Category: Academic Analysis
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LUX: the tradition of the troubadour is at the heart of Rosalía’s songwriting
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Hussein Boon, Principal Lecturer – Music, University of Westminster Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía’s highly anticipated album LUX has been met with widespread acclaim from critics and fans alike. It’s a fusion of ideas drawn from diverse storytelling traditions, cultures and languages, offering a rich tapestry that rewards…
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Star-shaped cells make a molecule that can ‘rewire’ the brains of mice with Down syndrome – understanding how could lead to new treatments
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Ashley Brandebura, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, University of Virginia Astrocytes (red) are vital to forming neural connections. Jeffrey C. Smith Lab, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH Delivering a connection-building protein to star-shaped cells in the brain could reverse changes to neural circuits seen in…
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Students of color are at greater risk for reading difficulties – even in kindergarten
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Paul L. Morgan, Director, Institute for Social and Health Equity, University at Albany, State University of New York The achievement gap for young readers is stark, even in kindergarten. andresr/E+ via Getty Images Black, Hispanic and Native American students are more likely than white or…
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Feel like you can’t get a job? You’re not alone — but here’s how to work around it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jason Walker, Program Director & Associate Professor Master of Psychology Health and Wellness & Master of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Adler University You did everything they told you to do. You earned the credentials, spent hours on your resume and revised multiple cover letters. You worked side gigs,…
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Remembrance Day: How the Canadian Armed Forces could help solve the youth employment crisis
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Ilona Dougherty, Managing Director, Youth & Innovation Project, University of Waterloo Every year on Remembrance Day, I think about my grandfathers — my American grandfather who flew his Stinson L-5 along the coast of Burma and my Hungarian grandfather who fought in the Second World War.…
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Under Ron DeSantis’ leadership, Florida leads the nation in executions in 2025
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College Florida has executed 15 prisoners in 2025 so far, with two more executions scheduled for November. MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images After years of steady decline in the number of people executed…
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David Szalay’s Flesh wins the Booker prize – a deeply affecting novel about masculinity
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tory Young, Associate Professor in Department of English Literature, Anglia Ruskin University Canadian-born, Hungarian-British writer David Szalay has won the Booker prize for his novel, Flesh. It follows the eventful life of one Hungarian, István, from his teen years to middle age. The novel begins when…
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Jane Austen perfected the love story – but kept her own independence
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anna Walker, Senior Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation Jane Austen’s Paper Trail is a podcast from The Conversation celebrating 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth. In each episode, we’ll be investigating a different aspect of Austen’s personality by interrogating one of her novels with leading…
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Electric fields steered nanoparticles through a liquid-filled maze – this new method could improve drug delivery and purification systems
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Daniel K. Schwartz, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder Nanoparticles move through materials like tiny cars through a maze. OsakaWayne Studios/Moment via Getty Images In the home, the lab and the factory, electric fields control technologies such as Kindle displays, medical diagnostic…
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Blame the shutdown on citizens who prefer politicians to vanquish their opponents rather than to work for the common good
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Robert B. Talisse, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University Who is really responsible for the longest government shutdown in history? iStock/Getty Images Plus The United States was founded on the idea that government exists to serve its people. To do this, government must deliver…