Category: Analysis
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Male circumcision is made easier by a clever South African invention – we trained healthcare workers to use it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Peter S Millard, Adjunct Professor, University of New England Voluntary medical male circumcision is one of the most important ways to reduce new HIV infections. The foreskin contains receptors that the HIV virus can attach to, and removing it reduces HIV transmission from women to…
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Epstein’s ‘birthday book’ transforms private notes into a legacy record
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jason Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre, Toronto Metropolitan University The United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform recently released a 238-page album, compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003 for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday. On Oct. 6, the U.S. Supreme Court…
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Children are capable of extreme bravery from a young age – a psychologist explains how
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kirsten Antoncich, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Birmingham City University afotostock/Shutterstock Developmental research often tells us how ego centric children are. Yet all too often we hear of children who are forced to demonstrate great courage and care in in a crisis. The ongoing inquiry into the…
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Tory plan to scrap net zero target puts UK climate leadership at risk
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Economics and Policy, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford In the mid-2000s, soon after becoming Conservative leader, David Cameron hugged a husky on a trip to the Arctic, in what was widely described as an attempt to…
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Nobel physics prize awarded for pioneering experiments that paved the way for quantum computers
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rob Morris, Professor of Physics, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University The 2025 Nobel prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists for the discovery of an effect that has applications in medical devices and quantum computing. John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John…
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Nobel Prize: how a hidden army in your body keeps you alive – and could help treat cancer
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University Regulatory T cells monitor other immune cells and ensure that our immune system tolerates our own tissues. © The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Ill. Mattias Karlén, CC BY-NC The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or…
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Jilly Cooper: why readers still cherish her ‘fat, fun, frothy novels’
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Amy Burge, Associate Professor in Popular Fiction, University of Birmingham The author Jilly Cooper has died aged 88. Cooper’s books were “bonkbusters” – a form of blockbuster fiction that was most popular in the 1980s and 1990s, characterised by explicit sex, scandalous plots and large casts…
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Smartphones manipulate our emotions and trigger our reflexes — no wonder we’re addicted
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Stephen Monteiro, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Concordia University The frequency and length of daily phone use continues to rise, especially among young people. It’s a global concern, driving recent decisions to ban phones in schools in Canada, the United States and elsewhere. Read more: School…
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The H-1B visa fee hike in the United States opens a policy window for Canada
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Richa Shivakoti, Research Lead, Migration Governance at the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration & Integration program, Toronto Metropolitan University The MaRS urban innovation hub building in Toronto. Canada may benefit from the American H-1B visa fee increase by attracting highly skilled tech workers and others…
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The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Graham G. Dodds, Professor of Political Science, Concordia University In a series of cases over the past 15 years, the Supreme Court has moved in a pro-presidential direction. Geoff Livingston/Getty Images President Donald Trump set the tone for his second term by issuing 26 executive orders,…