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As Sri Lanka’s economy pivots from tourism, it’s well placed to benefit from global trade and geopolitical jostling – new research
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Hemamali Tennakoon, Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Management, Brunel University of London Dmytro Buianskyi/Shutterstock With its natural beauty, wildlife and culture, Sri Lanka is known as the “pearl of the Indian Ocean”, and attracts millions of tourists every year. But my research suggests that the country…
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A global treaty to limit plastic pollution is within reach – will countries seize the moment?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Winnie Courtene-Jones, Lecturer in Marine Pollution, Bangor University Bandung, Indonesia. Sony Herdiana/Shutterstock Representatives from 175 countries will gather in Geneva, Switzerland, in August for the final round of negotiations on a legally binding UN treaty to end plastic pollution. Non-governmental organisations, academics and industry lobbyists will…
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From ‘MMS’ to ‘aerobic oxygen’, why drinking bleach has become a dangerous wellness trend
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University Grossinger/Shutterstock If something online promises to cure everything, it’s probably too good to be true. One of the most dangerous examples? Chlorine dioxide is often marketed under names like “Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS)” or “aerobic oxygen”, buzzwords that hint…
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Learning statistics through story: students get creative with numbers
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Johan Ferreira, Professor, University of the Witwatersrand Photo by Markus Krisetya via Unsplash Statistics professor Johan Ferreira was feeling overwhelmed by the amount of “screen time” involved in online learning in 2021. He imagined students must be feeling the same way, and wondered what he could…
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Livestock and lions make uneasy neighbours: how a fence upgrade helped protect domestic and wild animals in Tanzania
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Jonathan Salerno, Associate Professor, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Protecting livestock in areas where large carnivores (like lions) live is increasingly important as human land use expands, wildlife habitat shrinks, and climatic changes reshape the ways in which humans and wildlife interact. Protecting the…
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Ghana’s security strategy has kept terror attacks at bay: what other countries can learn from its approach
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Paa Kwesi Wolseley Prah, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dublin City University Ghana stands out in west Africa as a nation that has not experienced terrorist attacks, even though it’s geographically close to countries that have. In Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria, extremist groups such as Boko Haram…
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I research rip currents where ‘Cosby Show’ star Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowned. Here’s why they’re so deadly
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Chris Houser, Professor in Department of Earth and Environmental Science, and Dean of Science, University of Waterloo Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor who played Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has drowned on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast. It is reported that he was swimming at Playa Cocles…
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How falling vaccination rates are fuelling the antibiotic resistance crisis
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Ruchika Gupta, Assistant Professor and Medical Microbiologist, Department of Pathobiology and Lab Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre and Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest health threats we face today. It’s often blamed on the overuse of antibiotics,…
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Sylvia Plath’s ‘fig tree analogy’ from The Bell Jar is being misappropriated
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Elisha Wise, English, University of Sheffield In chapter seven of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar (1963), protagonist Esther Greenwood imagines her life branching out before her like a green fig-tree. Each individual fig on the branches represents a different “wonderful future” – a family, a successful…
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The A to K of vitamins: what you need and where to get it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol SpeedKingz/Shutterstock The late, great comedian Barry Humphries (of Dame Edna fame) once spoke whimsically about the health benefits of kale. Just one fistful, he joked, contained enough essential vitamins, minerals and trace elements…