#sovereign legitimacy
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Science & Nature
Dark Oxygen: The Abyssal Battery Rewriting Marine Biology
New evidence reveals that polymetallic nodules on the abyssal seafloor generate oxygen through seawater electrolysis, creating a 'dark oxygen' source that complicates the future of deep-sea mining and global marine policy.
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History & Ideas
Artifacts Are the New Hard Currency of State Legitimacy
From Italy's art hit squads to the strategic archaeology of the West Bank, cultural heritage has ceased to be a matter of museum curation and has become a high-stakes instrument of sovereign power and diplomatic leverage.
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