Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Shari Edelson, Ph.D. Candidate in Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Penn State A pilot program to distribute waste bags to hikers on Mount Elbert in Colorado successfully cut down the amount of human waste on the massive mountain. Shari Edelson, CC BY-ND If you’re one…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Daniel Cash, Reader in Law, Aston University Senegal’s dramatic two-notch credit rating downgrade in February 2025 by the credit rating agency Moody’s was followed by a Standard & Poor’s downgrade in July. Moody’s decision marked a three-notch deterioration in Senegal’s rating in four months. The scale…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Brian Robert Boulay, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago Your small intestine is lined with tiny protrusions called villi that play a big role in digestion. Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Barbara Kates-Garnick, Professor of Practice in Energy Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University When the Trump administration announced it was moving to eliminate dozens of U.S. climate policies, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said he was sending “a dagger straight into the heart of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Faiza Hirji, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies and Media Arts, McMaster University I recently watched both seasons of the Netflix drama-comedy Mo (2022-25), expecting a good laugh, since the show is headlined and written by funny and smart comedian Mohammed Amer. Mo does provoke a…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By David Sidhu, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Carleton University Imagine you’re hiring someone for a job that requires a very kind, agreeable and co-operative person. You have two candidates and all you know about them are their names: Renee and Greta. Who do you think would…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Larry Till, PhD student, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary The fears are familiar: Artificial intelligence is going to eat our jobs, make our students weak and lazy and possibly destroy democracy for good measure. As AI has become more accessible to the public, it’s…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Xin Li, Professor, Botany, University of British Columbia A view of the mold _Sclerotinia sclerotiorum_ seen under a microscope. (Mushroom Observer/Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA Genomes contain the complete library of information required to build and maintain a living organism — the figurative blueprints of life. In…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Jack Swab, Assistant Professor Department of Geography & Sustainability, University of Tennessee The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Vhothusa Edward Matahela, Associate Professor: Health Sciences Education, University of South Africa Young people in rural Limpopo, the South African province bordering Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, face high risks of HIV, unplanned pregnancy, and other societal challenges. One reason is that they aren’t always getting sexuality…