Two mornings ago, it seemed the United States and Iran were on an inevitable path to war. By yesterday morning, the world seemed just a little less tense. But could the volatile situation flare up once again in the coming days? Today in The Conversation Canada, Bryan Peeler, who researches international law at the University of Manitoba, looks at the latest developments between Washington and Tehran and concludes all-out war seems unlikely at this stage.

We also have an excellent read by three researchers – Anna Banerji of the University of Toronto, Faisal Moola of the University of Guelph and David Suzuki of the University of British Columbia – who have examined the extremely high number of cases of respiratory illnesses among Inuit infants in Arctic Canada and why governments need to provide better access to costly medicine that could help Inuit babies and their families.

The devastating bush fires in Australia have led to the loss of life for both humans and literally millions of animals. But even those critters who escape the flames can be impacted by the thick smoke from the wildfires. Three University of Calgary academics – Stephanie Laura Bond, Laura Osborne and Renaud Leguillette – have researched how animals fared when exposed to wildfires in North America.

Finally, the team at The Conversation Canada wants to extend our sympathies to the many universities we work with that are reeling from the news that some of their students and professors were among those killed in the crash of the Ukraine International Airlines jet in Tehran. 

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