Category: Academic Analysis
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Baseball in Canada is thriving — but not on campus
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By George S. Rigakos, Professor of the Political Economy of Policing, Carleton University Baseball in Canada is thriving, from the grassroots to the professional level. Recent Toronto Blue Jays viewership numbers have been extraordinary, youth participation continues to climb, elite player showcasing and recruiting is expanding —…
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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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Ukraine and Europe’s weakness exposed as US and Russia again negotiate behind Kyiv’s back
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham Renewed talk of no-longer-secret negotiations between the Kremlin and the White House over a plan to end the war in Ukraine that heavily favours Russia adds to a broader sense of doom in Kyiv and among its…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…