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Lions rugby tour: why visual training, including juggling, can be a secret weapon in elite sports
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Zoe Wimshurst, Senior Lecturer of Sport Psychology, Health Sciences University Odua Images/Shutterstock Much of the pre-series attention on the 2025 British and Irish Lions tour of Australia has been on injuries, player omissions and personal rivalries. One of those rivalries involves the Australian sensation Joseph-Akuso Suaalii…
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Florida plan to deputize National Guard officers as immigration judges at Alligator Alcatraz would likely violate constitutional rights
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Raquel Aldana, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis President Donald Trump visits Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Florida on July 1, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Seeking to expand Florida’s role in federal immigration enforcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in May 2025 submitted the state’s…
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Leaders in India, Hungary and the US are using appeals to nostalgia and nationalism to attack higher education
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Riyad A. Shahjahan, Professor of Higher, Adult and Life Long Education, Michigan State University Two scholars argue that nostalgia and resentment fuel government attacks on universities. Rick Friedman/AFP Harvard University is under siege by the Trump administration – and the world is watching. But this…
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About a third of pregnant women in the US lack sufficient vitamin D to support healthy pregnancies − new research
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Melissa Melough, Assistant Professor of Nutrition Science, University of Delaware Higher vitamin D levels in a mother’s blood during pregnancy have been linked to higher IQ scores in early childhood and reduced behavioral problems. gpointstudio/iStock via Getty Images Children whose mothers had higher vitamin D…
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‘I just couldn’t stop crying’: How prison affects Black men’s mental health long after they’ve been released
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Helena Addison, Postdoctoral fellow, Yale University Black men who have been incarcerated have elevated rates of PTSD, depression and psychological distress. da-kuk/E+ Collection via Getty Images Mike returned home to Philadelphia after a 15-year prison sentence and suffered an emotional breakdown. “I just couldn’t stop…
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Can AI think – and should it? What it means to think, from Plato to ChatGPT
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Ryan Leack, Assistant Professor of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Ancient Greek concepts about intelligence can shed light on 21st-century tech they never knew. agsandrew/iStock via Getty Images Plus In my writing and rhetoric courses, students have plenty of opinions on…
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EU efforts to measure companies’ environmental impacts have global effects. Here’s how to make them more just
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By Mira Manini Tiwari, Research Associate at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute If you choose to buy a sustainable product at the supermarket, or invest in a sustainable portfolio at your bank, how far does that sustainability reach? Does the product’s “sustainable”…
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Why did the government hide a data leak about Afghans working with British forces and why did the courts finally reveal it?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alexandros Antoniou, Senior Lecturer in Media Law, University of Essex William Barton/Shutterstock When thousands of Afghans were quietly flown to the UK under a secret relocation scheme, few knew it was triggered by an error. A defence official had accidentally leaked the personal data of nearly…
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Scroll, watch, burn: sunscreen misinformation and its real‑world damage
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rachael Kent, Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy & Society Education, Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London Krakenimages.com/Shutterstock On a sunny afternoon, I was scrolling through social media when I came across a video of a young woman tossing her sunscreen into a bin. “I don’t…
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Immigrants in Europe and North America earn 18% less than natives – here’s why
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Are Skeie Hermansen, Professor of Sociology, University of Oslo F Armstrong Photography/Shutterstock As many countries grapple with ageing populations, falling birthrates, labour shortages and fiscal pressures, the ability to successfully integrate immigrants is becoming an increasingly pressing matter. However, our new study found that salaries…