Your Say: week beginning June 16

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Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. Wed love to hear from you, you can email us at [email protected] Monday June 16 No deal In the era where the US Defence Secretary is hinting...

Iran war: from the Middle East to America, history shows you cannot assassinate your way to peace

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In the late 1960s, the prevailing opinion among Israeli Shin Bet intelligence officers was that the key to defeating the Palestinian Liberation Organisation was to assassinate its then-leader Yasser Arafat. The elimination...

What is uranium enrichment and how is it used for nuclear bombs? A scientist explains

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Late last week, Israel targeted three of Irans key nuclear facilities Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, killing several Iranian nuclear scientists. The facilities are heavily fortified and largely underground, and there are...

Batman Begins turns 20: Nolan’s trilogy challenged power, but still sided with the system

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Christopher Nolans Dark Knight trilogy is often praised for bringing gritty realism and deeper political themes to superhero films. When Batman Begins premiered in 2005, it reimagined Gotham as a city undone by corruption,...

Trade in a mythical fish is threatening real species of rays that are rare and at risk

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From the Loch Ness monster to Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, to the jackalope of the U.S. West, mythical animals have long captured human imagination. Some people are so fascinated with mythical creatures that they...

Join us in Newcastle to discuss youth, masculinity and the political divide

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When the Netflix series Adolescence hit TV screens in March this year, its depiction of boyhood, violence and online misogyny sparked debates across the UK and beyond. As Young People editor at The Conversation, I knew...

Is Mars really red? A physicist explains the planet’s reddish hue and why it looks different to some telescopes

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People from cultures across the world have been looking at Mars since ancient times. Because it appears reddish, it has often been called the red planet. The English name for the planet comes from the Romans, who named it...