Category: MIL OSI
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Five ways to make the ocean economy more sustainable and just
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Susan Gourvenec, Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies – Intelligent & Resilient Ocean Engineering, University of Southampton Sustainable seaweed farming contributes to a blue ocean economy. Kanurism/Shutterstock The ocean has long been treated as boundless – a frontier for extraction and a sink for…
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ADHD: even one bout of physical activity might help kids better learn in school
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Karah Dring, Senior Lecturer in Exercise and Health, Nottingham Trent University The cognitive benefits of exercise even lasted into the next day. Lopolo/ Shutterstock Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common disability diagnosis in children globally. It’s estimated to affect around 8% of children…
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The growing paranoia of British politics
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Matthew Flinders, Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield Conspiratorial narratives have always swirled around the corridors of Number 10. Studies of the British style of government have, for decades, explored the role of unofficial briefings…
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Game of Wool: Fair Isle knitting row reveals why culture and tradition matter
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lynn Abrams, Chair of Modern History, School of Humanities, University of Glasgow Knitters and crafters had been anticipating Channel 4’s new craft show Game of Wool for some time. Knitting, so long the poor relation of the textile crafts, was finally to take centre stage on…
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UN backs Trump’s plan for Gaza but Palestinian statehood remains a distant prospect
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Leonie Fleischmann, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City St George’s, University of London The UN security council has voted to adopt a resolution endorsing US president Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza. However, while the resolution references a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination…
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How household contracts could be fueling UK inflation
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lorenza Rossi, Professor in Economics, Lancaster University Dean Clarke/Shutterstock UK inflation has dropped to 3.6% but it remains well above the Bank of England’s 2% target. Beyond broader global uncertainties, there are also factors within our own homes that are quietly sustaining this stubborn issue. Namely,…
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The rise of the ‘performative male:’ How young men are experimenting with masculinity online
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jillian Sunderland, PhD Student , University of Toronto Across TikTok and university campuses, young men are rewriting what masculinity looks like today, sometimes with matcha lattes, Labubus, film cameras and thrifted tote bags. At Toronto Metropolitan University, a “performative male” contest recently drew a sizeable crowd…
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Physicists and philosophers have long struggled to understand the nature of time: Here’s why
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Daryl Janzen, Observatory Manager and Instructor, Astronomy, University of Saskatchewan Time itself isn’t difficult to grasp: we all understand it, despite our persistent struggle to describe it. The problem is one of articulation: a failure to precisely draw the right boundaries around the nature of time…
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Orthodox Judaism is making space for women’s religious leadership – even without traditional ordination
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Michal Raucher, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, Rutgers University Orthodox Jewish women attend an event celebrating the completion of the 7 1/2-year cycle of daily study of the Talmud, the central text of Jewish law, on Jan. 5, 2020, in Jerusalem. AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov When…
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Why MAGA is so concerned with Epstein − and why the files are unlikely to dent loyalty to Trump
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Alex Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University – Newark MAGA hats are placed on a table at an election night party in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 5, 2024. Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via…