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China has just cut the ribbon on a mammoth new base on Australia’s doorstep, a remote and wintry outpost in Antarctica that the country insists poses no threat to the world. But some experts aren’t convinced, saying the facility is “inherently dual-use” and part of Beijing’s “strategic frontiers” – andContinue Reading

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Investigators will travel to American research stations in Antarctica in response to longtime allegations of sexual misconduct there – described as a “pervasive problem”. Agents from the watchdog office that oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF) are expected to arrive at the continent’s largest research hub, McMurdo Station, on Monday.Continue Reading