Category: Analysis
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Big-spending Premier League needs to spread more of its wealth to poorer clubs or everyone loses
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Robert Simmons, Professor of Economics, Lancaster University The 2025 summer football transfer window was a record for the English Premier League with teams spending £3.9 billion on transfer fees for new players. That’s more than the top divisions of France, Germany, Italy and Spain combined. The…
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Climate change is fast shrinking the world’s largest inland sea
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Simon Goodman, Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, University of Leeds The Caspian Sea is roughly the size of Germany or Japan, but is shrinking fast. Nasa Once a haven for flamingos, sturgeon and thousands of seals, fast-receding waters are turning the northern coast of the Caspian Sea…
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Racism isn’t innate – here are five psychological stages that may lead to it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Steve Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University Sadly, there are signs that racism is increasing across the world. Research from Europe and Australia in recent years has found a rise in the number of people experiencing racism. Reports from the US and UK have…
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Information collected by the world’s largest radio telescope will be stored and processed by global data centres
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Simon Blouin, Postdoctoral Fellow, Astronomy, University of Victoria An artist’s impression of the Square Kilometre Array telescope in South Africa. (SKAO) When the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory goes online later this decade, it will create one of science’s biggest data challenges. The SKA Observatory is…
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Inequality in Africa: what drives it, how to end it and what some countries are getting right
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Imraan Valodia, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand The relationship between inequality and economic growth is a complex one, especially in Africa. Inequality is the result of a host of factors, including policy choices, institutional…
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Ansaru terror leaders’ arrest is a strategic change for Nigeria: what could happen next
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Saheed Babajide Owonikoko, Researcher, Centre for Peace and Security Studies, Modibbo Adama University of Technology Attacks by non-state armed groups are a security challenge in the Sahel, including Nigeria. In northern Nigeria, the activities of Jama’at Ahl al-Sunna li al-Da’wa wa al-Jihad (also known as…
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Autism is not a scare story: What parents need to know about medications in pregnancy, genetic risk and misleading headlines
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Sura Alwan, Clinical Instructor in Medical Genetics (Teratology & Birth Defects Epidemiology); Co-Director, TERIS (The Teratogen Information System), University of British Columbia Over the past couple of months, headlines have warned expectant parents that something as ordinary as a pain reliever or an antidepressant taken during…
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Harm-reduction vending machines offer free naloxone, pregnancy tests and hygiene kits
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Alice Zhang, Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Penn State A vending machine dispenses Narcan nasal spray, a medication that reverses opioid overdose, and other items. Penn State College of Medicine In the lobby of the YMCA in Reading, Pennsylvania, stands a row of…
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Even professional economists can’t escape political bias
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Aeimit Lakdawala, Associate Professor of Economics, Wake Forest University Republican-leaning economists tend to predict stronger economic growth when a Republican is president than Democrats do – and because of this partisan optimism, their forecasts end up being less accurate. I’m an economist, and my colleagues…
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Solving the world’s microplastics problem: 4 solutions cities and states are trying after global treaty talks collapsed
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Sarah J. Morath, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for International Affairs, Wake Forest University Microplastics are a growing concern in marine environments. As they break down, the particles can become microscopic. Oregon State University via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Microplastics seem to be everywhere…