Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Richard J. Price, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia Focused ultrasound directs powerful beams of energy to specific disease targets in the body. Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty Images Sound waves at frequencies above the threshold for human hearing are routinely used in medical care.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Uwe Bergmann, Professor of Ultrafast X-Ray Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison The Stanford linear accelerator creates super short X-ray pulses. Steve Jurvetson/Flickr, CC BY X-ray beams aren’t used just by doctors to see inside your body and tell whether you have a broken bone. More powerful beams…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Carol Mathews, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Florida Differences in how ADHD is defined explain why the condition is sometimes perceived as overdiagnosed. Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment via Getty Images Many news outlets have reported an increase – or surge – in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Christine Keiner, Chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Rochester Institute of Technology A scene on the Erie Canal painted in 1842, two decades after the canal opened. Bettmann/Getty Images If you visit the Erie Canal today, you’ll find a tranquil waterway and trail that…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Andrew Muhammad, Professor of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee Canadian lumber waits for shipment in a sawmill’s yard. Andrej Ivanov/Getty Images Lumber, especially softwood lumber like pine and spruce, is critical to U.S. home construction. Its availability and price directly affect housing costs…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Professor of Law, George Washington University Body cameras generate audio transcripts that police can feed to AIs that write up reports. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Police are getting a boost from artificial intelligence, with algorithms now able to draft police reports in…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Randy Stein, Associate Professor of Marketing, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona For some symbolic thinkers, an independent mind is paramount. Axel Bueckert/iStock via Getty Images Plus Why do some people endorse claims that can easily be disproved? It’s one thing to believe false information, but another…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Jerome Lorenz, Biology Researcher, Florida International University Peaches, who was blown into Florida by Hurricane Idalia in 2023, was sighted in Mexico in June 2025. Kara Durda/Audubon Florida Hurricane Idalia blew a flamboyance, or flock, of 300-400 flamingos that was likely migrating between the Yucatan Peninsula…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Joanne Hsu, Research Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan Economic clouds gathering? Perhaps not yet. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The ongoing federal shutdown has resulted in a pause on regular government data releases, meaning economic data has been in…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Brittany Romanello, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Arkansas Missionary Sayon Ang holds up a sign signifying she speaks Cambodian during the twice-annual conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Oct. 4, 2014, in Salt Lake City. AP Photo/Kim Raff The…