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Psilocybin mushrooms are going mainstream, but scientific research and regulation lag behind

Amid a renaissance in the science of psychedelics, public interest in psilocybin – or magic mushrooms, as they’ve long been known – is surging.

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AI can design and run thousands of lab experiments without human hands. Humanity isn’t ready for the new risks this brings to biology

Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace.

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What a Chinese crackdown on corruption meant for Beijing’s high-end restaurant market

Corruption crackdowns are bad for businesses that thrive on their proximity to political power centers. In fact, they can change the physical layout of an entire industry.

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The good life requires two things, self-knowledge and friends – you can’t have one without the other

Friends can help us with all kinds of things in life. How could I forget moving that piano for friends in Chicago? Fortunately, none of us ended up in the ER.

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Pope Leo XIV’s Africa journey: How each stop reflects his message of peace

Pope Leo XIV will begin his journey to four African countries – Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea – on April 13, 2026.

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Trump administration’s lawsuits against Harvard and UCLA have roots in a decades-old fight over civil rights law

The Department of Justice announced in March 2026 that it is suing Harvard University and the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Standards-based grading offers a different model of assessing student learning in the classroom

Some school districts, including ones in Maine, New Mexico, Iowa and Oregon, are shifting to standards-based grading, where students are graded on the skills and concepts they learn instead of points accumulated from assignments and tests throughout the school year.

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The RCMP’s surveillance of Indigenous groups exposes a centuries-long pattern in Canada

News recently broke about how the RCMP’s security service infiltrated and surveilled Indigenous rights organizations in the 1970s.

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How AI’s language barrier limits climate disaster responses

A message appears online during heavy flooding: “This rain no be small o, everywhere don red.” Someone unfamiliar with the phrasing might hesitate. But for people in Nigeria, this message is immediate and clear: the flooding is severe and worsening.

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Why small discoveries (as well as big ones) have the power to inspire

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

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Outside academia, people aren’t well informed about PhD research – and that’s a problem

Around 1% of the global population has a PhD. It’s the highest academic qualification, the result of years spent on original research. But – and this is a question that many PhD students will have faced, at some time or another – what’s the point?

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Could revisiting Asimov’s laws help us avoid AI’s ‘Chernobyl moment’?

The conflict in Iran – but also the war in Ukraine – show not only that AI is radically changing the economics of war (which may be good news), but also that we may be heading towards some kind of “Chernobyl moment”. We may soon experience a disaster that will…

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Has multilateralism hit a dead end? Could International organisations be collateral damage of the war in Iran?

One of the most striking aspects of the war with Iran is the extent to which it has highlighted the irrelevance of international organisations and multilateral approaches to resolving global conflicts.

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Grattan on Friday: Taylor and Canavan are chalk and cheese – and that’s a problem for Taylor

If you want a basic measure of the difference between Liberal leader Angus Taylor and Nationals leader Matt Canavan, compare these two reactions to US President Donald Trump’s extraordinary threat this week that “a whole civilisation will die tonight”.

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In mediating the US-Iran peace talks, Pakistan is flexing its geopolitical muscles

When news of the fragile ceasefire between the United States, Israel and Iran first broke, it came via a post on X by Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif.

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How does Medicare’s new Mental Health Check In work? Is this low-intensity CBT likely to help?

If you’ve been struggling with your mental health lately, a new free service could help. Medicare Mental Health Check In launched earlier this year to give more Australians access to mental health care.

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Will the conflict in Lebanon destroy the US-Iran ceasefire? Maybe, but it was already shaky

Just hours after the leaders of the United States, Israel and Iran reached a temporary ceasefire, it was clear that each party had its own version of what had been agreed to.

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Why the phrase ‘Super El Niño’ makes Australian climate scientists roll their eyes

Frightening headlines predicting a Super El Niño or even a Godzilla El Niño amp up anxiety levels for farmers and residents of bushfire-prone regions.

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Artemis II crew will endure 3,000°C on re-entry. A hypersonics expert explains how they will survive

After successfully completing their mission to the Moon, the Artemis II crew is about to return to Earth.

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A stage adaptation of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is truly singular, and genuinely memorable

Like all true visionaries, the English poet William Blake was light-years ahead of his time: a fierce critic of industrial modernity and a thinker deeply suspicious of any mindset that might turn the world into something to be dominated. His work also treats non-human life as morally significant, with abuse…

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‘A whole civilisation will die tonight’: Trump’s genocide threat against Iran was another new low for America

Around 153 BCE, Cato the Elder, one of Rome’s most prominent senators, began ending every single one of his speeches with the same words: “Carthago delenda est”, or “Carthage must be destroyed”.

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Fake QR codes make for easy scams – be careful what you scan out there

It’s a simple thing we encounter many times every single week – often while in a hurry. You pull up at a parking spot, scan a QR code and pay within seconds. Or you sit down at a cafe, scan a code to view the menu and order your meal.

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‘Cuddle therapy’ sounds like what we all need right now. But will it actually help?

Cuddle therapy is having a moment. The idea for this emerging therapy is for you to book in a specified time with a “professional cuddler”.

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Donald Trump’s US ratings fall to a record low amid Iran war

United States President Donald Trump’s net approval has fallen to a record low on the Iran war, while Democrats had a 25-point swing in their favour in a federal special election. On current polling, Democrats are likely to win the US House but not the Senate at midterm elections this…

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NZ’s latest push to roll out more EV chargers is a good thing – but can it go the distance?

A $50 million plan to expand New Zealand’s public electric vehicle (EV) charging network marks another step toward a lower-emissions transport system.

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