Category: Analysis
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Social scientists have long found women tend to be more religious than men – but Gen Z may show a shift
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Ryan Burge, Professor of Practice, Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, Washington University in St. Louis Students leave after attending a Catholic Mass at Benedictine College on Dec. 3, 2023, in Atchison, Kan. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel For decades, one of the most consistent findings in…
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Proposed cuts to NIH funding would have ripple effects on research that could hamper the US for decades
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Mohammad S. Jalali, Associate Professor, Systems Science and Policy, Harvard University The NIH is a node in an interconnected system producing health and medical advances. Anchalee Phanmaha/Moment via Getty Images In May 2025, the White House proposed reducing the budget of the National Institutes of…
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Beauty sleep isn’t a myth – a sleep medicine expert explains how rest keeps your skin healthy and youthful
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Getting enough sleep is one of the most accessible and powerful ways to maintain healthy skin. TatyanaGl/iStock via Getty Images Have you ever woken up after a night of poor sleep, glanced in the mirror and…
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Peter Mandelson was always a high risk appointment – his departure will not end the matter for Keir Starmer
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University The line between pulling off a diplomatic masterstroke and setting up an accident waiting to happen can be a fine one. In the seven-month fable of Peter Mandelson’s UK ambassadorship to the US, the crossing of…
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Parasitic worms bury themselves in the brains of moose and elk – a new test can help diagnose these animals to prevent disease spread
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Richard Gerhold, Professor of Parasitology, University of Tennessee The difficult-to-detect meningeal worm is spread by white-tailed deer and is a notorious killer of moose. AP Photo/Jim Cole, File A moose in Minnesota stumbles onto the road. She circles, confused and dazed, unable to orient herself or…
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‘Publish or perish’ evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Thomas Morgan, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University While developing his theory of natural selection, Charles Darwin was horrified by a group of wasps that lay their eggs within the bodies of caterpillars, with the larvae eating their hosts alive…
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What the media gets wrong about death – and how to fix it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Trevor Treharne, Doctoral Researcher, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford Victor Ling/Shutterstock Each day, we’re confronted with headlines about death: millions lost to disease, disasters, overwork or unhealthy lifestyles. But much of this reporting doesn’t reflect reality – and it may be…
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On Swift Horses: a film that fails to go deep enough on the complex queer lives of people in the 50s
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kate McNicholas Smith, Senior Lecturer in Screen, University of Westminster This piece contains spoilers for On Swift Horses On Swift Horses, directed by Daniel Minahan and adapted from the novel by Shannon Pufahl, is a romantic drama set in the US in the 1950s – an…
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I’ve researched the politics of flags in Northern Ireland for decades – here’s what England needs to understand
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dominic Bryan, Chair professor, Queen’s University Belfast Flags – particularly the union flag and the St George’s Cross – continue to appear in towns and cities in England, at times in response to the housing of migrants and asylum seekers in the local area. Groups such…
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The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy plan that relies on urbicide and expulsion
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Silver, Professor of Urban Geography, University of Sheffield The majority of Gaza’s urban sites will have to be rebuilt from the ground up. Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock The US and Israel have sparked international condemnation over their leaked vision for the reconstruction of a shattered Gaza. The urban…