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Briefing: Chimps' taste for fermented fruit hints at origins of human love of alcohol

Strategic angle: Scientists analyzed the urine of wild chimpanzees who'd feasted on fallen fruit to see how much alcohol they consumed from the fermented sugars.

Editorial Staff Mar 9

Tech

Briefing: Congress must prevent AI surveillance. The Anthropic feud proves it

Strategic angle: A call to action for Congress to address the risks of AI surveillance highlighted by the Anthropic conflict.

Editorial Staff Mar 9

Travel

Briefing: Subaru Outback‘s Original Radiator Has More Than 300,000 Miles

Strategic angle: The owner takes it to a state park despite overheating issues.

Editorial Staff Mar 9

Politics

Briefing: Iran attacks Israel, Gulf states, after naming new leader on Day 10 of war

Strategic angle: The price of crude oil briefly neared $120 a barrel Monday as Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei the supreme leader and then launched new attacks at Israel and Gulf states.

Editorial Staff Mar 9

Politics

G7 Nations to Hold Emergency Meeting on Oil as Stock Markets Sink

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will join talks that may include the release of oil reserves.

Editorial Staff Mar 9

Politics

Briefing: “Save our girls”: crowd chases bus carrying Iranian women’s football team in Australia

Strategic angle: Crowds gathered on the Gold Coast, Australia, as a bus carrying the Iranian women’s national football team passed through the area.

Editorial Staff Mar 9

Sports

Briefing: 'Haven't seen anything like it in 10 years!' - how F1 reacted to first race of new era

Strategic angle: Formula 1's new era began with 120 overtakes including a feisty battle between George Russell and Charles Leclerc in the early phase of the Australian Grand Prix.

Editorial Staff Mar 9

Politics

Briefing: ‘Slopaganda’: Why the White House’s Hollywood-themed Iran war propaganda video is a new low

Strategic angle: The White House has drafted Tom Cruise, Walter White and Sith Lords in a propaganda video which celebrates the Iran strikes.

Editorial Staff Mar 9

Money

Oil prices ‘could breach $100 a barrel within days’ amid supply disruption from Iran war

The Guardian reports on potential spikes in oil prices due to ongoing conflicts.

Editorial Staff Mar 9

Money

Briefing: Congressional Democrats demand reversal of Russian oil sales into India as energy prices soar

Strategic angle: Russia is reportedly helping Iran target U.S. forces in the Middle East, and could now benefit from a windfall of new oil and gas sales.

Editorial Staff Mar 9