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What does ‘pro-life’ mean? There’s no one answer – even for advocacy groups that oppose abortion
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Anne Whitesell, Associate Professor of Political Science, Miami University Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on Oct. 22, 2025. AP Photo/Andrew Medichini As the first American pope, Leo XIV has largely avoided speaking out about…
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Allen Iverson’s 2001 Sixers embodied Philly’s brash, gritty soul − and changed basketball culture forever
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jared Bahir Browsh, Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder It’s unusual for a professional sports franchise to plan a yearlong celebration for a team that didn’t win a championship. But it is also rare that a group of players represents…
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What AI earbuds can’t replace: The value of learning another language
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Gabriel Guillén, Professor of Language Studies, Middlebury College Being able to follow and contribute to a live group conversation is the gold standard of language learning. Zinkevych/iStock via Getty Images Your host in Osaka, Japan, slips on a pair of headphones and suddenly hears your…
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What America’s divided and tumultuous politics of the late-19th century can teach us
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Robert A. Strong, Senior Fellow, Miller Center, University of Virginia Can today’s divided America learn something from the divisions of the past? zimmytws, iStock/Getty Images Plus People trying to understand politics in the United States today often turn to history for precedents and perspective. Are our…
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Why do people have baby teeth and adult teeth?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Christina Nicholas, Associate Professor of Orthodontics and of Anthropology, University of Illinois Chicago Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do people have two sets of teeth?…
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Turning motion into medicine: How AI, motion capture and wearables can improve your health
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Azarang Asadi, Data Scientist, Oklahoma State University The use of motion data is expanding from fitness and rehabilitation to general health. Todor Tsvetkov/E+ via Getty Images People often take walking for granted. We just move, one step after another, without ever thinking about what it takes…
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The ‘supercenter’ effect: How massive, one-stop retailers fuel overconsumption − and waste
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Suvrat Dhanorkar, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology ‘Big-box’ supercenters can contribute to overpurchasing by shoppers Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images Imagine walking out of a Walmart, Target or Costco. As you push your large shopping cart to your car, you ask yourself: Did…
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How five countries are adapting to the climate crisis
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Susannah Fisher, Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, UCL People travel by boat to shop along flooded streets in the district of Satkhira, in southern Bangladesh, after months of heavy rain. DFID / Rafiqur Rahman Raqu, CC BY-NC-ND Countries around the world are…
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Arrest of top whistleblower shows extent of Israeli impunity over torture of Palestinian detainees
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Merav Amir, Reader of Human Geography, Queen’s University Belfast Israel’s top military prosecutor, Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, was arrested recently in a case which further reveals the extent of mistreatment of Palestinian detainees and the impunity enjoyed by Israeli security forces. The arrest of Tomer-Yerushalmi, who was, until…
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What autistic people – and those with ADHD and dyslexia – really think about the word ‘neurodiversity’
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Aimee Grant, Associate Professor in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University shutterstock Vitalii Vodolazskyi/Shutterstock The term “neurodiversity” is still relatively new. Even now, there’s no firm agreement among experts about what it should include. Does it refer only to neurodevelopmental differences such…