Category: Analysis
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Industrial pollution once ravaged the Adirondacks − decades of history captured in lake mud track their slow recovery
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Sky Hooler, Ph.D. Student in Environmental Science, University at Albany, State University of New York Scientist Aubrey Hillman, one of the authors of this article, extracts a core of mud from the bottom of Black Pond in June 2025. Patrick Dodson/University at Albany Lush forests…
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AI is taking hold in K-12 schools – here are some ways it can improve teaching
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Michael G. Kozak, Associate Clinical Professor of Educational Administration and Leadership, Drexel University Artificial intelligence can bring a host of benefits, such as individualized learning, but can also encourage kids to shortcut learning. Jonathan Kirn via Getty Images Generative AI platforms have sent shock waves…
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Baby food in pouches is stripped of nutrients – but convenient, healthy alternatives are on the horizon
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Seamus Higgins, Associate Professor Food Process Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham Studio Nut/Shutterstock Baby food pouches came under scrutiny earlier this year, following a report from the University of Leeds and consumer group Which?. The findings were troubling. Many pouches are high in…
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The UK is losing its small fishing boats – and the communities they support
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Phoebe Lewis, PhD Candidate in Marine Science, Newcastle University If you walk the harbour in Hastings in south-east England or the beach further north in Cromer at dawn, you’ll see the signs of a centuries-old way of life: small boats landing their fresh catch and crews…
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Two charts that lay bare the threat posed by radical right parties to western democracies
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex Shutterstock/Donkeyworx In the 2024 UK general election, Reform came third with a 14% share of the vote, capturing five seats in the House of Commons. This was a breakthrough election for the party. In the previous general…
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Taiwan faces a precarious future – whether or not US and China continue on path to conflict
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Politics; Director, Lau China Institute, King’s College London Taiwan has often compared itself to being a “shrimp between two whales”. That expression has never been more apt than today with the US and China – which considers Taiwan to be part…
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Weapons: the film’s horror stems from moral disengagement – a psychologist explains
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Edward White, PhD Candidate in Psychology, Kingston University Director Zach Cregger’s new horror film Weapons explores the unsettling notion that the real monsters might not be lurking under your bed, but can instead be found within your own mind. More than merely a scare tactic, the…
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Cambodia is vowing to ‘rid’ the country of scam compounds. But we’ve seen several still operating in the open
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Ivan Franceschini, Lecturer, Chinese Studies, The University of Melbourne Last month, the Cambodian government launched the largest crackdown to date on the online scam industry that has taken root in the country and operated largely in the open. On July 16, a directive from Prime…
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Spy novelist Stella Rimington, the first female head of MI5, was a ‘true trailblazer’
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Sue Turnbull, Honorary Professor of Communication and Media Studies, University of Wollongong Dame Stella Rimington, former director general of the UK’s domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, MI5, and author of several spy thrillers, has died this week, aged 90. A decade ago, Rimington came to…
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Move over Mercury – Chiron is in retrograde. What even is Chiron?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney An artist’s impression of Chiron and its coma of gas. William Gonzalez Sierra / UCF You might have seen an interesting phrase popping up in your social media feeds lately: “Chiron is in retrograde.”…