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The Gulf built oil pipelines to avoid Hormuz. It’s now doing the same for data
Six competing projects backed by Gulf nations are racing to build overland data routes to Europe through Syria, Iraq, and the Horn of Africa, aiming to give the region an…
47 years of deep mistrust and misperception paved the way to war between Iran and the US − and complicate any negotiations
Trust between Iran and the United States was shattered long ago. Sean Gladwell, Moment/Getty Images It has been said that trust is like glass: Once it is shattered, nothing will ever be the same. In the case of the enduring…
Iran war: 4 big questions that help clarify the future of the Middle East
A plume of smoke rises from a warehouse in the industrial area of Sharjah City in the United Arab Emirates, following reports of Iranian strikes elsewhere in the region on March 1, 2026. AP Photo/Altaf Qadri The war that the…
This Sunshine Week, Florida reflects an alarming national trend of blocking the public’s access to information
By all measures, the ability to see what the government is up to in the United States has plummeted to new depths since the beginning of the second Trump administration. For National Sunshine Week in 2025, I wrote about secrecy…
Trump’s war against Iran is uniquely unpopular among US military actions of the past century
Fire breaks out at the Shahran oil depot after U.S. and Israeli attacks in Tehran on March 8, 2026. Hassan Ghaedi/Anadolu via Getty Images It’s clear that regime change is among the biggest objectives of the U.S. war in Iran.…
Mining the ocean floor: 5 deep-sea sources of critical minerals essential to technology, and the fragile marine life at risk
A mechanical claw holds a polymetallic nodule, one of several seafloor sources of critical minerals. ROV-Team/GEOMAR via Wikimedia, CC BY You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to…
Why cloud service outages ripple across the internet – and the economy
A cloud outage in 2024 disrupted air travel around the world. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin When most people think about the internet, they likely picture websites and apps. What they rarely see are the invisible services that make those experiences…
Making good choices when life gets messy – practical wisdom relies on human judgment, not rules
This virtue helps you figure out when and how to apply the other virtues in real, varying situations. Cavan Images/Cavan via Getty Images A few semesters into my teaching career as a psychology professor, I uncovered a cheating ring. I…
Astrophysicists trace the origin of valuable metals in space, from colliding stars to merging galaxies
This artist’s impression shows two tiny but very dense neutron stars at the point at which they merge and explode. ESO Calçada Kornmesser, CC BY Billions of light years away in a remote part of the universe, two neutron stars…