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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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Middle East
How the Iran War is related to the real winner of the Iraq War 20 years ago
By Farah N. Jan and The ConversationMarch 10, 2026
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Middle East
Something’s different about America since the early 2000s and it has to do with drill, baby, drill
By Amy Myers Jaffe and The ConversationMarch 10, 2026
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Big Tech
Big tech has defeated everything for 30 years, but for the first time faces something it can’t control: a jury
By Carolina Rossini and The ConversationMarch 10, 2026
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Environment
The last 3 years were the hottest ever recorded. Here’s why we may look back at them as some of the coolest we remember
By Michael Wysession and The ConversationMarch 6, 2026
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AI
We’re economists who designed a chatbot to help our students reason instead of cheat. Meet ‘Macro Buddy’
By Saharnaz Babaei-Balderlou, Shishir Shakya and The ConversationMarch 6, 2026
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Middle East
Pete Hegseth called it ‘quiet death’—the first time a U.S. sub fired a torpedo and hit an enemy ship since the 1940s
By James Dwyer and The ConversationMarch 6, 2026
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Health
GLP-1s cure hunger for a lot more than food, my study of 600,000 people suggests
By Ziyad Al-Aly and The ConversationMarch 6, 2026
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Commentary
One key difference on America and Iran, then and now: the CIA had a plan for what would happen in 1953
By Gregory F. Treverton and The ConversationMarch 4, 2026
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Middle East
Top diplomat on Middle Eastern regime change as a losing game: ‘U.S. history in that area of the world is not good with this’
By Donald Heflin and The ConversationMarch 1, 2026
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Middle East
Former Trump security advisor sees no off-ramp this time around for Iran, Israel and America
By Javed Ali and The ConversationMarch 1, 2026
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AI
Why Pennsylvania sits at the center of the big data-center power problem
By Shixiang (Woody) Zhu and The ConversationFebruary 26, 2026
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He worked 100-hour weeks to save a nearly bankrupt boat company. At 83, he’s just turned down $400 million for it—and gave it all to charity insteadplaceholder alt text
By Preston ForeJuly 29, 2026
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By Sydney LakeJuly 29, 2026
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