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Energy
Iran and the U.S. live in 2 different worlds, law of the sea expert says—and both of those are different from most maritime law
By Elizabeth Mendenhall and The ConversationApril 15, 2026
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Energy
A global food emergency: Why the closed Strait of Hormuz puts half the world’s calories at risk
By Aya S. Chacar and The ConversationApril 9, 2026
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Economy
Americans hate the economy so much, they’re buying $22 smoothies
By Yuanyuan (Gina) Cui, Patrick Van Esch and The ConversationApril 9, 2026
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Environment
Newt Gingrich wants to drop a nuke on the Strait of Hormuz. America actually looked at the same thing in 1977 in Latin America
By The Conversation and Christine KeinerApril 3, 2026
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Health
Cancer’s grim calculus for the young: their insurance status can determine how long they survive
By Rhonda Winegar, Tara Martin, Zhaoli Liu and The ConversationApril 1, 2026
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Politics
NASA is finally going back to the moon, with Artemis II. What took so long?
By Emily A. Margolis and The ConversationMarch 31, 2026
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Energy
The Strait of Hormuz crisis is drawing eyes to another point nearby: ‘the Gate of Tears’
By Flavio Macau and The ConversationMarch 31, 2026
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Cybersecurity
What if I told you the ‘AI slop’ debate was over 100 years old? It used to be about ‘ghostwriting’
By Emily Hodgson Anderson and The ConversationMarch 27, 2026
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Health
‘The Pitt’ shows an ER getting shut down by a cyberattack that is totally true to life
By Jeffrey Tully, Christian Dameff and The ConversationMarch 26, 2026
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Future of Work
Seattle passed a law to pay gig workers more and it backfired for one reason: economics
By Andrew Garin, Brian K. Kovak, Yuan An and The ConversationMarch 19, 2026
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Energy
Meet the Jones Act, the law that has made gas more expensive for Americans for decades
By Christopher Niezrecki and The ConversationMarch 19, 2026
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Energy
Plastics, fertilizers, clothing, medicines and electronics: $100-a-barrel oil has huge downstream consequences
By André O. Hudson and The ConversationMarch 11, 2026
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Commentary
There’s one particular way the Iran War is different from all the others in American history
By Charles Walldorf and The ConversationMarch 11, 2026
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Middle East
The Strait of Hormuz isn’t totally closed. Meet the ‘shadow fleet’
By Charles Edward Gehrke and The ConversationMarch 11, 2026
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North America
Bill Gates was a top 3 philanthropist last year as the ultrawealthy gave away $22.4 billion — but he didn’t take the top spot
By David Campbell, Hans Peter Schmitz, Lindsey McDougle and The ConversationMarch 10, 2026
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