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Democracy, climate change and migration – why Poland might be ‘Europe’s fulcrum country’

With Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk moving to suspend the right to asylum in the country, it couldn’t have been more timely for researchers to meet in Warsaw to discuss democracy, migration and climate change.

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Stories of gangsters who’ve left their life on the streets behind – podcast

What happens when a gangster leaves their life on the street? How do they transition to something new? In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we find out through the life stories of two people who joined gangs as young men and came out the other side.

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Government to publish secret section of Robodebt report, but timing is uncertain

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says the government plans to publish the secret section of the Robodebt royal commission report, although it is not clear when it will do so.

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Climate crisis: what Trump can (and can’t) do

Donald Trump will return to lead the world’s largest historical emitter of greenhouse gas.

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This course uses crime novels to teach critical thinking

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

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Donald Trump wins US election – what the experts say

This is a rolling guide to articles and audio published by The Conversation in the aftermath of the US presidential election.

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Bird flu has been detected in a pig in the US. Why does that matter?

The United States Department of Agriculture last week reported that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was infected with bird flu.

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Scents of the Middle Ages and emo nostalgia – what you should read, watch and do this week

I’ve always been a history nerd, but it wasn’t until I started working at The Conversation that I really caught the medieval bug. Inspired by our academic experts, I’ve read books, trawled online archives, and when I worked on an article about the Book of Kells earlier this year, I…

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US election: what time do the polls close and when will the results be known? An expert explains

In November 2020, when Americans last went to the polls to elect a president, it took four days after voting closed for Joe Biden to be declared the winner.

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Cop16: the world’s largest meeting to save nature has ended with no clear path ahead

Progress at the UN’s biodiversity summit, Cop16, in Cali, Colombia, has been slow. Frustratingly so.

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Nigel Farage, AI and the revolt of the squeezed middle: class politics is about to get messier than ever

The neglect of working-class voters in the past few decades has had profound consequences for British political life. Disillusioned with the two main parties, many have turned to Nigel Farage’s Reform and others are simply not voting at all.

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Research and news relevance key factors driving the future of The Conversation – edition founder

I took a walk through the beautiful campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island recently, as I was in the city for the annual gathering of the various editions of The Conversation.

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Musk’s engagement on his X account has seen ‘particularly large boost’ since he backed Trump

Research found that while engagement went up for all accounts after July, Musk enjoyed a ‘particularly large boost’

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Cooling The Earth By Blocking Sunlight Is Relatively Simple — But Should We?

The risks of solar geoengineering will be magnified if critics are ignored and researchers are allowed to self-regulate.

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US election: Trump is threatening to turn back the tide on America’s environmental laws and reverse climate progress

The Cuyahoga River, which runs through downtown Cleveland, Ohio, used to catch fire every decade or so. It started in the 1860s, when the river became choked with industrial waste, and the conflagrations continued all the way until the 1960s – the same decade that Americans got serious about environmental…

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Trump’s Detroit insults are based on old narratives local media are rewriting every day

Michigan’s swing-state status means people are talking about Detroit.

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How the state of our oceans is intrinsically linked to human health – new report

A new study published in the journal OneEarth explores how marine biodiversity conservation, human health and wellbeing are connected. The results suggest that marine protected areas can be good for both planet and people. These areas of the ocean are legally recognised by governments as being important for marine conservation.…

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Overshooting 1.5°C is risky – that’s why we need to hedge our bets

The global response to climate change has gained momentum since the 2015 Paris agreement, yet it remains inadequate to meet the scale of the challenge. That agreement established the goal of holding global warming to well below 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. To achieve this,…

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Fear, hope and the economy: what is motivating Americans as they decide who to vote for – podcast

Amid deep political polarization and extreme campaign rhetoric, the U.S. presidential election on November 5 is likely to be decided by a small number of voters in swing states such as Pennsylvania and Michigan. But why is it so close?

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What are Veblen and Giffen goods?

This article is part of The Conversation’s “Business Basics” series where we ask experts to discuss key concepts in business, economics and finance.

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Can a superstar hippo help save Africa’s rainforests?

The world’s first superstar hippo lives in a zoo in Thailand. Moo Deng shot to fame soon after she was born in July this year, thanks to viral videos that showed off her cute expressions and chirpy demeanour. Yet the story of her species is less happy, and reveals the…

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Three judges announced for The Conversation Prize for writers

The Conversation UK, Curtis Brown and Faber are pleased to announce our three judges for The Conversation Prize for writers: Miriam Frankel, senior science editor at The Conversation UK, Priya Atwal, historian, broadcaster and community history fellow at the University of Oxford, and Alice Hunt, professor of early modern literature…

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How does REACH, the EU regulation governing chemical substances, work?

Adopted by the European Union in 2006, the REACH regulation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) governs the manufacture and use of chemical substances in Europe. Despite its importance, REACH has often been criticised for being slow and complex. These concerns prompted calls for reform as part of the…

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We can’t solve family violence until we include violence between siblings in the conversation

Domestic and family violence (DFV) has received increasing attention in recent years. It is most commonly associated with intimate partner violence between current and former partners, followed by abuse perpetrated against children by their parents and carers.

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Plans to cool the Earth by blocking sunlight are gaining momentum but critical voices risk being excluded

Solar geoengineering research is advancing fast, after a recent flurry of funding announcements. Yet these technologies are still speculative and have many critics, and we worry their concerns won’t be heard. If geoengineering is essentially allowed to self-regulate, with no effective global governance, future research could easily take us down…

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