Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Benta A. Abuya, Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center School room in Kibagare, Nairobi, Kenya. Ninara, via Flickr, CC BY Access to school is considered to be better for children who live in urban areas than in rural areas in countries such as Kenya.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Annie Margaret, Teaching Assistant Professor of Creative Technology & Design, ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado Boulder Social media often serves up disturbing images but you can minimize your exposure. Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty Images When graphic videos go viral, like the recent fatal shooting of Charlie…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Maurizio Valsania, Professor of American History, Università di Torino Punishment by tar and feather of Thomas Ditson, who purchased a gun from a British soldier in Boston in March 1775. Interim Archives/Getty Images The day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Amy J. Williams, Assistant Professor of Geology, University of Florida NASA’s Perseverance rover explores Mars’ Jezero Crater. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, CC BY-NC As the Perseverance rover traversed an ancient river valley in Mars’ Jezero Crater back in July 2024, it drilled into the surface and extracted a sample…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Ryan Burge, Professor of Practice, Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, Washington University in St. Louis Students leave after attending a Catholic Mass at Benedictine College on Dec. 3, 2023, in Atchison, Kan. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel For decades, one of the most consistent findings in…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Mohammad S. Jalali, Associate Professor, Systems Science and Policy, Harvard University The NIH is a node in an interconnected system producing health and medical advances. Anchalee Phanmaha/Moment via Getty Images In May 2025, the White House proposed reducing the budget of the National Institutes of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Getting enough sleep is one of the most accessible and powerful ways to maintain healthy skin. TatyanaGl/iStock via Getty Images Have you ever woken up after a night of poor sleep, glanced in the mirror and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Tara Sonenshine, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice in Public Diplomacy, Tufts University The international student population is expected to experience a dive in the fall of 2025. iStock/Getty Images Plus American college campuses from Tucson to Tallahassee are buzzing with the familiar routine of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Richard Gerhold, Professor of Parasitology, University of Tennessee The difficult-to-detect meningeal worm is spread by white-tailed deer and is a notorious killer of moose. AP Photo/Jim Cole, File A moose in Minnesota stumbles onto the road. She circles, confused and dazed, unable to orient herself or…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Thomas Morgan, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University While developing his theory of natural selection, Charles Darwin was horrified by a group of wasps that lay their eggs within the bodies of caterpillars, with the larvae eating their hosts alive…