Category: Analysis
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Empathy is under attack — but it remains vital for leadership and connection
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…
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One Battle After Another: this insane movie about leftwing radicals and rightwing institutions is a powerful exploration of US today
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ruth Barton, Professor in Film Studies, Trinity College Dublin The recent death of Robert Redford was a reminder of just how much All the President’s Men unsettled old certainties about American democracy. An exposé of the Watergate scandal of 1972 (when members of the campaign to…
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Russia is turning to African women and conscripted North Koreans to tackle its defence worker shortage
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University US president Donald Trump has said Ukraine could win back all of the territory it has lost in the ongoing war, but Russia’s president Vladimir Putin shows no signs of wanting a peace deal, or reducing the…
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How researchers are making precision agriculture more affordable
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…
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Space-time doesn’t exist — but it’s a useful framework for understanding our reality
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…
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Despite Google’s recent victory, a flurry of competition cases could still change how the tech giants do business
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ioannis Kokkoris, Professor of Competition Law and Economics, Queen Mary University of London A US judge recently decided not to break up Google, despite a ruling last year that the company held a monopoly in the online search market. Between Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Meta,…
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Detroit’s Gordie Howe bridge is poised to open as truck traffic between US-Canada slows – low-income residents are deciding whether to stay or go
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…
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Graduated, now what? Survey of young Africans shows degrees don’t always land them a job
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…
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2 newly launched NASA missions will help scientists understand the influence of the Sun, both from up close and afar
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…
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Neuroscience finds musicians feel pain differently from the rest of us
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anna M. Zamorano, Assistant Professor, Aarhus University Irek Pod/Shutterstock.com It’s well known that learning to play an instrument can offer benefits beyond just musical ability. Indeed, research shows it’s a great activity for the brain – it can enhance our fine motor skills,language acquisition, speech, and…