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Doctors shouldn’t be allowed to object to medical care if it harms their patients
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Julian Savulescu, Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, The University of Melbourne HRAUN/Getty A young woman needs an abortion and the reasons, while urgent, are not medical. A United…
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The incredible impact of Ozzy Osbourne, from Black Sabbath to Ozzfest to 30 years of retirement tours
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Lachlan Goold, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music, University of the Sunshine Coast Ozzy Osbourne photographed in London in 1991. Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images Ozzy Osbourne, the “prince of darkness” and godfather of heavy metal, has died aged 76, just weeks after he reunited with Black Sabbath…
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‘Eat the rich’ — Why horror films are taking aim at the ultra-wealthy
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Heather Roberts, PhD Candidate in Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies, Queen’s University, Ontario Samara Weaving in the horror film ‘Ready or Not.’ Weaving plays Grace, a bride who must survive until dawn on her wedding day as her in-laws hunt her down. (Searchlight Pictures) This story…
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No wonder England’s water needs cleaning up – most sewage discharges aren’t even classified as pollution incidents
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alex Ford, Professor of Biology, University of Portsmouth oneSHUTTER oneMEMORY/Shutterstock England’s privatised water industry may one day be considered a textbook case study of failed corporate responsibility, regulation and governance. The Cunliffe review, the recent report into England’s privatised water industry, concluded that the financial regulator,…
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What was the Battle of Orgreave, and why has the government launched an inquiry into it?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Steven Daniels, Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill University The UK’s home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has announced a full inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave, a large, violent clash between the National Union of Mineworkers and South Yorkshire police that took place over 40 years ago. The…
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Yellowknife’s Giant Mine: Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Arn Keeling, Professor, Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland Giant Mine, just north of Yellowknife, N.W.T., in September 2011. The gold mine officially opened in 1948 and was operational for over 50 years before it was closed in 2004. (John Sandlos) Decades of gold mining…
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Is today’s political climate making dating harder for young people?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Katherine Twamley, Professor of Sociology, UCL Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock The last year has highlighted a political divide between young men and women. Data from elections in several countries shows that women aged 18-29 are becoming significantly more liberal, while young men are leaning more conservative. And a…
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Floating babies, cosmic radiation and zero-gravity birth: what space pregnancy might actually involve
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Arun Vivian Holden, Emeritus Professor of Computational Biology, University of Leeds Lidiia/Shutterstock As plans for missions to Mars accelerate, so do questions about how the human body might cope. A return trip to the red planet would give more than enough time for someone to become…
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A Philosopher Looks at Clothes by Kate Moran is engaging and unpretentious – we need more philosophy books like this
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sarah Richmond, Honorary Associate Professor of Philosophy, UCL With a few exceptions, philosophers have had little to say about clothes. Maybe this is because the topic seems frivolous, or feminine, unworthy of the attention of a predominantly male collection of thinkers. Perhaps, too, the transience of…
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Hosepipe ban survival guide: which garden plants to save and which to sacrifice
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alastair Culham, Associate Professor of Botany, University of Reading Studio 37/Shutterstock With hosepipe bans in force across several English regions and more restrictions likely to follow, gardeners face some tough choices. When every drop counts, which plants deserve your precious water from the water butt, and…