Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Roshanak (Roshi) Nateghi, Associate Professor of Sustainability, Georgetown University Large-capacity electrical wires carry power from one place to another around the nation. Stephanie Tacy/NurPhoto via Getty Images The Trump administration’s widespread cancellation and freezing of clean energy funding is also hitting essential work to improve…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Brad Reisfeld, Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Public Health, Colorado State University Molds on foods produce a range of microbial toxins and biochemical byproducts that can be harmful. JulieAlexK/iStock via Getty Images When you open the refrigerator and find a…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Sheri Lambert, Professor of Marketing, Temple University Modernizing a century-old cultural brand in Philly can be risky. Rob Cusick/Philadelphia Art Museum On Philadelphia’s famed Benjamin Franklin Parkway, where stone, symmetry and civic ambition meet, something subtle yet seismic has happened. The city’s grandest temple to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Jeanne Beatrix Law, Professor of English, Kennesaw State University The average person is more likely to use AI to come up with a meal plan than program a new app. Oscar Wong/Moment via Getty Images Artificial intelligence is fast becoming part of the furniture. A decade…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Professor of Anthropology, Rice University If *Homo habilis* was often chomped by leopards, it probably wasn’t the top predator. Made with AI (DALL-E 4) Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Daniel J. Sherman, Lineberger Distinguished Professor of Art History and History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill All eyes were on a commission of professional archaeologists when they visited Glozel. Agence Meurisse/BnF Gallica In early November 1927, the front pages of newspapers all over France…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Dagomar Degroot, Associate Professor of Environmental History, Georgetown University Coronal mass ejections from the Sun can cause geomagnetic storms that may damage technology on Earth. NASA/GSFC/SDO In May 2024, part of the Sun exploded. The Sun is an immense ball of superheated gas called plasma. Because…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton President Donald Trump speaks at the White House during a meeting on antifa, as Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem listen, on Oct. 8, 2025. AP Photo/Evan Vucci When Homeland Security Secretary…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By John Affleck, Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier was one of 34 people arrested as part of a wide-ranging investigation into illegal gambling. Scott Taetsch/Getty Images When I first heard about the arrests of Portland Trail Blazers…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By John Affleck, Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier was one of 34 people arrested as part of a wide-ranging investigation into illegal gambling. Scott Taetsch/Getty Images When I first heard about the arrests of Portland Trail Blazers…