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How a cancer diagnosis ended the US-Iran relationship
Before Iran was the Islamic theocracy it is today, it was a monarchy for two and a half thousand years. The last Shah or king of Iran was overthrown …
6 months ago
Has the US busted Iran’s nuclear bomb plans?
The chaotic 12 days of the Israel-Iran war ended with the United States dropping bombs on Iran’s nuclear facilities, then quickly brokering a ceasefi…
6 months, 1 week ago
Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert on the bombing of Iran’s Evin prison
Israel recently bombed Iran’s notorious Evin prison, a place that Dr Kylie Moore Gilbert came to know all too well. The political scientist and autho…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Israel's drones have changed the future of war
For the last century, since the rise of mechanised and then nuclear warfare, defence budgets are designed to stop big existential attacks. Ships, pla…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Can the US Air Force bust Matt’s studio bunker?
The United States has dropped some very large bombs on Iran, inserting itself into what we are currently calling the Israel-Iran War, despite Donald …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Have ICE protests cracked Trump?
There is violence on the streets of America as anti-ICE protesters push back hard against the Trump Administration’s immigration policies.
In the ear…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Will any Prime Minister “Love Actually” Donald Trump?
It’s been a manic week in global politics. Trump and Musk have officially broken up, Americans have taken to the streets to protest ICE deportations……
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Trump and Elon's honeymoon is over
In news that will surprise no one, the big beautiful bromance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has finally come to an end.
Over the last week, ther…
7 months ago
Skunk oil and the butcher girl
While investigating the history of fluoride, Matt Bevan stumbled upon a regional newspaper insert from the 1940s called Modern Weekly News Magazine. …
7 months ago
RFK Jr v Fluoride
Putting fluoride in drinking water has often been called one of the most successful public health measures in human history. But since the very begin…
7 months, 1 week ago