Category: Analysis
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We fed people a milkshake with 130g of fat to see what it did to their brains – here’s what we learned
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Chris Marley, Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology, University of South Wales An enormous milkshake BrittanyD/Shutterstock A greasy takeaway may seem like an innocent Friday night indulgence. But our recent research suggests even a single high-fat meal could impair blood flow to the brain, potentially increasing the…
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Russia’s decision to pull out of nuclear treaty makes the world more dangerous
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Matthew Powell, Teaching Fellow in Strategic and Air Power Studies, University of Portsmouth Russia has announced it will no longer uphold its obligations under the intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) treaty, signed by the Soviet Union and the United States in December 1987. The decision has raises…
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Five ways digital nomads can have a positive impact on the places they travel to for work
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Veselina Stoyanova, Associate Professor in Strategy & International Management, University of Birmingham oscargutzo/Shutterstock Digital nomads are everywhere. Working and living wherever they lay their laptops, there may be as many as 40 million people who earn their keep online while they travel the world. Some countries…
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Teenagers no longer answer the phone: is it a lack of manners or a new trend?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By Anne Cordier, Professeure des Universités en Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication, Université de Lorraine Teenagers can seem to have their phones glued to their hands – yet they won’t answer them when they ring. This scenario, which is all too familiar to many parents,…
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Why bolstering post-secondary education for former youth in care is a wise investment
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jacquie Gahagan, Full Professor and Associate Vice-President, Research, Mount Saint Vincent University Providing access to post-secondary education costs an average of $85,000 to $100,000 over four years, while incarcerating a single youth can cost $300,000 to $500,000 per year. (Joshua Hoehne/Unsplash) As we move closer to…
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The world’s longest marine heat wave upended ocean life across the Pacific
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Samuel Starko, Forrest Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia View of the Pacific Ocean from Botanical Beach on Vancouver Island, B.C., in August 2020. (Unsplash/Amanda Batchelor) More than a decade since the start of the longest ocean warming event ever recorded,…
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Somalia’s education crisis: why so few children attend school and what could be done to change that
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Abdifatah Ismael Tahir, Honorary Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester Around 98 million children and youth in sub-Saharan Africa are out of school, accounting for nearly 40% of the global out-of-school population. This is disproportionately high, considering that the region accounts for roughly 15%…
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Namibia’s forgotten genocide: how Bushmen were hunted and killed under German colonial rule
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Robert J. Gordon, Emeritus Professor, University of Vermont and Research Associate, University of the Free State The genocide of Namibia’s Ovaherero and Nama people by German colonial forces (1904-1907) is widely documented. But much less is made of what came next – the genocide of the…
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The Druze are a tightly knit community – and the violence in Syria is triggering fears in Lebanon
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies, Dickinson College Walid Jumblatt, the political leader of Lebanon’s Druze minority, speaks in Beirut on July 18, 2025. AP Photo/Bilal Hussein Violence continues several weeks after clashes started between armed Bedouin clans, Sunni jihadist groups and Druze fighters…
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Youth athletes, not just professionals, may face mental health risks from repeated traumatic brain injuries
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By David B. Sarwer, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University Limiting the amount of physical contact in training can reduce young players’ head injury risks, research shows. Mint Images RF via Getty Images On July 28, 2025, a 27-year-old gunman entered a New York…