Category: Academic Analysis
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Prince Andrew didn’t really give up his titles, and truly removing them would be onerous
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Justin Vovk, Adjunct Professor. History of the Royal Family, Redeemer University Prince Andrew has announced he will “no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me.” Translation? Andrew is giving up his Duke of York title. The decision comes as the…
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King, pope, Jedi, Superman: Trump’s social media images exclusively target his base and try to blur political reality
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Andrew Rojecki, Professor of Communication, University of Illinois Chicago Two Instagram images put out by the White House. White House Instagram A grim-faced President Donald J. Trump looks out at the reader, under the headline “LAW AND ORDER.” Graffiti pictured in the corner of the White…
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Trump-Putin Budapest summit would have posed threat to international rule of law and Ukraine’s relations with Hungary
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Marc Roscoe Loustau, Affiliated Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, Central European University The US president, Donald Trump, was expected to meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in the Hungarian capital of Budapest in coming weeks for more talks on ending the war in Ukraine.…
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Fertility: the ovaries play a key role in reproductive decline, new research shows
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anna Murray, Professor of Human Genetics, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Exeter The ovaries play a bigger role in fertility’s decline than once thought. simonizt/ Shutterstock A woman’s fertility usually begins to decline in her mid-30s. This means the chances of becoming pregnant…
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ChatGPT is about to get erotic, but can OpenAI really keep it adults-only?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Simon Thorne, Senior Lecturer in Computing and Information Systems, Cardiff Metropolitan University shutterstock sakkmesterke/Shutterstock OpenAI will roll out a new ChatGPT feature in December 2025, allowing verified adults to generate erotic text and engage in romantic or sexual conversations. Artificial intelligence (AI) platforms like Replika and…
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The maps of Ursula K Le Guin reveal a fascinating insight into world-building in fantasy fiction
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Mike Duggan, Lecturer in Digital Culture and Technology, King’s College London One of the most prolific science-fiction writers of the last century, Ursula K. Le Guin was revered for her inventive, genre-defying novels. Exploring humanity through philosophy, gender, race and society, her stories were rooted in…
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Stirling prize 2025: Appleby Blue pioneers affordable social housing tackling elderly loneliness
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Flint, Professor of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield The winner of the 2025 RIBA Stirling prize offers an inspiring blueprint for addressing some of our current housing crises. It is also an opportunity to reflect on long-standing dilemmas in providing appropriate accommodation for…
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The Netherlands is trying to draw a line under a year of chaos with fresh elections – will it work?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Léonie de Jonge, Professor of Research on Far-Right Extremism, Institute for Research on Far-Right Extremism (IRex), University of Tübingen Dutch voters are to elect a new parliament for the third time in just five years on October 29. Prime Minister Dick Schoof called a snap election…
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Scary stories for kids: these tales of terror made me a hit at sleepovers as a pre-teen
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Christina Morin, Professor in School of English Irish & Communication, University of Limerick One of Stephen Gammell’s original illustrations for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Stephen Gammell Seeing the cover of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981) has a powerfully…
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Kent County Council is Reform’s ‘shop window’ – its leaked Zoom call implies chaos and poor leadership
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lisa Lazard, Professor in Psychology, The Open University A leaked video of an online meeting between members of the Reform-led Kent county council showed shocking exchanges. There was shouting, swearing and repeated interruptions. At one point, council leader Linden Kemkaran mutes another member of the council.…