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Loitering without intent: how taking aimless walks can create community and help you feel part of a city

I love walking, and think it can change the world, but I hate wellbeing walks. I’m more interested in how walking can connect us to the places we dwell and the people we dwell with.

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Minding the gap between the art of deal-making and the art of diplomacy, or how to handle Donald Trump

Since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, his shock tactics and explosive actions have made waves on the world stage. There is no shortage of adjectives characterising Donald Trump’s international modus operandi: narcissistic, transgressive, unpredictable and erratic, boastful, clumsy, even vulgar, dishonest, brutal… His tweets and curt sentence-based internal…

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There have been 59 royal arrests in UK history – Charles I was not the last before Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, brother to King Charles III, on suspicion of misconduct in office has come as a shock to many. Numerous articles in diverse media have described the arrest of a member of the royal family as “unprecedented”.

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Misconduct in public office: three reasons why the case against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is so complex

Following the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor for possible misconduct in public office, both the palace and the government will be hoping that his case might be brought to a swift conclusion. There are three main reasons why this is unlikely.

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Crowdfunded generosity isn’t taxable – but IRS regulations haven’t kept up with the growth of mutual aid

Have you ever received some money through a GoFundMe campaign or Venmo or CashApp transfers after a medical emergency, natural disaster or other crisis?

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What is Bluetooth and how does it work?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

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Picky eating starts in the womb – a nutritional neuroscientist explains how to expand your child’s palate

It’s 5:45 p.m. and you’ve just arrived home after a long day at work. You’d like nothing more than a glass of pinot and to binge old episodes of your favorite show. Into the kitchen comes young Sally, your food-adventurous 8-year-old. “I’m hungry, what’s for dinner?”

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Algorithms that customize marketing to your phone could also influence your views on warfare

When a coupon suddenly appears on your phone as you approach a store, you might find it convenient and even helpful. But the same AI systems that know where you are and try to influence your purchases can be used to infer what you fear, what you trust and which…

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How transparent policies can protect Florida school libraries amid efforts to ban books

Florida has ranked No. 1 in the United States when it comes to banning books for the past three years, with 2,300 books removed or restricted from public school libraries.

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Colleges face a choice: Try to shape AI’s impact on learning, or be redefined by it

What happens to a college education when a chatbot can draft an essay, summarize a reading and generate computer code in seconds? The arrival of artificial intelligence in college classrooms has been swift and, for many schools, disorienting.

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Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter to begin with

When a 5-inch-by-4-inch red chalk drawing of a woman’s foot by Michelangelo sold at auction for US$27.2 million on Feb. 5, 2026, it blew past the $1.5 million to $2 million it was expected to receive.

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Meekness isn’t weakness – once considered positive, it’s one of the ‘undersung virtues’ that deserve defense today

What do you envision when you think of meekness?

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How Homeland Security’s subpoenas and databases of protesters threaten the ‘uninhibited, robust, and wide-open’ free speech protected by Supreme Court precedent

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reportedly issuing administrative subpoenas to identify anonymous social media accounts that criticize U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Google, Meta and Reddit have complied with at least some of those requests, according to The New York Times.

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Can African penguins be brought back from the brink? Better designed no-fishing zones could help

South Africa is home to 88% of the world’s colonies of African penguins (Spheniscus demersus). The species is classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. This means there is a high risk the birds could go extinct in the wild following rapid population declines.

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Ghana’s cities are getting hotter: they need more trees to keep them cool

Ghana’s cities are expanding at a breathtaking pace. From Madina to Cape Coast, from Sekondi-Takoradi to Tamale, concrete infrastructure are rising, wetlands are shrinking, and open lands are disappearing. But something else is rising quietly alongside this growth. Heat. And not just ordinary heat – dangerous urban heat.

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Forgiveness isn’t always easy, but studies show it can help you flourish

Being hurt by others is common and can be deeply painful. How we respond can affect our individual and collective well-being. Which raises the question of forgiveness.

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Could the experiences of twins help explain why we don’t trust politicians?

In many democracies today, trust in politics is either very low or in decline.

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Anxiety in teenagers linked to sugary drinks – new research

Anxiety affects an estimated one in five teenagers. The condition can seriously affect their social lives, school performance and overall wellbeing. And, worryingly, anxiety disorders that begin during adolescence often continue into adulthood.

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Drug murders in France: how organised crime moves in and ruins communities

France has reached what has been called a “turning point” in its relationship with drugs cartels after Medhi Kessaci the innocent 20-year-old brother of anti-drug activist Amine Kessaci was shot dead in Marseille last November.

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Molecules found in Martian rock hint at ancient life – new study

A new study of carbon-based molecules in a Martian rock offers new hints about the possibility that the red planet once hosted life.

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DNA study uncovers continental origins of Britain’s bronze age population

When ancient DNA studies began to gain attention, little more than a decade ago, the view took hold among geneticists that everything we thought we knew about the peopling of Europe by modern humans was wrong. The story was simpler than anyone was expecting: Europe was settled in just three…

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How climate scientists balance the tension between research and public protest – new study

From marches and demonstrations to civil disobedience, scientists are increasingly turning to climate protest. As a social psychologist, I’ve been investigating why researchers – who are trained to value scientific norms of objectivity and restraint – choose to engage in such public and sometimes disruptive action.

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View from The Hill: Chris Minns makes sense on ISIS brides’ children, while opposition adds to scaremongering

Among today’s leaders, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns is notable in a couple of ways.

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Jean Tong’s Do Not Pass Go is Kafka for the modern corporate age

In the shadow of Franz Kafka’s visionary dystopian fiction, the faceless, hierarchical machinery of bureaucracy has long served as a symbol of quiet, grinding despair. Kafka’s institutions are at once impenetrable and absurd, systems that trap individuals in a perpetual tension between resignation and the faint, flickering hope of change.

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Severe flooding – in central Australia? How a vast humid air mass could soak the desert

On average, Australia’s driest town, Oodnadatta, gets just 172mm of rain a year. But the small town in inland South Australia is likely to get two years’ worth of rain in a single week.

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