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The Ganges River is drying faster than ever – here’s what it means for the region and the world
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Mehebub Sahana, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Geography, University of Manchester The Ganges flows through ancient Varanasi, a holy city in Hinduism. Yavuz Sariyildiz / shutterstock The Ganges, a lifeline for hundreds of millions across South Asia, is drying at a rate scientists say is unprecedented in…
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Trump isn’t cutting Pell Grants, after all − but other changes could complicate financial aid for some students
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jennifer L. Steele, Professor of Education, American University Amid a complicated federal financial aid system, Pell Grants are the largest source of federal support for university students. iStock/Getty Images Plus As an education researcher who has studied the economic returns of higher education, I know…
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Detroit’s Gordie Howe bridge is poised to open as truck traffic between US-Canada slows – and low-income residents decide whether to stay or go
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Paul Draus, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan-Dearborn The Gordie Howe International Bridge connects Detroit, Mich., and Windsor, Ontario. John Coletti/Photodisc via Getty Images Watching the space between two nations shrink became a regular pastime for Detroiters over the past decade as the segments of the…
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NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By John M. Horack, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University The International Space Station will be brought down in 2030. NASA via AP For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its international partners have sustained a…
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How a devastating grape pest is reshaping vineyards across Colorado’s Western Slope
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Charlotte Oliver, Extension Associate Professor, Colorado State University Colorado’s $3.9 billion wine industry is threatened by a tiny aphid. Courtesy of Charlotte Oliver Grape phylloxera, or Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, is an aphidlike insect that attacks grapevines with devastating effects. In Colorado, where wine is an estimated US$3.9…
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Hobbits of Flores evolved to be small by slowing down growth during childhood, new research on teeth and brain size suggests
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Tesla Monson, Professor of Anthropology, Western Washington University Hobbits are exceptions to the rule that older ancient humans had proportionally larger wisdom teeth and smaller brains. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was…
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‘Your countries are going to hell’: Trump’s UN speech explained by an expert
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By David Curran, Research Fellow: Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Coventry University The assembled United Nations dignitaries gave Donald Trump 13 seconds of applause as he approached the podium for his address to the 80th anniversary general debate on September 23. They clapped for 20 seconds when he finished…
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100 years before quantum mechanics, one scientist glimpsed a link between light and matter
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Robyn Arianrhod, Affiliate, School of Mathematics, Monash University MirageC / Getty Images The Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton, who was born 220 years ago last month, is famous for carving some mathematical graffiti into Dublin’s Broome Bridge in 1843. But in his lifetime,…
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What is leucovorin, the drug the Trump administration says can treat autism?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University The US government has announced controversial guidance on the prevention and treatment of autism in children. New health recommendations aim to discourage pregnant women from taking the painkiller paracetamol – also known as acetaminophen and by…
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What a newly discovered gas bridge between galaxies tells us about the cosmic cycle of matter
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Lister Staveley-Smith, Professor at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), The University of Western Australia A composite image shows a diffuse ‘bridge’ of gas linking two dwarf galaxies. ICRAR, N. Deg, Legacy Surveys (D.Lang / Perimeter Institute) Most of the ordinary matter in…