Category: Analysis
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Volcanoes can help us untangle the evolution of humans – here’s how
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Saini Samim, PhD Candidate, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne NASA’s Earth Observatory How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution. Unfortunately,…
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12,000-year-old smoked mummies reveal world’s earliest evidence of human mummification
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Hsiao-chun Hung, Senior Research Fellow, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University A middle-aged woman, discovered in a tightly flexed position at the Liyupo site in southern China, preserved through smoked mummification. Hsiao-chun Hung Smoke-drying mummification of human remains was practised by hunter-gatherers…
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There’s a new outbreak of Ebola in Africa. Here’s what you need to know
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has declared a new Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province. It’s caused by the most severe strain: Zaire Ebola virus. This…
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Lavender marriages: What queer unions and relationships can teach us about love and safety
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Gio Dolcecore, Assistant Professor, Social Work, Mount Royal University Lavender marriages, traditionally entered into by LGBT+ individuals to conceal their sexual orientation, are on the rise, according to several news sources, with some even calling them a “trend.” Historically, lavender marriages refer to unions — often…
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2 shootings, 2 states, minutes apart − a trauma psychiatrist explains how exposure to shootings changes all of us
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Arash Javanbakht, Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University Greater numbers of people are being exposed to horrific violence than in the past, in large part through the amplification on social media. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images News via Getty Images On Sept. 10, 2025, the nation’s attention…
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Donald Trump’s second state visit to the UK: the pageantry, politics and pitfalls
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By David Hastings Dunn, Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham Donald Trump’s second state visit to the UK provides an opportunity to compare and contrast the visit he made six years ago, while Elizabeth II was on…
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The 17th-century woman who wrote about surviving domestic abuse
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Naomi Baker, Senior Lecturer in English Renaissance Literature, Manchester University A Woman Asleep Over a Book by Jan de Bray (1660). British Museum Women have been describing their experiences of male abuse for centuries – we just haven’t always been ready to listen to them. In…
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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By David Silver, Chair in Business and Professional Ethics, University of British Columbia Aspiring autocrats are increasingly pressuring businesses to co-operate with their quest for wealth and power, such as by demanding they direct corporate funds towards their personal enrichment or fire personnel who are critical of…
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Israel’s strike on Qatar was a serious blow against diplomacy in the Middle East
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By M. Waqas Haider, PhD Researcher, Lancaster University The recent Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Doha, where they had gathered to discuss a US-brokered peace proposal, has triggered substantial repercussions throughout the Middle East and beyond. Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, characterised it as a “justified”…
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Why have cancer survival rates stopped improving in the UK?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ahmed Elbediwy, Senior Lecturer in Cancer Biology & Clinical Biochemistry, Kingston University The ten-year survival rate for many cancers has doubled in the past 50 years — but for others, there has been hardly any change. namtipStudio/ Shutterstock More people are surviving cancer than ever before…