Category: Analysis
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Calling in the animal drug detectives − helping veterinarians help beluga whales, goats and all creatures big and small
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Sherry Cox, Clinical Professor of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee How do you measure the concentration of a drug in a tortoise shell? Thirawatana Phaisalratana/iStock via Getty Images Plus In my work as a veterinary pharmacologist, I never know exactly what I’m going to…
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Andy Burnham’s leadership ambitions: what is the path to mounting a challenge against Keir Starmer?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Thomas Caygill, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Nottingham Trent University Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has triggered a blazing row by telling the Telegraph that MPs want him to mount a leadership challenge against prime minister Keir Starmer. Starmer’s poll ratings are dire and for some weeks, discussion…
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Why scientists may be fearful of speaking out about Trump’s autism claims
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Padraig Murphy, Associate Professor in Communications, Dublin City University “Are you making good health decisions?” reads one Robert F. Kennedy Jr. meme on social media, a slogan printed against an image of a smiling US health secretary. Such social media posts invariably invite lively comments beneath…
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Sauna competitions have gone from dangerous endurance to therapeutic showmanship
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Daniel Brayson, Lecturer, Life Sciences, University of Westminster When the British Sauna Society promises “multisensory theatre and dazzling skills” at the national Aufguss championships, you might wonder what on earth they’re talking about. The German word Aufguss means “infusion”, but don’t let that fool you into…
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Could your urine predict your dementia risk?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Hong Xu, Assistant Professor at Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet My Stockers/Shutterstock.com A simple urine test could reveal your risk of developing dementia decades before symptoms appear, a new study shows. For the study, my colleagues and I tracked 130,000 people and found that protein…
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Charlie Kirk and the making of an AI-generated martyr
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton A makeshift memorial for Charlie Kirk outside the headquarters of Turning Point USA in Phoenix. Joe Raedle/Getty Images An AI-generated image of Charlie Kirk embracing Jesus. Another of Kirk posing with angel wings and halo. Then…
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Why aren’t companies speeding up investment? A new theory offers an answer to an economic paradox
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By David Ikenberry, Professor of Finance, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder For years, I’ve puzzled over a question that seems to defy common sense: If stock markets are hitting records and tech innovation seems endless, why aren’t companies pouring money back into new…
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How sea star wasting disease transformed the West Coast’s ecology and economy
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Rebecca Vega Thurber, Professor of Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology; Director of the Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara A sunflower sea star may be about to snack on some sea urchins in California. Brent Durand/Moment via Getty Images Before 2013, divers on…
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Tibetan Buddhist nuns are getting advanced degrees − and the Dalai Lama played a major role in that shift
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Darcie Price-Wallace, Visiting Scholar in Religious Studies, Northwestern University Tibetan nuns study during the winter examination period at the Dolma Ling Nunnery in Dharamshala, India, in 2022. Rebecca Conway/Getty Images In August 2025, 161 Tibetan Buddhist nuns from religious institutions across India and Nepal –…
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Bacteria attached to charcoal could help keep an infamous ‘forever chemical’ out of waterways
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By David Ramotowski, Ph.D. Candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa Biochar, which can be made from corn, is a versatile material. Tom Fisk/pexels.com, CC BY Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, a class of fire-resistant industrial chemicals, were widely used in electrical transformers, oils, paints and…