Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Pooja Shree Chettiar, Ph.D. Candidate in Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University Chatbot ‘therapists’ use artificial intelligence to mimic real-life therapeutic conversations. Pooja Shree Chettiar/ChatGPT, CC BY-SA Recently, I found myself pouring my heart out, not to a human, but to a chatbot named Wysa on…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Danielle Wilhour, Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Migraines can be debilitating – and frustrating when triggered by weather you can’t control. fizkes/iStock/Getty Images Plus “Is it just me, or is there a storm coming?” If you are one of the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Lauren Berger, Ph.D. Student in Geology, Texas A&M University The author did some of her fieldwork at the Algodones Dunes in California. Ryan Ewing Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Daniel Hungerman, Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame Tax policy changes can influence how much Americans donate. Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images Plus The multitrillion-dollar bill that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, will change how the U.S. tax code…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Kawser Ahmed, Adjunct Professor at the Political Science department, University of Winnipeg This week, the RCMP arrested four men in Québec, alleging they were attempting to create an anti-government militia. The RCMP used the umbrella term “Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism” to categorize the suspects. Essentially, this…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Kawser Ahmed, Adjunct Professor at the Political Science department, University of Winnipeg This week, the RCMP arrested four men in Québec, alleging they were attempting to create an anti-government militia. The RCMP used the umbrella term “Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism” to categorize the suspects. Essentially, this…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Kim Honey, CEO|Editor-in-Chief, The Conversation Canada The Conversation Canada is looking for a Culture & Society editor for a 10-month contract position. (Sandra Seitamaa/Unsplash) The Conversation Canada is seeking a dynamic and thoughtful Culture & Society Editor with a background in critical race scholarship to join…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jiaying Zhao, Associate Professor, Psychology, University of British Columbia Imagine you’re standing at a bottle depot with an empty pop can. You can get a dime back, or you can take a chance at winning $1,000. Which would you choose? Every year, the world produces two…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By George Kassar, Full-time Faculty, Research Associate, Performance Analyst, Ascencia Business School If performance management is not implemented properly, it can demotivate and drive out employees. PeopleImages.comYuri A/Shutterstock Who said that an organization’s main resource and true competitive advantage lies in its employees, their talent or their…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Chris Houser, Professor in Department of Earth and Environmental Science, and Dean of Science, University of Waterloo Between 2010 and 2017, there were approximately 50 drowning fatalities each year associated with rough surf and strong currents in the Great Lakes. In addition to the personal loss…