Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Christopher P. Holstege, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Virginia There’s a lot to explore out there. aldomurillo/E+ via Getty Images Enjoying the outdoors carries the danger of running into nature’s less-friendly side: toxic plants and animals. As toxicologists at the University of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By A. Stefanie Ruiz, Assistant Professor in Nonprofit Leadership, College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences, Clemson University ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ released June 20, 2025, is Netflix’s most-watched original animated film ever. Netflix “Born with voices that could drive back the darkness,” the character Celine, a…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Shannon Roberts, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, UMass Amherst Summer is the riskiest time of year for teenage drivers. Martin Novak/Moment via Getty Images The last few weeks of summer, heading into Labor Day weekend, can sometimes mean vacations and driving more miles on the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Sarah Porter, Director of the Kyl Center for Water Policy, ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University Lake Mead, impounded by Hoover Dam, contains far less water than it used to. Kevin Carter/Getty Images The Colorado River is in trouble: Not as much…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Meaghan Furlano, PhD Student, Sociology, Western University Actress Sydney Sweeney is once again embroiled in controversy. This time the debate isn’t centred around Sweeney selling soaps infused with her bathwater or posting pictures of MAGA-inspired red caps. Instead, the Euphoria star is making rounds for her…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Gavin D. Madakumbura, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles Firefighters battle in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Jan. 7, 2025 David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images Fire season is expanding in California, with an earlier start to wildfire activity in most of the state. In parts…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By Anne Cordier, Professeure des Universités en Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication, Université de Lorraine Teenagers can seem to have their phones glued to their hands – yet they won’t answer them when they ring. This scenario, which is all too familiar to many parents,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jacquie Gahagan, Full Professor and Associate Vice-President, Research, Mount Saint Vincent University Providing access to post-secondary education costs an average of $85,000 to $100,000 over four years, while incarcerating a single youth can cost $300,000 to $500,000 per year. (Joshua Hoehne/Unsplash) As we move closer to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Samuel Starko, Forrest Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia View of the Pacific Ocean from Botanical Beach on Vancouver Island, B.C., in August 2020. (Unsplash/Amanda Batchelor) More than a decade since the start of the longest ocean warming event ever recorded,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Robert J. Gordon, Emeritus Professor, University of Vermont and Research Associate, University of the Free State The genocide of Namibia’s Ovaherero and Nama people by German colonial forces (1904-1907) is widely documented. But much less is made of what came next – the genocide of the…