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Palm trees in Africa are in decline: these botanists made a plan to do something about it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Fred Stauffer, Curator, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève (CJBG) Palm trees grace the landscape across Africa, thriving in environments as diverse as deserts and rainforests. Central Africa holds the richest variety, home to 52 species, while west Africa has 38 and east Africa 18.…
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Why Major League Baseball keeps coming back to Japan
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jared Bahir Browsh, Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder When Shohei Ohtani stepped onto the field at the Tokyo Dome in March 2025, he wasn’t just playing a game – he was carrying forward more than 100 years of baseball…
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Trump scraps the nation’s most comprehensive food insecurity report − making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to get enough food
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Tracy Roof, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond Nearly 1 in 7 Americans had trouble consistently getting enough to eat in 2023. Patrick Strattner/fStop via Getty Images The Trump administration announced on Sept. 20, 2025, that it plans to stop releasing food insecurity…
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Shutdowns are as American as apple pie − in the UK and elsewhere, they just aren’t baked into the process
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Garret Martin, Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service The obligatory showing of the red briefcase containing budget details is as exciting as it gets in the U.K. Justin Tallis – WPA Pool/Getty Images When it comes to shutdowns,…
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How VR and AI could help the next generation grow kinder and more connected
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Ekaterina Muravevskaia, Assistant Professor of Human-Centered Computing, Indiana University Technology can be isolating, but it can also help kids learn emotional connection. Dusan Stankovic/E+ via Getty Images Empathy is not just a “nice-to-have” soft skill – it is a foundation of how children and adults regulate…
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Meet Irene Curie, the Nobel-winning atomic physicist who changed the course of modern cancer treatment
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Artemis Spyrou, Professor of Nuclear Physics, Michigan State University Irene and Frederic Joliot-Curie shared the Nobel Prize in 1935. Bettmann/Contributor via Getty Images The adage goes “like mother like daughter,” and in the case of Irene Joliot-Curie, truer words were never spoken. She was the daughter…
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Moral panics intensify social divisions and can lead to political violence
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Ron Barrett, Professor of Anthropology, Macalester College The day before Charlie Kirk was assassinated, I was teaching a college class on science, religion and magic. Our class was comparing the Salem witch trials of the 1690s with the McCarthy hearings of the early 1950s, when U.S.…
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Where George Washington would disagree with Pete Hegseth about fitness for command and what makes a warrior
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Maurizio Valsania, Professor of American History, Università di Torino On Dec. 4, 1783, after six years fighting against the British as head of the Continental Army, George Washington said farewell to his officers and returned to civilian life. Engraving by T. Phillibrown from a painting by…
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NHS league tables are back – but turning rankings into better care is harder than it looks
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Catia Nicodemo, Professor of Health Economics, Brunel University of London Andre Place/Shutterstock The UK government has launched NHS league tables for every trust in England, promising transparency and an incentive for improvement. The idea is simple: rank providers of health care and reward the best. But…
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Most of your actions are driven by habit, not thought – here’s why that’s not a bad thing
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Benjamin Gardner, Professor in Psychology, University of Surrey fizkes/Shutterstocl Reaching for our phones upon waking, standing in the same point on the station platform, sneaking in a sweet treat after the evening meal – we all have habits that shape our lives. But you may underestimate…