Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Ray Brescia, Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life, Albany Law School Demonstrators protest the suspension of the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show on Sept. 18, 2025, in Los Angeles, Calif. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images Imagine a protest outside the funeral of a popular political leader,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Leda Stawnychko, Associate Professor of Strategy and Organizational Theory, Mount Royal University Once considered a universal good, empathy now divides as much as it unites. Empathy has long been viewed as a straightforward strength in leadership, but it has recently become a political flashpoint. Some conservative…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Samuel Mugo, Professor & Associate Dean, Development, Department of Physical Sciences, MacEwan University Farmers are under pressure. Fertilizer costs have soared in recent years. Tariffs are increasing equipment costs and cutting Canadian farmers off from key foreign markets. And climate change is bringing its own set…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Daryl Janzen, Observatory Manager and Instructor, Astronomy, University of Saskatchewan Space-time provides a powerful description of how events happen. ( MARIOLA GROBELSKA/Unsplash), CC BY Whether space-time exists should neither be controversial nor even conceptually challenging, given the definitions of “space-time,” “events” and “instants.” The idea that…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Paul Draus, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan-Dearborn The Gordie Howe International Bridge connects Detroit, Mich., and Windsor, Ontario. John Coletti/Photodisc via Getty Images Watching the space between two nations shrink became a regular pastime for Detroiters over the past decade as the segments of the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Andrea Juan, Chief Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council Graduates aren’t guaranteed a job. Nqobile Vundla/Unsplash Study hard, get your degree, and then step confidently into a stable, well-paid job. That’s long been the assumption about how to secure a livelihood: in neat, predictable stages. But…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Ryan French, Research Scientist, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder NASA’s IMAP mission is one of two launching in September 2025. NASA/Princeton University/Patrick McPike Even at a distance of 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) away, activity on the Sun can have…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Martin Danahay, Professor, English Language and Literature, Brock University The United States military under the Donald Trump administration has sunk three Venezuelan boats that were allegedly ferrying drugs. American officials branded the people on the boats “narcoterrorists.” The term “narcoterrorist” conflates the U.S. internal “war on…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Charlotte Oliver, Extension Associate Professor, Colorado State University Colorado’s $3.9 billion wine industry is threatened by a tiny aphid. Courtesy of Charlotte Oliver Grape phylloxera, or Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, is an aphidlike insect that attacks grapevines with devastating effects. In Colorado, where wine is an estimated US$3.9…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Tesla Monson, Professor of Anthropology, Western Washington University Hobbits are exceptions to the rule that older ancient humans had proportionally larger wisdom teeth and smaller brains. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was…