Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Menika Dirkson, Associate Professor of History, Morgan State University A SEPTA train moves along the Market-Frankford Line in West Philadelphia. AP Photo/Matt Rourke On April 13, 1967, around 1:30 p.m., Lt. Joseph Larkin of the Philadelphia Police Department’s subway unit visited the Philadelphia High School for…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Cormac Price, Post-doctoral fellow the HerpHealth lab, office 218, Building G23. Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University; University of KwaZulu-Natal Black mambas (Dendroaspis polylepis) are Africa’s longest, most famous venomous snakes. Despite their fearsome reputation, these misunderstood snakes are vital players in their ecosystems.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Celeste Kidd, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley How do kids figure out how to sort things by order? Celeste Kidd I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s bag in search of fruit snacks. The contents spill onto the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Ryan Summers, Associate Professor of Science Education, University of North Dakota NSF is one federal agency that funds a wide range of basic science research. Nicole Fuller/National Science Foundation, CC BY Scientists have always needed someone to help foot the bill for their work. In the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Dipangkar Dutta, Professor of Nuclear Physics, Mississippi State University Scientists imagine virtual particles popping in and out of existence to explain how forces transfer between particles. koto_feja/iStock via Getty Images A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Douglas M. Charles, Professor of History, Penn State FBI Director Kash Patel is sworn in to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 16, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Three converging events in the 1970s – the Watergate scandal, the chaotic U.S. withdrawal…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Justin Reich, Professor of Digital Media, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Teachers need to be scientists themselves, experimenting and measuring the impact of powerful AI products on education. Hyoung Chang via Getty Images American technologists have been telling educators to rapidly adopt their new inventions…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Christopher F. Meindl, Associate Professor of Geography, University of South Florida Gilchrist Blue Springs, located about 20 miles northwest of Gainesville, Fla., is a popular recreation site known for the clarity of its water. Christopher Meindl, CC BY “Behold … a vast circular expanse before…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Tami S. Rowen, Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Gynecologic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco About 20% of patients report experiencing a fever during pregnancy. John Fedele/Tetra images via Getty Images Plus When President Donald Trump adamantly proclaimed in a press conference on Sept.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Indonesia – By Satrio Hani Samudra, Data Manager, UCL When we think about rapid decline in coral reefs, climate change often first that comes to mind — bringing heatwaves, bleaching events, and intensified cyclones. But in parts of Indonesia, an old, lasting wound still lingers beneath the waves —…