Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Damien Joly, CEO, Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, University of Saskatchewan The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus has been detected in 41 at-risk species, including the snowy owl. The snowy owl was recently recommended for listing under Canada’s Species at Risk Act. (Jordi Segers/CWHC), CC BY-NC Since…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Ribio Nzeza Bunketi Buse, Assistant Professor, University of Kinshasa Eight global millennium development goals were established in 2000 by member states of the United Nations (UN) and endorsed by other multilateral organisations. They ranged from eliminating hunger to empowering women, and from reducing child mortality to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Conor Harrison, Associate Professor of Economic Geography, University of South Carolina Home heating oil, used in furnaces across the Northeast, is expensive, leading some people to keep homes at unhealthy temperatures. AP Photo/Charles Krupa As fall turns to winter and temperatures begin to drop, millions…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Andor J. Kiss, Director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics, Miami University James Watson was both a towering and controversial figure in science. Gerhard Rauchwetter/picture alliance via Getty Images James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist most known for co-winning the 1962 Nobel…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Laurie A. Garrow, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Passengers walk through the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Nov. 7, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Major airports across the United States were subject to a 4% reduction in flights on Nov.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Matthew W. Kreuter, Kahn Family Professor of Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis Sharp spikes in calls for food assistance are rare outside of natural disasters. AP Photo/Eric Gay Between January and mid-October 2025, calls to local 211 helplines from people seeking food pantries…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By C. Michael White, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut Nitrosamines are by-products of many common chemical reactions. FatCamera/iStock via Getty Images Plus A generic blood pressure drug called prazosin, made by Teva Pharmaceuticals, is being recalled by the Food and Drug Administration because…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Bailey A. Brown, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Spelman College Shifting policies such as school choice give parents more school options than they had a few decades before. iStock/Getty Images Plus Deciding where to send your child to kindergarten has become one of the most high-stakes…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Katie Davis, Professor Information School and Adjunct Associate Professor, College of Education, University of Washington Meeting about AI: Teachers see some efficiencies with AI but don’t always feel like they have the resources to learn how to best use it for teaching. Joe Lamberti/AP Images…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Tracy Roof, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond Some 42 million Americans rely on SNAP benefits to put food on the table. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images News The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has helped low-income Americans buy groceries for decades with few disruptions. But…