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Tsunami warnings are triggering mass evacuations across the Pacific – even though the waves look small. Here’s why
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne Last night, one of the ten largest earthquakes ever recorded struck Kamchatka, the sparsely populated Russian peninsula facing the Pacific. The magnitude 8.8 quake had its epicentre in the…
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Emil Bove confirmed – his appeals court nomination echoed earlier controversies, but with a key difference
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Paul M. Collins Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst Emil Bove, Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as a federal appeals judge for the 3rd Circuit, is sworn in during a confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2025. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call,…
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How conspiracy theories about COVID’s origins are hampering our ability to prevent the next pandemic
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Edward C. Holmes, NHMRC Leadership Fellow and Professor of Virology, University of Sydney peterschreiber.media/Getty Images In late June, the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), a group of independent experts convened by the World Health Organization (WHO), published an assessment of…
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Women’s rights in the US are in real danger of going back to 1965 – so Jessie Murph’s new song is no laughing matter
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach 1965, a trending new song by TikTok sensation and country music rebel Jessie Murph, is prompting heated online conversation about the status of women…
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The giant cuttlefish’s technicolour mating display is globally unique. The SA algal bloom could kill them all
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Zoe Doubleday, Marine Ecologist and ARC Future Fellow, University of South Australia Great Southern Reef Foundation, CC BY-SA Every year off the South Australian coast, giant Australian cuttlefish come together in huge numbers to breed. They put on a technicolour display of blue, purple, green,…
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Summer has brought both hope and questions for Ukraine amid Donald Trump’s posturing
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By James Horncastle, Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University United States President Donald Trump has recently issued various threats towards Russia amid his apparent mounting frustration with Russian leader Vladmir Putin. These threats also occur at a time when…
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Psychedelic drug DMT and near death experiences have long been linked – my study is the first to explore the connection in depth
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michael Pascal, Lecturer in Psychology , University of Greenwich BLACKDAY/Shutterstock Have you ever wondered why people who nearly die often describe speeding toward supernatural light, or seeing their life flash before their eyes? You may have also heard about the powerful psychedelic dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a class…
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Summer long balls? A health expert explains why hot weather can be tough on testicles
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol Damix/Shutterstock The phrase “summer long balls” might sound like locker-room slang, but it’s increasingly being mentioned on social media and online forums as a seasonal curiosity. In hot weather, men’s scrotums which contain…
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With The Fantastic Four and Superman, superheroes are getting hopeful again – and showing strength through empathy
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Irene Zarza-Rubio, PhD Candidate, Film Theory and Media Industries, University of York After years of multiverse chaos, grim antiheroes and morally ambiguous storylines, superhero films are making a striking return to their emotional and ideological roots. The new iterations of DC’s Superman and Marvel’s The Fantastic…
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Why dating can be tough for autistic people – and what may make it easier
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rebecca Ellis, Assistant Researcher in Public Health, Swansea University Motortion Films/Shutterstock Modern dating is stressful enough, and that’s even before you throw in premium subscriptions, ghosting and the unwritten rules of flirting. But for autistic people, there are even more variables to consider. Loud venues, ambiguous…