bag?

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Is England right to introduce a tourism tax?

Supporters tend to call it a “visitor levy”. Detractors prefer to call it a “tourist tax”.

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Museums on prescription: how cultural activities are becoming crucial to the public health debate

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Australia’s ‘barking mad’ bet on nuclear submarines – the AUKUS deal five years on

When the trilateral security partnership between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia was announced in 2021, few were as bewildered as defence and security analyst Hugh White.

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B.C.’s militarized wolf cull is a misguided approach to a complex issue

The government of British Columbia is facing renewed criticism over a proposed extension of its controversial wolf culling program. This decade-long program, which has cost taxpayers $13 million, was mobilized in response to dwindling caribou populations across the province.

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Electoral reform is back on the agenda – here’s why things could genuinely be different this time

Electoral reform is a perennial debate in UK politics. But it never comes to fruition – arguably because it’s never in the interests of the governing party to change the voting rules that got it into power. Now though, there are reasons to believe things could be about to change.

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Tonnes of fishing gear and plastic are washing up on Seychelles beaches. We tracked where it was coming from

Vast quantities of plastic and fishing gear are washing up along the shores of the Seychelles, destroying fragile ecosystems and causing significant economic problems.

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Decades of male-focused medical research could bias healthcare AI

Many people will learn CPR using a flat-chested manikin. A 2024 study of 20 models of CPR manikins sold worldwide found that three quarters were described as male or had no sex specified. Of the 20, only one offered a breast overlay.

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Brown is beautiful: what Namibia’s capital Windhoek can teach African cities as they get hotter and drier

Many African cities have started drawing up climate plans. These promise cooler streets, urban forests and green roofs on buildings. This urban climate adaptation has become an urgent priority.

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Kofi Agawu: the scholar who showed the world that African music isn’t just about rhythm

Kofi Agawu is regarded as one of the world’s foremost authorities on African music. The Ghanaian scholar, teacher and researcher has changed how the world hears and studies it.

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Academics in South Africa have to focus on ‘outputs’: what’s lost when other work’s not counted

Professors Curwyn Mapaling and Nokulunga Shabalala are two Black clinical psychologists working as academics in South Africa. What started as their shared frustration with the pace of change in universities became a research programme. For three years they recorded their conversations with each other, leading to three journal papers that…

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The Disappearers: Marlon James’s new novel gives voice to the gay men Jamaica erased

Marlon James’s 2026 novel, The Disappearers, has already been hailed as the novel of the century by The New York Times, and it is certainly magnificent and explosive in equal measure. Its success lies in the way its artistic execution dovetails with its highly charged subject matter.

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Using ‘neurodivergent’ as a catch-all term is problematic – here’s why

The term “neurodivergent” is being used more and more often in everyday conversation, on social media and even in scientific research.

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OpenAI may have solved the Navier-Stokes equation — but mathematics is more than $1 million trophy hunts

Last week, OpenAI shared a proposed solution to the “Navier-Stokes equation” — one of the seven renowned Millenium Prize Problems chosen by the Clay Mathematics Institute that have stumped mathematicians for many years.

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The story of Little Italy’s Feast of San Gennaro is the story of how Italian immigrants became American

For two weeks in September, everyone wants to be Italian – at least judging by the crowds at the annual Feast of San Gennaro in New York City’s Little Italy.

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Your robotic vacuum is a witness: What home robots mean for evidence, privacy and the law

A husband in Taiwan suspected his wife of having an affair. In September 2023, he found a used toothbrush at their holiday home, and garage video showed an unfamiliar man driving his wife there. Three months later, he opened their robot vacuum’s app to speak with her and saw an…

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At an old steel site in Pittsburgh, bacteria evolved to survive – and eat – industrial pollution

Across Appalachia and the Rust Belt region, including throughout the city of Pittsburgh, former industrial sites are being transformed into new neighborhoods, research centers and technology hubs.

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The US sells more to Brazil than it buys – but Trump is slapping steep tariffs on its exports anyway

President Donald Trump has generally tried to justify his tariffs by asserting that they can help narrow the trade deficits the U.S. runs with most of the world. That argument is based on the fact that nearly all countries sell Americans more than they buy from the United States.

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