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Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tracy Hussell, Director of the Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach Three scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for discovering how the body stops its own immune system from…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gulnaz Anjum, Assistant Professor of Climate Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Department of Psychology, University of Limerick Caterpillar Taqi/Shutterstock When the daytime air feels like an oven and night brings no relief, people in Karachi, Pakistan, say the heat “goes straight to the head”. They…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By David Lees, Reader in French Studies, University of Warwick French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu has resigned after less than a month in the role, making him the fourth to leave the office in the past year and a half. When he was first elected in 2017,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Claire Jowitt, Professor of Renaissance Studies, University of East Anglia Like afternoon tea, red pillar boxes and bracing walks on crisp autumn days, there is something reassuringly British about the Shipping Forecast, broadcast twice a day on Radio 4, and three times at weekends. Dogger; Rockall;…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anthony Ridge-Newman, Associate Dean And Associate Professor School of Humanities, Liverpool Hope University In the wake of the 2024 general election, media headlines, public discourse, and Reform UK’s consistently favourable electoral and polling results have suggested the party poses an “existential threat” to the Conservatives. The…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Annayah Prosser, Assistant Professor in Marketing, Business and Society, University of Bath Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, has been released to much fanfare. While the album’s critical reception has been mixed – with reviews ranging from a flop to a masterpiece –…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Maha Rafi Atal, Adam Smith Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow Jacob Lund/Shutterstock UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out a “youth guarantee” aimed at ending long-term unemployment among young people. Under the plan, a young person who…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sharon Jagger, Lecturer in Religion, York St John University As an academic specialising in gender and the church, the news that Bishop Sarah Mullally would be the next archbishop of Canterbury came as a pleasant shock to me. The announcement of a woman as leader of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jessie Osborne, Research Assistant, RAND Europe Nasa/Frank Michaux For the first time in half a century, America stands on the threshold of sending astronauts back to the Moon. Slated for launch no earlier than February 2026, Artemis II will not land on the lunar surface, but…