Category: Academic Reportage

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…

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…

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.…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jason Gray, Environmental Attorney, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, University of California, Los Angeles Cattle, the No. 1 cause of tropical deforestation, roam on tropical forest land that was stripped bare in Acre, Brazil. AP Photo/Eraldo Peres The world is losing vast…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Treena Orchard, Associate Professor, School of Health Studies, Western University Most Canadians have access to workplaces that are safe, promote health and autonomy and, most importantly, are protected by the law. But for people in criminalized professions, including sex work, it’s a different story. In Canada,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Kashif Raza, Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia When Zohran Mamdani campaigned for New York City mayor, he didn’t sound like a typical American politician, speaking only English at his rallies and public appearances. Instead, he switched between Arabic, Bangla, English, Hindi, Luganda,…