Category: English
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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…
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Stereophonic: this play about an ailing rock band is a must-see masterpiece
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michael Collins, Reader in American Studies and Chair of The British Association for American Studies, King’s College London For legal reasons, David Adjmi and Will Butler’s play is absolutely not about the recording of Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 album Rumours. But like that famous album, it is…
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BBC resignations over Trump scandal show the pressures on public broadcasters – and why they must resist them
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne The resignations of BBC Director-General Tim Davie and CEO of BBC News Deborah Turness over dishonest editing of a speech in 2021 by US President Donald Trump raise several disturbing questions. These…
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The science of weight loss – and why your brain is wired to keep you fat
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Valdemar Brimnes Ingemann Johansen, PhD Fellow in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen When you lose weight, your body reacts as if it were a threat to survival. pexels/pavel danilyuk, CC BY For decades, we’ve been told that weight loss is a…
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Darfuri diaspora – grief and hope from afar
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand Displaced Sudanese who fled El-Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), arrive in the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region on 28 October, 2025. Photo: AFP Kadambari Raghukumar produces and presents Here Now, RNZ’s weekly series on people from various global backgrounds…
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Are young people more narcissistic than ever?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand The term ‘narcissism‘ comes from the Greek myth of Narcissus, the handsome young man who falls in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. Are we in the middle of a narcissism epidemic in which people are caring more and more about themselves at the expense…
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How Taiwan is leading the way in the fight against disinformation
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s first ever digital minister, told those attending the Munich Cyber Security Conference that Taiwan is using AI to fight disinformation. Photo: JP YIM For Taiwan, the threat of Chinese military invasion is less pressing than an invasion many see as ongoing – an onslaught of disinformation.…
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Is it healthier to stop eating when you’re 80 percent full?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand Hara hachi bu has been gaining attention recently as a strategy for weight loss. But while the practice might emphasise eating in moderation, it shouldn’t really be seen as a method of dietary restriction. Rather, it represents a way of eating that can help us learn to have awareness…
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The Māori ward vote in New Zealand contains important lessons for Canada
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Karen Bird, Professor of Political Science, McMaster University Canadians have often looked to Aotearoa New Zealand as an established model for electoral inclusion of Indigenous voices. But local elections recently held in New Zealand offer an important cautionary tale for Canada, where treaty rights remain contested…
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New global research shows eye movements reveal how native languages shape reading
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Victor Kuperman, Professor, Department of Linguistics and Languages, McMaster University Reading is a complex cognitive skill that predicts career prospects and social mobility throughout our lifetimes. For newcomers to a country, success often depends on learning to read fluently in a new language. In fact, language…