Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Pinky Jain, Head of Teacher Education, Leeds Beckett University Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Some children at primary school, as they head into a new school year, will find themselves learning alongside children of different ages. Year one and year two might be educated in the same classroom, for instance.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Matt Barlow, Lecturer International Political Economy, University of Glasgow In his first real electoral test since sweeping to power in October 2023, the party of Argentina’s right-wing populist president, Javier Milei, has suffered a landslide defeat. The result can be read as an emphatic reminder of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Benedict Michael, Professor, Infectious Neuroscience, University of Liverpool A child with measles. Natalya Maisheva/Shutterstock.com A school-age child has died from a devastating brain complication of measles in Los Angeles, highlighting the deadly consequences of declining vaccination rates. The child, who was too young to receive the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Putu Agus Khorisantono, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet Our sense of smell and taste are strongly connected. Dragon Images/ Shutterstock Taste is often thought to be controlled solely by our tastebuds. But maybe you’ve noticed how food can taste bland when you have…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Julie Curtis, Professor of Russian Literature (Emerita), University of Oxford While Vladimir Putin imposes ever-harsher restrictions on freedom of speech some people still seek to voice opposition to him, inside and outside Russia. The exhibition NO in Berlin was dedicated to these people – “to all…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex BearFotos/Shutterstock American voters often rank inflation as the most important issue facing the US. But something odd has happened to inflationary expectations since Donald Trump became president in January. Americans believe inflation is much higher than it…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Elsa Devienne, Assistant Professor in History, Northumbria University, Newcastle Beach cleanup pioneer Linda Maraniss brandishing collected waste at the Texas senate assembly. Reproduced with permission from Linda Maraniss. In October 1984, volunteers on the coast of Oregon hauled away 26 tonnes of waste in a single…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation Read the interactive visual feature here Digital Storytelling Team does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Angel Zhong, Professor of Finance, RMIT University Just for a moment this week, Larry Ellison, co-founder of US cloud computing company Oracle, became the world’s richest person. The octogenarian tech titan briefly overtook Elon Musk after Oracle’s share price rocketed 43% in a day, adding…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia Natalia Lebendinskaia/Getty “Microdosing” originally meant taking tiny amounts of psychedelics (such as mushrooms) to enhance mood or performance, with fewer side effects. But the term has taken off to mean anything where you incorporate a…