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Millions will go hungry if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed

Expensive fuel and fertiliser will lead to smaller harvests and higher prices

Risky Business #833 -- The Great Mythos Freakout of 2026

On this week’s show, Patrick Gray, Adam Boileau and James Wilson discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. They cover: Everyone has an opinion about Clau...

Local Insights: At the 13th Baku Global Forum, global participants look to China for new path of multilateralism and stability

If it starts, a nuclear-arms race will be unstoppable

A sobering interview with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Artemis 2, Apollo 8, and the problem with history

Artemis 2 has drawn parallels to Apollo 8 not just because of the profile of the missions but also because of geopolitical factors. Dwayne Day reexami...

Opening the path to the lunar surface

The splashdown of Artemis 2 Friday marked both the successful end of the mission and the completion of a key step in NASA's plans to return humans to ...

Strategic celestography and lunar competition: Artemis, CLEP, and the struggle for positional advantage

As the United States and China race to the Moon, both countries are considering bases in the same south polar region. Glenn Scofield discusses how thi...

A tale of two Martian cities

What is the right governance model for future Martian settlements? Thomas Gangale examines two very models for how people might be governed, or govern...

Risky Business #832 -- Anthropic unveils magical 0day computer God

On this week’s show, Patrick Gray, Adam Boileau and James Wilson discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. They cover: Anthropic’s new Mythos model hunts...

When emigration helps bad rulers survive

A new book finds links between mass migration and democratic backsliding worldwide

Artemis eclipses

Artemis 2 successfully launched last week, with the Orion spacecraft flying around the Moon on the first crewed lunar mission in more than half a cent...

Ownership without oversight: Australia's on-orbit supervision gap

The recent sale of an imaging satellite already in orbit to an Australian company has uncovered a gap in how the country regulates space activities. J...