Scott Pace, the head of the National Space Council during the first Trump administration, talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the launch of Artemis II crewed mission round the Moon.
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket will launch a crewed capsule into orbit and then on a mission around the Moon.
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Climate scientist Philippe Ciais speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about new research explaining why global levels of methane spiked during the pandemic.
A Iranian drone attack hits an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates on March 4.
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Daniel Cueto-Villalobos speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the origins of people in Minneapolis coming together to protect their neighbours.
William “The Refrigerator” Perry of the Chicago Bears scored a 1-yard touchdown in the third quarter of Super Bowl XX against the New England Patriots on January 26, 1986.
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Amin Naeni, an expert on digital authoritarianism, tracks how Iran built the capability to shutdown the internet. Listen on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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Anthropologist Michael Rose speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how a official sounded the alarm about organised crime in Timor-Leste.
US President Donald Trump raised claims of a white genocide with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at a tense meeting at the White House in May.
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Political scientist Carolyn Holmes speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the history of American interest in South Africa’s white Afrikaner minority.
Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast to hear flu expert Ian Barr describe how the global system works to choose the strains of flu to vaccinate against each year.
Blue skies above Beijing in 2025.
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Atmospheric scientist Laura Wilcox talks to The Conversation Weekly about the measures China took to improve its air pollution – and the unintended consequences for the climate.
Climate scientist Nadir Jeevanjee speaks on The Conversation Weekly podcast about how the pioneers of climate modelling got many of their predictions right.
Bodies on the street of a favelha in Rio de Janiero after a deadly raid on October 28.
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Robert Muggah, an expert in organised crime in Brazil, explains the origins of the Commando Vermehlo, the gang targeted in a deadly raid in Rio de Janeiro in late October.