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Our quest to find a truly Earth-like planet in deep space
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Christopher Watson, Professor, Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast Nasa animation depicting the first 5,000 exoplanets to have been discovered, up to March 2022. M. Russo and A. Santaguida/Nasa-JPL On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy,…
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Toronto Blue Jays: Amid Canada-U.S. tensions, ‘Canada’s team’ takes a run at America’s pastime
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven, PhD Candidate, Political Science, Western University Amid threats from United States President Donald Trump to make Canada the 51st state, the Toronto Blue Jays’ season started with protocols aimed at avoiding booing during the American national anthem and the removal of someone wearing…
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Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including from used oil and gas wells
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Moones Alamooti, Assistant Professor of Energy and Petroleum Engineering, University of North Dakota The world’s largest geothermal power station is under construction in Utah. Business Wire via AP As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of an energy source that…
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First evidence in the UK of breeding aegypti mosquito – the main spreader of dengue, chikungunya and Zika
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Marcus Blagrove, Senior Lecturer in Intregrative Virology, University of Liverpool Thammanoon Khamchalee/Shutterstock.com Scientists have found eggs of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in the UK for the first time – a mosquito that spreads many tropical diseases. The eggs were recently discovered in a trap at a…
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Seasonal allergies may increase suicide risk – new research
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Shooshan Danagoulian, Associate Professor of Economics, Wayne State University The study found that deaths by suicide rose by up to 7.4% on high-pollen days. Grace Cary/Moment via Getty Images Seasonal allergies – triggered by pollen – appear to make deaths by suicide more likely. Our…
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Why higher ed’s AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Chris Wegemer, Postdoctoral researcher, University of California, Los Angeles A new AI research center opening in North Carolina: Colleges and universities are embracing AI technology, often through corporate partnerships. North Carolina Central University via Getty Images Artificial intelligence technology has begun to transform higher education,…
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Jane Fonda, other stars, revive the Committee for the First Amendment – a group that emerged when the anti-communist panic came for Hollywood
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Kathy M. Newman, Associate Professor of English, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon University Movie stars, led by Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart, protest hearings by the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1947. Bettmann/Getty Images Jane Fonda is joining forces with more than 500 celebrities…
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Winning a bidding war isn’t always a win, research on 14 million home sales shows
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Soon Hyeok Choi, Assistant Professor of Real Estate Finance, Rochester Institute of Technology In today’s hot housing market, winning a bidding war can feel like a triumph. But my research shows it often comes with a catch: Homebuyers who win bidding wars tend to experience…
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Trump is willing to flout the rules of war like no other US president
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Thomas Gift, Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL The US vice-president, J.D. Vance, recently declared that he “doesn’t give a shit” if the Trump administration’s strike on a suspected Venezuelan gang boat is called a “war crime”. In a speech to…
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It shouldn’t take undercover journalists to expose policing’s sexist and racist culture
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Fox, Senior Lecturer in Police Studies, University of Portsmouth Ceri Breeze/Shutterstock As a researcher of police occupational culture, I was horrified, but not at all surprised by the recent Panorama programme in which an undercover reporter exposed sexism, racism and general thuggishness among some Metropolitan…