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5 futures for Venezuela
Robert Muggah | January 5, 2026What are the possible consequences for the U.S. and Venezuela after the predawn U.S. military operation that spirited Nicolás Maduro and his wife out of Venezuela and into U.S. custody.
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Hybrid new year!
Barbara Plester | January 5, 2026For jobs that allow it, hybrid work is the new normal, allowing employees to work from home as well as the office, so both workers and managers must navigate new ways to keep people connected, social and happy in the blended workplace.
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How it went down
R. Evan Ellis | January 5, 2026Whatever the international legitimacy or political wisdom of Trump’s assault on Venezuela, the US military executed a well-planned combined arms operation.
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Trump snatches Maduro
Andrew Gawthorpe | January 4, 2026Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, has been apprehended and flown to the US where the US attorney-general has announced he will face charges of drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.
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Writing in the ancient world
Konstantine Panegyres | January 4, 2026The art of writing may be about to wither now anyone can autogenerate empty AI slop at the touch of a button, but it flourished in the ancient world despite the primitive technology of its production.
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Trump’s battered wife
Roger Chao | January 4, 2026Donald Trump’s abuse of the political norms and expectations of the United States resembles to coercion and abuse of a battered wife.
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Machines like us
Roger Chao | January 3, 2026Will the embodiment of artificial intelligence into human-like androids and other robots empower people or replace them?
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The albatross did follow
Open Forum | January 3, 2026New research has raised hopes of reducing the toll of commercial long-line fishing on large seabirds between Australia and South America.
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The magnificent seven
Roberta Garrett | January 3, 2026Many people resolve to read more at the turn of the year, so here are seven books from 2025 offering fascinating glimpses into other cultures and people’s lives.
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From outback to orbit
Larry James | January 2, 2026From monitoring drought conditions and managing farmland, to delivering broadband in the outback and keeping planes safely in the sky, space technology touches almost every part of modern life. But with that increased reliance comes growing risk.
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A handful of dust
Bennet Thomas | January 2, 2026Engineers from Monash University are flipping the script on how we source critical metals. Instead of digging deeper into the Earth, they’re turning to the unlikeliest of places – coal fly ash, the powdery waste left behind by burning brown coal.
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Inside Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel
Graham Currie | January 2, 2026The newly opened Melbourne Metro Tunnel is a 9km twin tunnel with five new underground stations in central Melbourne and is the largest upgrade of public transport in Melbourne since the City Loop more than 40 years ago.
