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With more Moon missions on the horizon, avoiding crowding and collisions will be a growing challenge
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Mariel Borowitz, Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology Many companies and space agencies want to send satellites to orbit the Moon, and crowding could become a concern. European Space Agency ©ESA, CC BY-NC Interest in the Moon has been high – just in…
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Signature size and narcissism − a psychologist explains a long-ago discovery that helped establish the link
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Richie Zweigenhaft, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Guilford College ‘I love my signature, I really do,’ President Donald Trump said on Sept. 30, 2025. ‘Everyone loves my signature.’ Yoan Valat, Pool photo via AP For years, Donald Trump’s distinctive, large and bold signature has captured the…
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How autism rates are rising – and why that could lead to more inclusive communities
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Joshua Anbar, Clinical Assistant Professor in Healthcare Administration and Policy, Arizona State University A wider variety of symptoms are included in the diagnostic definition of autism spectrum disorder today than when autism was first introduced as a mental health condition in 1980. Vladimir Vladimirov/E+ via…
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Chinese controls on rare earths could create challenges for the west’s plans for green tech
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Chee Meng Tan, Assistant Professor of Business Economics, University of Nottingham Electric cars are reliant on rare earth minerals, and most are mined in China. Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock China recently announced that it was putting new controls on the export of rare earth elements, sparking a…
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Could tactical voting block Reform in future elections? Lessons from the Caerphilly byelection
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Thomas Lockwood, PhD Researcher in Politics, York St John University Plaid Cymru’s overwhelming victory in the recent Caerphilly Senedd byelection shattered over a century of political tradition. Lindsay Whittle took the seat with 15,691 votes. Labour, which had held the seat since it was created, came…
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The rise and fall of globalisation: the battle to be top dog
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Steve Schifferes, Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City St George’s, University of London A world map showing the extent of the British Empire in 1886. Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston Public Library/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY This is the first…
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Is Halloween too scary for kids?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Matthew Thompson, Lecturer in History and Communications, University of Southern Queensland Charles Parker/ Pexels It is easy to see Halloween as an inappropriate time for children. With its mixture of bloody costumes and scary themes, it can often feel like it is luring kids into…
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In 2024, the climate crisis worsened in all ways. But we can still limit warming with bold action
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Thomas Newsome, Associate Professor in Global Ecology, University of Sydney abstractaerialart/Getty Climate change has been on the world’s radar for decades. Predictions made by scientists at oil giant Exxon in the early 1980s are proving accurate. The damage done by a hotter, more chaotic world…
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New images reveal the Milky Way’s stunning galactic plane in more detail than ever before
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Silvia Mantovanini, PhD Candidate, Astronomy, Curtin University Silvia Mantovanini (ICRAR/Curtin) & the GLEAM-X Team The Milky Way is a rich and complex environment. We see it as a luminous line stretching across the night sky, composed of innumerable stars. But that’s just the visible light.…
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How a ‘sewer socialism’ revival could see Zohran Mamdani become New York’s next mayor
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato Andres Kudacki/Getty Images Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani looks increasingly like the one to beat at next week’s election. But he is up against more than the usual political…