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What men should know before signing up for testosterone ‘optimisation’
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Daniel Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, Sheffield Hallam University Reshetnikov_art/Shutterstock Pop-up clinics and glossy adverts are selling men a new message: it is time to “check your T” (shorthand for testosterone levels). The idea is not about treating medical problems but about “optimising” energy, focus and…
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As Trump cuts weather forecasting, vulnerable places like Puerto Rico risk losing vital early warnings
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ellen Ruth Kujawa, Coastal Change Research Fellow, University of Hull; University of Cambridge Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica in late October, killed dozens in Haiti and forced nearly three-quarters of a million Cubans to evacuate. The death toll across the region is still unknown – but Melissa…
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An east-west divide deeper than the cold war: what I saw on my summer trip to Russia
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Matthew Alford, Lecturer in the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, University of Bath People walk near the Kremlin in Moscow in January 2025. Oleg Elkov / Shutterstock I went to Moscow this summer on a trip that was as awkward as it was illuminating.…
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Cloth nappies can inspire a feelgood factor that is the secret of long-term behaviour change
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Fatema Kawaf, Professor in Digital Marketing, Nottingham Trent University Netrun78/Shutterstock During the first COVID-19 lockdown, we were both mothers trying to stay sane. Our chats often revolved around nappies, feeding, sleep deprivation and motherhood chaos. Between laughter and exhaustion, cloth nappies kept coming up in conversation.…
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Films like A Kind of Madness and Rose of Nevada are helping us see dementia differently
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andrea Holck, Doctoral Researcher, City St George’s, University of London Watching a film about dementia is, ordinarily, a sobering activity. We watch someone become imprisoned in the temporal chaos of their mind. We empathise with the family members nobly trying their best to do what’s right.…
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UK to overhaul asylum policy – will the new measures work?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Darling, Professor in Human Geography, Durham University Amid growing public concern over migration and a political threat from Reform UK, the Labour government has proposed sweeping reforms to the asylum and refugee system. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, says the plans will address an “out…
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What do trees remember? Our research reveals trauma and hope hidden in their memories
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Estrella Luna-Diez, Associate Professor in Plant Pathology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham The mighty Feanedock Oak in Derbyshire has provided an anchor habitat for many lifeforms, including people, for more than 200 years. Lucy Neal, CC BY-NC-SA The Feanedock Oak stands out so clearly in…
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Who is Shabana Mahmood? The home secretary is the face of Labour’s most hardline immigration policies to date
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Parveen Akhtar, Senior Lecturer: Politics, History and International Relations, Aston University Just 74 days into her new role as home secretary, Shabana Mahmood has unveiled what she calls “the most substantial reform to the UK’s asylum system in a generation”. Immigration is currently viewed as the…
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‘How about going for a drive?’ turned into an epic global adventure
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand In 1962, Dunedin farmer Alan MacLeod said to his wife Joan and six kids, ‘how about going for a drive’?’ Little did they know the ‘harebrained scheme’ Alan had cooked up would see them travelling the world in a homemade house truck a year later. He wanted to reconnect the family…
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Artificial intelligence is front and centre at COP30
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By David Tindall, Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia We live in a time often characterized as a polycrisis. One of those crises is human-caused climate change, an issue currently being discussed by delegates at the COP30 climate talks in Belém, Brazil. Another is disinformation, much…
