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Personal scandals sink CEOs faster than financial fraud, research shows
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Michael Nalick, Assistant Professor of Management, University of Denver A CEO’s canoodling with his company’s human resources chief – caught on the “kiss cam” at a Coldplay concert – made global headlines this summer. Beyond the memes and tabloid fodder, personal lives were shattered and…
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Why you seriously need to stop trying to be funny at work
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Peter McGraw, Professor of Marketing and Psychology, University of Colorado Boulder Goofing off at the office doesn’t do you any good. Milan Markovic/E+ via Getty Images How can you get ahead in your career and still enjoy the ride? One solution offered in business books,…
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What is the rapture, and why does TikTok believe the end is coming?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Philip C. Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland Michelangelo, The Last Judgment (Fresco, Sistine Chapel Altar Wall), between 1536 and 1541. WIkimedia Commons If you believe that the end of the world is at hand, then you really…
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Is TikTok right? Should I avoid matcha if I have low iron?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Margaret Murray, Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Swinburne University of Technology Tom Werner/Getty The popularity of matcha continues to boom. But recent videos on social media have suggested it could be bad for you if you have low iron. One Sydney woman recently told media she had…
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Who are the worst mothers in literature? Our experts weigh in
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Suzy Freeman-Greene, Books + Ideas Editor, The Conversation Goodreads, Penguin Books The first sentence of Anna Karenina is now a literary cliche, yet contains a nub of truth. “All happy families,” writes Leo Tolstoy, “resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own…
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From anime to activism: How the ‘One Piece’ pirate flag became the global emblem of Gen Z resistance
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Nuurrianti Jalli, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, School of Media and Strategic Communications, Oklahoma State University The Jolly Roger of the Straw Hat Pirates is flown during a protest in Rome. Vincenzo Nuzzolese/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images From Paris and Rome to Jakarta, Indonesia, and…
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Why Argentina is looking to the Trump administration for a bailout − and what the US Treasury can do to help
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Arturo Porzecanski, Research Fellow, Center for Latin American & Latino Studies, American University Done deal? U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Argentine counterpart Javier Milei during a bilateral meeting on Sept. 23, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump vowed to help out his…
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Paracetamol use during pregnancy not linked to autism, our study of 2.5 million children shows
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Renee Gardner, Principal Researcher, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock United States President Donald Trump recently claimed that using the common painkiller acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol and by the brand name Tylenol in the US) during pregnancy is fuelling the rise in autism…
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How the First Amendment protects Americans’ speech − and how it does not
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Ray Brescia, Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life, Albany Law School Demonstrators protest the suspension of the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show on Sept. 18, 2025, in Los Angeles, Calif. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images Imagine a protest outside the funeral of a popular political leader,…
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One Battle After Another: this insane movie about leftwing radicals and rightwing institutions is a powerful exploration of US today
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ruth Barton, Professor in Film Studies, Trinity College Dublin The recent death of Robert Redford was a reminder of just how much All the President’s Men unsettled old certainties about American democracy. An exposé of the Watergate scandal of 1972 (when members of the campaign to…