Category: Analysis
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Weapons: the film’s horror stems from moral disengagement – a psychologist explains
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Edward White, PhD Candidate in Psychology, Kingston University Director Zach Cregger’s new horror film Weapons explores the unsettling notion that the real monsters might not be lurking under your bed, but can instead be found within your own mind. More than merely a scare tactic, the…
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Cambodia is vowing to ‘rid’ the country of scam compounds. But we’ve seen several still operating in the open
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Ivan Franceschini, Lecturer, Chinese Studies, The University of Melbourne Last month, the Cambodian government launched the largest crackdown to date on the online scam industry that has taken root in the country and operated largely in the open. On July 16, a directive from Prime…
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Spy novelist Stella Rimington, the first female head of MI5, was a ‘true trailblazer’
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Sue Turnbull, Honorary Professor of Communication and Media Studies, University of Wollongong Dame Stella Rimington, former director general of the UK’s domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, MI5, and author of several spy thrillers, has died this week, aged 90. A decade ago, Rimington came to…
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Move over Mercury – Chiron is in retrograde. What even is Chiron?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney An artist’s impression of Chiron and its coma of gas. William Gonzalez Sierra / UCF You might have seen an interesting phrase popping up in your social media feeds lately: “Chiron is in retrograde.”…
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Are you in a mid-career to senior job? Don’t fear AI – you could have this important advantage
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Kai Riemer, Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney Have you ever sat in a meeting where someone half your age casually mentions “prompting ChatGPT” or “running this through AI”, and felt a familiar knot in your stomach? You’re not alone. There’s a…
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Friday essay: Trump and Kennedy are destroying global science. Even Einstein questioned facts – but there’s a method to it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Elizabeth Finkel, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University Eight months into Donald Trump’s second presidency of the United States, truth and science are again under attack – with global consequences. USAID, which tackled HIV, TB, malaria and child malnutrition is gone. Funding has been withdrawn from…
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NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi The stark landscape of the Moon as viewed by the Apollo 12 astronauts on their return to Earth. NASA/The Planetary Society The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing…
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Jane Austen at 250: Why we shouldn’t exaggerate her radicalism
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Kerry Sinanan, Associate Professor of Global pre-1800 Literature, University of Winnipeg The BBC’s recent docuseries, Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius, the PBS mini-series Miss Austen as well as cultural and tourism festivities are all marking the 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth for a global audience.…
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It’s challenging to predict extreme thunderstorms — improving this will help reduce their deadly and costly impacts
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By David Sills, Director, Northern Tornadoes Project, Western University Our ability to predict extreme weather from thunderstorms, like the recent catastrophic flash floods in Texas, is unsettlingly poor, even in the hours leading up to the event. Improvements in understanding, detecting and predicting extreme thunderstorms — and…
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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)…