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Maria Balinska is one of the founders of The Conversation in the United States and served as our editor there for four years. Now, she is the Executive Director of the US-UK Fulbright Commission, based in London, and overseeing the body’s work that takes post-graduates in the US and the UK across the Atlantic to teach and research in each other’s country.
They also host superb events, including an annual lecture which was held this week at the British Library and titled Connecting Science with People: The Power of Civic Science. It produced a stimulating discussion, highly relevant to the work we do here at The Conversation, with the panellists sharing their experiences of public engagement generally and specifically looking at the interaction between researchers and the media. One anecdote really captured the imagination of the audience. To read all about it, click here.
Also this week, more on the US presidential election, India’s tigers, and a podcast on dating apps. And in French, our new politics editor in Paris delivers this thorough Q&A on the
appointment of France’s new prime minister, Michel Barnier.
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Stephen Khan
Global Executive Editor, London
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Tim Baker, Monash University
Nine years ago, Tim Baker was diagnosed with stage 4, metastatic prostate cancer. Today, astonishingly, he is fit and healthy, and meeting the scientists researching new treatments for this disease.
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Brooke Nickel, University of Sydney; Claire Hooker, University of Sydney; Katy Bell, University of Sydney
This is not the first time we’ve seen powerful celebrity stories about cancer have the potential to influence public health. Here’s how you can make sense of the latest news.
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Dhanapal Govindarajulu, University of Manchester; Divya Gupta, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Ghazala Shahabuddin, Ashoka University
Tigers have bounced back, but some relocations may have done more harm than good.
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Adam Taylor, Lancaster University
The results of much DIY dentistry are nothing to smile about.
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Gemma Ware, The Conversation
Treena Orchard and Carolina Bandinelli talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how dating apps have changed expectations about the search for love.
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Jaigris Hodson, Royal Roads University
Summer 2024 saw a big surge of COVID-19 cases. While COVID-19 is not the emergency it once was, it’s still a health threat, and we’d be wise to reduce our risk of getting it.
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Anna Fagre, Colorado State University; Sadie Jane Ryan, University of Florida
Infectious diseases can spill over from animals to humans as well as spill back. Each cross-species transmission gives pathogens a chance to evolve and spread even further.
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Chris Lamb, Indiana University
Democrats are taking a new tone aimed at a particular weakness of Donald Trump: He hates being laughed at.
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Roger Lawrence Gibson, University of the Witwatersrand; Deon van Niekerk, Rhodes University
Meteorites contain a wealth of information about the origins of our solar system, helping us to understand their, and even Earth’s, origin and evolution.
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Maureen Cohen, The Open University
Most planets that have the potential to host life have one side always facing their sun.
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En Français
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Frédéric Sawicki, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
La nomination de Michel Barnier au poste de premier ministre signale la concrétisation d’une alliance entre Emmanuel Macron et Les Républicains, mais aussi la position de force du RN. Entretien.
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