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Afghan data leak: how selective state secrecy and cover-ups can harm civilians
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Victoria Canning, Professor of Criminology, Lancaster University In 2022, somebody in the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) mistakenly shared a spreadsheet containing the personal information associated with 18,714 Afghans and their family members. This data breach, and the efforts to cover it up, raises serious questions…
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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…