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How next-generation photovoltaics could contribute to electricity storage

Due to the falling price of silicon solar cells, as well as their manageable size, the sight of solar panels on household rooftops has become a familiar one. However, solar energy, as many other sustainable forms of energy, is intermittent. At peak moments, such as on sunny summer days, the…

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Lessons from South Africa on how parks and community gardens can help cities adapt to climate change

Climate change is affecting cities more and more. This creates major challenges, but it also gives fast-growing cities, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, the chance to adapt to global warming in new and better ways.

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Nigeria’s federal police force has failed, but what does history say about local forces?

The Nigerian Senate passed a bill on 24 June 2026 establishing state police in the 36 states of the country. The passage of the executive bill, sent to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, officially opens the way to dismantle the decades-old structure of the Nigeria Police Force and…

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South Sudan’s first elections won’t be perfect – but another delay could be even riskier

South Sudan is expected to hold an election on 22 December 2026, the first in the country’s history. It’s already been postponed twice, in 2022 and 2024.

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View from The Hill: Labor’s ‘managed democracy’ reaches high point as blanket thrown over Israel-Gaza dissent

Labor national conference has been a textbook exercise in managed democracy.

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What we’ve learned from Andy Burnham’s first week as prime minister

The changing of prime ministers, rather than marking epochs, has become rather commonplace. For the politically minded, that doesn’t mean that each is without the hovering of Tony Blair’s “hand of history”. A new premiership may last 49 days, or ten years. But a truly remarkable set of circumstances would…

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A 1952 Pan Am plane crash transformed passenger safety procedures – a former airline pilot explains how

On Good Friday, April 11 1952, a Pan American Douglas DC-4 named Clipper Endeavor took off from San Juan in Puerto Rico, bound for New York. On board were 64 passengers including six infants, plus five crew.

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What repeated blows to the head in sport may mean for dementia risk

There is now widespread evidence that years of heading, tackling and collisions in football and rugby could increase the risk of dementia and other neurological diseases.

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Force of Nature shows how extreme weather pushes wildlife to its limits

A chimpanzee digging for water in a dried-up Senegalese riverbed. A colony of 40,000 flamingos scattered by a hurricane. A polar bear hunting on ice that is disappearing beneath its feet. These are not scenes from some distant climate-altered future. They are happening right now. And this year they are…

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A sweary boss might make you work harder (or want to quit)

Some people love to swear. In the workplace, some of those people might be in charge.

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The Piano: how the viral appeal of pianists in public spaces is not so different from 19th-century music salons

Why have public displays of piano playing become so compelling? At railway stations, shopping centres and airports, an instrument usually associated with concert halls bursts into everyday life. In the space of a few moments, shoppers and passengers become an audience – and once a recording of the performance is…

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Should paper checks be abolished like the penny?

Germany is getting rid of paper checks at the end of 2027. Australia is bidding them farewell by 2030. U.S. President Donald Trump followed up his order killing off the penny with an executive order stopping check writing by the federal government.

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Is withholding federal counterterrorism funds from states – as FEMA has threatened – legal?

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued new grant guidelines that threaten to withhold counterterrorism funds from states that do not comply with President Donald Trump’s election security directives.

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Colorado prepares for screwworms, as the pest that was eradicated in 1966 returns to the US

New World screwworm, a concerning pest that mainly impacts livestock and wildlife, was detected in South Texas in June 2026. It has since expanded northward in Texas, and there was one case in New Mexico as of July 23, 2026.

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How do scientists know if climate change made a heat wave, extreme storm or wildfire worse?

When a devastating heat wave, hurricane, flood or wildfire strikes, people often want to know: How much did human-caused climate change influence this event, if at all?

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Pennsylvania roads are being coated in radioactive wastewater − here’s why

Pennsylvania’s roughly 100,000 oil and gas wells produce wastewater that’s many times saltier than seawater and contains radium, a known carcinogen. For decades, that saltwater, called brine, was spread on dirt and gravel roads across the state to control dust and also on paved roads to melt ice.

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The Benadryl Challenge isn’t going away – here’s how public health officials are trying to stop this deadly viral trend

A dangerous social media trend that started in 2020 has persisted into 2026, with heartbreaking consequences.

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South Dakota’s abortion pill advertising ban runs into free speech roadblock

South Dakota is having trouble enforcing a law banning advertising about abortion pills. On July 17, 2026, less than three weeks after the ban took effect on July 1, U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler issued an injunction blocking its enforcement.

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Millions of family caregivers manage complex diets for older relatives – often with little nutritional guidance

My first science experiment was in sixth grade for our county’s science fair. Over three months, I tested how my grandfather’s blood sugar responded to green leafy vegetables versus brown rice at dinnertime. My mom would prepare traditional South Indian meals, including those foods, and my dad would supervise as…

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The dog who waited for Odysseus: Argos reflects the deep human-animal bonds of ancient Greece

Homer’s Odyssey, with its fabulous monsters and intense tale of human endurance, was a natural candidate for Christopher Nolan’s latest Hollywood blockbuster. But amid all the fantasy and heroic human drama, there are two far more homely scenes in the poem which remain among the epic’s most memorable. Both involve…

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As Israel prepares for October election the government is accelerating its land grab in the West Bank and Gaza

Israel is gearing up for an election at the end of October. And, with the Likud party of the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, trailing in the polls, his government is pushing through measures which aim to dramatically expand Israeli control over Palestinian land on the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

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Wildfires: what can the UK and other nations learn from Australia’s world-leading fire response systems?

Wildfires are becoming a feature of the UK’s hotter, drier climate, as they are in much of Europe.

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Differences in human and great ape laughter reveal clues to the origin of speech

Humans are not the only animals that communicate. Birds sing to attract mates, dolphins use signature whistles that identify individuals, and many primates produce complex vocalisations that help them coordinate their social lives.

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Seven climate-friendly ways to transform your home

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

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Andy Burnham’s purge of the Starmerites may store up problems for the future

If he were alive today, Machiavelli would have enjoyed watching the first days of Andy Burnham’s premiership. An enemy of the Medicis, the Florentine diplomat (full name Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli) was a student of power. He would have appreciated the clarity, focus and – yes – the brutality…

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