Category: English
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Magical alchemy: Arundhati Roy’s compelling memoir illuminates a ‘restless, unruly’ life
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Debjani Ganguly, Professor of Literature, Australian Catholic University Photo: Mayank Austen Soofi “She was my shelter and my storm.” With these words in the opening pages of her memoir, Arundhati Roy unfurls a narrative of extraordinary filial bonds that renders trite those therapeutic memoirs of…
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US strikes on Venezuelan ‘drug boats’ have killed 14 people. What is Trump trying to do?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Philip Johnson, Lecturer, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University A screenshot of a video reportedly showing an airstrike on a boat. Donald Trump/Truth Social In the past few weeks, the United States military has been involved in multiple fatal strikes on boats in…
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Court rulings increasingly demand scientific certainty – but that’s not always possible
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Sarah Wilson, PhD Candidate in Emerging Technologies Governance, Institue for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney melanfolia/Unsplash Last month, courts on both sides of the Atlantic delivered a clear verdict: when classifying titanium dioxide as carcinogenic, regulatory agencies had overreached. These parallel legal defeats expose…
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Heat, air quality, insurance costs: how climate change is affecting our homes – and our health
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Ang Li, ARC DECRA and Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne This year, ten days of extreme heat in Europe killed roughly 2,300 people, severe flooding on the New…
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Weight loss drug semaglutide shown to be safe and potentially more effective at higher dose – new findings
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Martin Whyte, Associate Professor of Metabolic Medicine, University of Surrey These were the first trials to examine the effects of a 7.2mg dose of semaglutide on body weight. Caroline Ruda/ Shutterstock A higher dose of the weight loss drug semaglutide (better known by its brand name…
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Fed rate cut is attempt to prevent recession without sending prices soaring
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Ryan Herzog, Associate Professor of Economics, Gonzaga University The Fed’s job can seem like a balancing act. Dimitri Otis/DigitalVision via Getty Images The Federal Reserve on Sept. 17, 2025, cut its target interest rate as it shifts focus from fighting inflation to supporting the choppy…
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Vaccine death and side effects database relies on unverified reports – and Trump officials and right-wing media are applying it out of context
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Matt Motta, Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University Government approval of COVID-19 vaccines determines their availability to populations vulnerable to infection, such as children. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Trump officials intend to link 25 child deaths to COVID-19 vaccines, according to reporting…
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Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton President Donald Trump is targeting left-wing organizations he incorrectly says promote political violence. Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump claimed that radical leftist…
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Is the ‘Biggest Loser’ documentary entangled in its own internalized fatphobia?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Darby M. Babin, PhD Candidate, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Were you expecting Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser to peel back the curtain and provide hard-hitting truths on what really happened on the show that captivated millions in its heyday? Well, uh, fat…
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SHIELD: A simple, memorable model to help prevent Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Donald Weaver, Professor of Chemistry and Senior Scientist of the Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto Up to one-third of Alzheimer’s disease cases could be prevented simply by avoiding certain risk factors. (Piqsels) Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is on track to become one of…