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The deep sea and the Arctic must be included in efforts to tackle climate change
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Juliano Palacios Abrantes, Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia Animals on the seafloor, such as corals and crinoids, take carbon into their bodies. When they die, this carbon is taken into seafloor sediments, where it is stored for hundreds and…
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How heat from old coal mines became a source of local pride in this northern English town – new study
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michael Smith, Associate Professor of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle In Gateshead, north-east England, a solar park provides electricity for a mine water heat pump that provides district heating. Graeme J Baty/Shutterstock Around a quarter of UK homes lie on disused coalfields. These abandoned coal mines are…
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These dinner-plate sized computer chips are set to supercharge the next leap forward in AI
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Luo Mai, Reader at the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh It’s becoming increasingly difficult to make today’s artificial intelligence (AI) systems work at the scale required to keep advancing. They require enormous amounts of memory to ensure all their processing chips can quickly share all…
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Economic forecasts point to a Democrat win in the 2026 US midterm elections
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex The resounding victories in recent elections by Democrats Zohran Mamdani in New York, Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey has reinvigorated the party after a dismal year since Donald Trump became president. The…
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Five everyday habits that could be harming your pancreas
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University A few everyday habits play a major role in pancreatic damage. carlesmiro/Shutterstock The pancreas is essential for staying alive and healthy. This small organ sits behind the stomach and has two main jobs. It produces digestive enzymes…
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Testimony: new documentary shows a stark reckoning with Ireland’s Magdalene past – and the long fight for justice
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ruth Barton, Fellow Emeritus in Film Studies, Trinity College Dublin The scandal of the religious-run Magdalene laundries, where young women deemed to have offended the moral code of the Catholic Church were incarcerated and put to work, is a stain on the public history of the…
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Ciara’s Beninese citizenship: marketing ploys can’t heal the past
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Kwasi Konadu, Professor in Africana & Latin American Studies, Colgate University African American singer Ciara received citizenship from the Republic of Benin in 2025 as a descendant of enslaved Africans. The images of her ceremony at Ouidah’s slave route memorial site, “Door of No Return”, were…
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South Africans are flourishing more than you might expect – here’s why
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Richard G. Cowden, Research Scientist, Harvard University A celebration at the Twelve Apostles Church in Christ International. Faith helps South Africans flourish, according to a global survey. GCIS/Flickr, CC BY-ND South Africa is often portrayed in the media as a country struggling with inequality, corruption, crime,…
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What Yiddish literature reveals about Canada’s diverse canon and multilingual identity
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Regan Lipes, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and English, MacEwan University As an assistant professor of comparative literature, when I ask undergraduate students how they define “Canadian literature,” I get half-hearted answers about it encompassing anything inherently Canadian. They don’t, however, specify which language, if any,…
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AI is providing emotional support for employees – but is it a valuable tool or privacy threat?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Nelson Phillips, Distinguished Professor of Technology Management, University of California, Santa Barbara Does AI that monitors and supports worker emotions improve or degrade the workplace? Marta Sher/iStock via Getty Images As artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT become an increasingly popular avenue for people seeking personal therapy…