Category: Analysis
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What Native-held lands in California can teach about resilience and the future of wildfire
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Nina Fontana, Researcher in Native American Studies, University of California, Davis Blue oak woodlands in California offer beauty and opportunities to sustain traditional knowledge and ecological resilience. Nina Fontana, CC BY-NC-ND It took decades, stacks of legal paperwork and countless phone calls, but, in the…
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Child dies from complications of measles years after infection – SSPE explained
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Benedict Michael, Professor, Infectious Neuroscience, University of Liverpool A child with measles. Natalya Maisheva/Shutterstock.com A school-age child has died from a devastating brain complication of measles in Los Angeles, highlighting the deadly consequences of declining vaccination rates. The child, who was too young to receive the…
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Smell triggers the same brain response as taste does – even if you haven’t eaten anything
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Putu Agus Khorisantono, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet Our sense of smell and taste are strongly connected. Dragon Images/ Shutterstock Taste is often thought to be controlled solely by our tastebuds. But maybe you’ve noticed how food can taste bland when you have…
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Is your child in a classroom with other year groups? Here’s how it could help them
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Pinky Jain, Head of Teacher Education, Leeds Beckett University Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Some children at primary school, as they head into a new school year, will find themselves learning alongside children of different ages. Year one and year two might be educated in the same classroom, for instance.…
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Is Milei’s electoral blow the beginning of the end for his radical economic vision?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Matt Barlow, Lecturer International Political Economy, University of Glasgow In his first real electoral test since sweeping to power in October 2023, the party of Argentina’s right-wing populist president, Javier Milei, has suffered a landslide defeat. The result can be read as an emphatic reminder of…
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Meduza: Berlin exhibition highlights the publication speaking truth to Putin while in exile
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Julie Curtis, Professor of Russian Literature (Emerita), University of Oxford While Vladimir Putin imposes ever-harsher restrictions on freedom of speech some people still seek to voice opposition to him, inside and outside Russia. The exhibition NO in Berlin was dedicated to these people – “to all…
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Americans expect inflation to be far higher than it really is, polling shows
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex BearFotos/Shutterstock American voters often rank inflation as the most important issue facing the US. But something odd has happened to inflationary expectations since Donald Trump became president in January. Americans believe inflation is much higher than it…
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Transgender policies struggle to balance fairness with inclusion in women’s college sports
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Amanda Siegrist, Associate Professor of Recreation and Sport Management, Coastal Carolina University Lia Thomas, second from left, stands on the starting blocks during the 500-yard freestyle finals at the NCAA swimming and diving championships in Atlanta on March 17, 2022. Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty…
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The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Stephen DiKerby, Postdoctoral Researcher in Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University Earth rises over the Moon, as seen by the Apollo 8 astronauts. Bill Anders/NASA Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer,…
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Meet the women who turned beach cleanups into a global movement – and what was forgotten along the way
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Elsa Devienne, Assistant Professor in History, Northumbria University, Newcastle Beach cleanup pioneer Linda Maraniss brandishing collected waste at the Texas senate assembly. Reproduced with permission from Linda Maraniss. In October 1984, volunteers on the coast of Oregon hauled away 26 tonnes of waste in a single…