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Why in-person dating is making a comeback — and why Gen Z is struggling with it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Treena Orchard, Associate Professor, School of Health Studies, Western University With the decline of dating apps, we are seeing a return to in-person dating activities like speed dating, running clubs and daytime raves. (Unsplash+) With plummeting subscriber numbers, rising costs and users who are sick of…
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More people are considering AI lovers, and we shouldn’t judge
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Neil McArthur, Director, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of Manitoba People are falling in love with their chatbots. There are now dozens of apps that offer intimate companionship with an AI-powered bot, and they have millions of users. A recent survey of users found…
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South African university programmes to support black students aren’t working. What needs to be done
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Anthea Adams, Lecturer: Academic Staff Development, Rhodes University Most universities and colleges have formal and informal programmes and initiatives to support student and staff development. Their goal is to create learning experiences that help students succeed academically. Typically, academic development practitioners design and run these programmes.…
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How the QAnon movement entered mainstream politics – and why the silence on Epstein files matters
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton QAnon supporters wait for Donald Trump to speak at a campaign rally at Atlantic Aviation on September 22, 2020, in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. eff Swensen/Getty Images The Justice Department asked a federal court on July 18,…
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How the ‘big, beautiful bill’ will deepen the racial wealth gap – a law scholar explains how it reduces poor families’ ability to afford food and health care
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio watch Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on television after the House passed the bill on July 3, 2025. Joyce N. Boghosian/White House via AP President Donald Trump has…
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Testosterone gel: what happens if it rubs off on other people
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Daniel Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, Sheffield Hallam University Marc Bruxelle/Shutterstock.com A case that first appeared in a medical journal several years ago has recently resurfaced in the media, highlighting an unexpected risk of hormone therapies: a baby girl in Sweden developed unusually large genitals after…
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A brief art history of adultery
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Natalie Hanley-Smith, Teaching fellow in early modern history, University of Warwick The Stolen Kiss by Jean Honore Fragonard (1787). Hermitage Museum A stolen glance across a crowded room, a shadowy figure slipping through a doorway, a lover hidden behind a curtain – adultery has long been…
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It doesn’t have to be welfare versus warfare. Changes that make tax fairer could fund both
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Giray Gozgor, Associate Professor of Economics & Finance, School of Management, University of Bradford Historically, UK spending on defence has often been pitted against welfare, education and local government. But at a time when the government has pledged to meet Nato’s target for defence spending –…
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Cynthia Erivo will be the most talked about Jesus of 2025 – but women have long retold the gospel
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sarah Parkhouse, British Academy Research Fellow, Centre for Biblical Studies, University of Manchester Cynthia Erivo, the award-winning actor and star of Wicked, will play Jesus Christ at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles between August 1 and 3 2025. Unsurprisingly perhaps, the casting of the Wicked…
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‘People who spent years saving lives are now struggling to survive’ – how we witnessed Trump’s USAID cuts devastate health programmes in Kenya
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rachael Eastham, Lecturer in Young People’s Health Inequalities, Division of Health Research, Lancaster University Homabay, Kenya, in February 2025. Rachael Eastham, CC BY My phone wouldn’t stop ringing – nurses, social workers, young mothers – all begging for help. ‘I’ve lost my job,’ ‘I have no…