Category: MIL OSI
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Quadrobics: is the trend for walking on all fours like an animal good for your fitness?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dan Gordon, Professor of Exercise Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University Quadrobics puts all four limbs to work. Okrasiuk/ Shutterstock Instead of wasting hours squatting weights in the gym or pounding miles of pavement in your running shoes, you could instead get all the benefits of a workout…
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Warmer weather is leading to vanishing winters in North America’s Great Lakes
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Marguerite Xenopoulos, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Change of Freshwater Ecosystems, Trent University Fifty years ago, winter didn’t just visit the Great Lakes — it took up residence. If you blinked too slowly, your eyelashes froze together. Standing on the ice at the edge…
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Zombies, jiangshi, draugrs, revenants − monster lore is filled with metaphors for public health
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Tom Duszynski, Clinical Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Indiana University Key elements of a zombie apocalypse echo the stages of an infectious disease outbreak. GoToVan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Imagine a city street at dusk, silent save for the rising sound of a collective guttural…
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FEMA buyouts vs. risky real estate: New maps reveal post-flood migration patterns across the US
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By James R. Elliott, Professor of Sociology, Rice University FEMA’s buyout program helped homeowners in Houston after Hurricane Harvey’s widespread flooding in 2017. AP Photo/David J. Phillip Dangerous flooding has damaged neighborhoods in almost every state in 2025, leaving homes a muddy mess. In several hard-hit…
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High food prices in east and southern Africa: four steps to boost production and make markets work better
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Grace Nsomba, Researcher at Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg Countries in east and southern Africa have continued to experience high and volatile food prices despite good harvests in 2025. This is especially alarming as climate-related weather shocks will be deeper and…
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As Gaza starts to rebuild, what lessons can be learned from Nagasaki in 1945?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Gwyn McClelland, Senior Lecturer, Japanese Studies, University of New England At first, there might not seem to be any immediate similarities between a devastated Nagasaki after the US atomic bombing in 1945 and Gaza today, aside from massive destruction. But in considering Gaza’s recovery from…
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Peter Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg could be the Antichrist. Here’s how three religions actually describe him
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Philip C. Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland In a series of four lectures, Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel has been opining on the Antichrist. Thiel’s amateur riffing identifies the Antichrist with anyone or any institution that…
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The world wide web was meant to unite us, but is tearing us apart instead. Is there another way?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By George Buchanan, Deputy Dean, School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University The hope of the world wide web, according to its creator Tim Berners-Lee, was that it would make communication easier, bring knowledge to all, and strengthen democracy and connection. Instead, it seems to be driving…
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Human ancestors were exposed to lead millions of years ago, and it shaped our evolution
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Professor in Geochronology and Geochemistry, Southern Cross University A 2 million-year-old tooth of an early human ancestor. Fiorenza and Joannes-Boyau When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes. But our new study,…
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The price of gold is skyrocketing. Why is this, and will it continue?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Luke Hartigan, Lecturer in Economics, University of Sydney The price of gold surged above US$4,100 (A$6,300) an ounce on Wednesday for the first time, taking this year’s extraordinary rally to more than 50%. The speed of the upswing has been much faster than analysts had…