Category: Analysis
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‘Stop Killing Games’: Demands for game ownership must also include workers’ rights
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Louis-Etienne Dubois, Associate Professor, School of Creative Industries, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University With live service games, players are learning that what they’ve really bought is not a game but access to it. And, evidently, that access is something that can be revoked. (Unsplash/Samsung Memory)…
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Weight loss jabs and cancer risk: here’s what you need to know about the research so far
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nadine Wehida, Senior Lecturer in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Kingston University Haberdoedas Photography, CC BY-SA So many people in western countries are turning to weight loss drugs such as Wegovy/Ozempic and Mounjaro that concerns have started to emerge about maintaining ready supplies. But with popularity comes…
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A Bermuda stalagmite reveals how the Gulf Stream shifted – and what it might do as the climate changes further
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Edward Forman, PhD Candidate, Climate Tipping Points, University of Southampton Beneath the subtropical paradise, Bermuda hosts a vast network of caves which contains records of Earth’s climate history. Inside are mineral deposits called speleothems – including stalagmites on the cave floors more than six-foot tall. These…
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COVID, the flu and other viral infections can re-awaken dormant breast cancer cells, new study in mice shows
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University COVID was one of the common respiratory infections shown to re-awaken breast cancer cells. MIA Studio/ Shutterstock The worry that breast cancer may someday return is a troubling source of anxiety for many survivors of the disease.…
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Technology has fuelled overtourism – now it could also help to stem the tide
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adrian Palmer, Professor of Marketing, University of Reading The queue for a view at Iguazu Falls in Brazil. Thiago B Trevisan/Shutterstock Tourism is not always welcomed by the people who actually live in the places so many of us want to visit. Big crowds can bring…
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Trump poised to meet Putin to discuss Ukraine – but Zelensky set to be left on the sidelines
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. The latest news out of…
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The great unknown romance of writer E.F. Benson’s life – Fred and George, a love story hidden in letters
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sasha Garwood, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham George Plank’s illustration of E.F. (Fred) Benson’s character Aunt Georgie, from The Freaks of Mayfair. In 1915, Edward Frederic (E.F.) Benson – the future bestselling author of comic novel series Mapp and Lucia – was in his late 40s,…
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Why do people riot?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Drury, Professor of Social Psychology, University of Sussex Just over a year ago, riots swept across parts of the UK following the murder of three schoolgirls in Southport. In 2011, the police killing of Mark Duggan led to five nights of rioting that left five…
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Elon Musk’s plans for a new political party will likely be derailed by a US political system hostile to new voices
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Thom Reilly, Professor and Co-Director of the Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy, Arizona State University Two-party control of U.S. politics runs contrary to the vision of the Constitution’s framers. Douglas Rissing/Getty Images As dissatisfaction with the two-party system grows in the United States, the…
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Is western influence over Ukraine colonial meddling or a vital way to prevent corruption?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University Ukraine’s former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko recently called for an end to what she called the western “colonial model” of interference in Ukraine’s domestic politics. In a speech to the Ukrainian parliament in July, she welcomed the…