Study guides
Background for the stories in the news, written for readers who have not been following them: the basics, a timeline, the vocabulary and who is who.
Music
Voice models and performers' rights
Software can now learn a voice from recordings and make it sing or speak new lines. Who owns that voice, and who gets paid, is being settled in contracts and codes.
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Technology
Data centres and the power grid
Why the buildings that run online services need so much electricity, what that does to a local grid, and how grid operators decide who connects.
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Science
Deep-space missions
How spacecraft far from home stay in touch, what happens when they go quiet, and how to read a mission operator's updates.
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Film & TV
Documentary ethics
How much can a documentary arrange, repeat or rebuild before it stops being a record? A guide to the rules, the habits and the arguments behind them.
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Sport
Who may own a football club
Leagues decide who can buy a club and on what terms. A plain guide to ownership tests, state-linked buyers and why fans care who signs the cheques.
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Climate
Glacial lake floods
As glaciers retreat, lakes form behind the rubble they leave. Most stay put; some break out. How these lakes are watched, and why experts can disagree on the danger.
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Geopolitics
The Ilvar Delta dispute
Valdoria and the Kesh Federation both claim parts of the river mouth where the Ilvar meets the Merovan Sea. The argument is about shipping, fishing and a boundary that the river itself keeps moving.
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Politics
Lunevian elections
How Lunevia chooses its Assembly, why coalitions are the normal result, and what the 2026 snap election turns on.
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Business & Economy
Monetary unions
What it means for three countries to share one currency and one interest rate, and why the Northern Basin Monetary Union's decisions are argued over in every member capital.
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Society
Rent caps and rent regulation
Cities limit rent rises to protect tenants; critics say limits reduce the supply of homes. What a cap is, how it is measured and what the evidence from nearby cities shows.
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Climate
Shared rivers and drought
When a river crosses borders, every country upstream affects every country downstream. How shared rivers are measured, divided and argued over when the water runs low.
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