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“When you see important societal actors — be it university presidents, media outlets, C.E.O.s, mayors, governors — changing their behavior in order to avoid the wrath of the government, that’s a sign that we’ve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism.” 🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

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Beijing’s latest R&D budget turbocharges a quest for science leadership in the 21st century, in contrast to Trump’s push to axe spending 🇨🇳🇺🇸 www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

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Standardized production of bone tools by our ancestors pushed back 1 million years ⛏️🦴 phys.org/news/2025-03...

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“We tell ourselves we’ve moved on and hardly talk about the disease or all the people who died or the way the trauma and tumult have transformed us. But Covid changed everything around us. This is how.” 🦠🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Parts of a carved and decorated traditional ocean-going canoe (waka) found in the Chatham Islands, around 800km east of New Zealand, could be the most significant discovery of its kind in Polynesia ⛏️🇳🇿 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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“America’s brightest minds – from artificial intelligence (AI) wizards to biomedical pioneers – appear to be plotting a Plan B, fleeing an administration widely regarded as hostile to scientific research or, more fundamentally, to knowledge itself.” 🇺🇸🛫 www.straitstimes.com/opinion/trum...

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Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit southeast Queensland – the first in 50 years to strike so far south 🌀🇦🇺 theconversation.com/cyclone-alfr...

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What Scientists Just Discovered About COVID-19’s Hidden Death Toll 🦠 scitechdaily.com/what-scienti...

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James Cameron says US under Trump is ‘horrifying’ as he becomes New Zealand citizen 🇳🇿 www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...

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Wine vessel could spill secrets of Europe’s oldest language 🏺 www.thetimes.com/article/72ff...

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“Mao, who would have welcomed the catastrophe now unfolding in America, must be looking down from his Marxist-Leninist heaven with a smile, as the East wind may finally be prevailing over the West wind – a dream for which he had long hoped.” 🇺🇸🇨🇳 www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/d...

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White Lotus does Thailand dirty 📺🇹🇭 theconversation.com/white-lotus-...

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"From immigration rules to trade wars, these changes will make travel to and within the US a lot more complicated and way less appealing. It's like putting up a giant 'Do not enter' sign just as the world is getting back into full travel mode.” 🛂🇺🇸 www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

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“Over the long term, [limiting immigration] could make all of Germany start to look more like the left-behind regions: an aging, shrinking population struggling to maintain public services and economic growth.” 🇩🇪 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/w...

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Koh Mak: The tiny island that's redefining travel to Thailand 🏝️🇹🇭 www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

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America’s loss, China’s gain: top Chinese universities welcome PhD refugees from the US 🎓🇺🇸🇨🇳 www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

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“Before 2006, there was a general belief among young people that things would somehow work out for them…. That has diminished since the pandemic.” 🇩🇪 www.straitstimes.com/world/europe...

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Ancient seafarers in Southeast Asia may have built advanced boats 40,000 years ago ⛏️⛵️ phys.org/news/2025-02...

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Baku, 2008. Waiting for the ferry to Turkmenbashi…🇦🇿🇹🇲

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Just 17% of Japan citizens hold passport 🛂🇯🇵 Wow… www.france24.com/en/live-news...

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Chinese team finds new bat coronavirus that could infect humans via same route as Covid-19 🦠🦇 www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

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Evaluating animal consciousness 🧠 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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“And so all we are left with is a floundering superpower with depleted military prowess, a broken economic model, a crisis-ridden democracy and an openly thuggish demeanour. The fall of US power is anything but dignified.” 🇺🇸 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Hunting Egypt’s lost pharaoh: Briton makes ‘find of the century’ ⛏️🇪🇬 www.thetimes.com/article/c302...

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“Ukrainians, and many Europeans…fear a new Munich, with the gilded chambers and acres of polished marble of the Diriyah Palace auditioning for the role of a latter-day Führerbau, the venue in September 1938 for the betrayal and carve-up of Czechoslovakia.” 🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Giant carnivorous plant newly described to science 🌱🇲🇾 Beautiful. cosmosmagazine.com/nature/plant...

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“…another factor was the ‘baseless accusations and suspicions’ Chinese people faced in the US – a reference to projects such as the China Initiative, which was launched in 2018 and targeted scientists suspected of having links to Beijing and stealing technology.” 🇨🇳🇺🇸 www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

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Silk Road merchants may have introduced cats to China 1400 years ago 🐈 www.science.org/content/arti...

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500-year-old Transylvanian diaries show how the Little Ice Age completely changed life and death in the region 📜❄️ phys.org/news/2025-02...

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“The U.S.’s inward turn, with a focus on domestic priorities under Trump 2.0…will reinforce the view that China is a more reliable partner, especially in regions like Southeast Asia, where U.S. economic ties were once prized.” 🇨🇳🇺🇸🌏 asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Chin...

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Tibetan tree rings highlight link between climate change and fall of major Chinese dynasties 🌲🇨🇳 www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

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Record January heat suggests La Niña may be losing its ability to keep global warming in check 🔥🌎 theconversation.com/record-janua...

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“The average household’s income has declined by at least 3 per cent over the past five years. Industrial production has fallen 10 per cent below pre-Covid levels.” 🇩🇪 www.thetimes.com/article/abd5...

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“Unlike Western donors, China’s engagement in the region did not shift with every election cycle…making it ‘a more predictable and strategic partner.’” 🇨🇳🇺🇸 www.scmp.com/week-asia/po...

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“The harm that will be done to research universities in the process may be viewed as a bonus by a populist political movement that has shown a consistent disdain for expertise.” 🔬🇺🇸 arstechnica.com/science/2025...

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Casinos, high-rises and fraud: The BBC visits a bizarre city built on scams 🇲🇲 www.bbc.com/news/article...

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“The whole block of ice is sliding on water and mud.” 🧊🇬🇱 Yikes… www.science.org/content/arti...

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