Category: MIL OSI
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Three ways to make the UK’s food system more resilient – according to new report by 150 experts
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Neil Ward, Professor of Rural and Regional Development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia BearFotos/Shutterstock In 2022, six days before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine and destabilised energy and food supplies, my colleagues and I started building a network of…
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AI systems and humans ‘see’ the world differently – and that’s why AI images look so garish
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University Andres Aleman/Unsplash How do computers see the world? It’s not quite the same way humans do. Recent advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) make it possible to do more things with computer image…
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Your body can be a portable gym: how to ditch membership fees and expensive equipment
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Dan van den Hoek, Senior Lecturer, Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of the Sunshine Coast monika kabise JeCVBSpS xU unsplash Monika Kabise/Unsplash You don’t need a gym membership, dumbbells, or expensive equipment to get stronger. Since the beginning of time, we’ve had access to the one…
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Worried about turning 60? Science says that’s when many of us actually peak
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Gilles E. Gignac, Associate Professor of Psychology, The University of Western Australia As your youth fades further into the past, you may start to fear growing older. But research my colleague and I have recently published in the journal Intelligence shows there’s also very good…
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Flamingos are making a home in Florida again after 100 years – an ecologist explains why they may be returning for good
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Jerome Lorenz, Biology Researcher, Florida International University Peaches, who was blown into Florida by Hurricane Idalia in 2023, was sighted in Mexico in June 2025. Kara Durda/Audubon Florida Hurricane Idalia blew a flamboyance, or flock, of 300-400 flamingos that was likely migrating between the Yucatan Peninsula…
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Government shutdown hasn’t left US consumers glum about the economy – for now, at least
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Joanne Hsu, Research Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan Economic clouds gathering? Perhaps not yet. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The ongoing federal shutdown has resulted in a pause on regular government data releases, meaning economic data has been in…
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New president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints inherits a global faith far more diverse than many realize
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Brittany Romanello, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Arkansas Missionary Sayon Ang holds up a sign signifying she speaks Cambodian during the twice-annual conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Oct. 4, 2014, in Salt Lake City. AP Photo/Kim Raff The…
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Harnessing technology and global collaboration to understand peatlands
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Scott J. Davidson, Assistant Professor and CARCLIQUE Research Chair, Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie (GRIL), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Peatlands are among the world’s most important yet underappreciated ecosystems. They are a type of wetland that covers a small fraction of the Earth’s…
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Criminal psychologists are profiling a different kind of killer – environmental offenders
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Julia Shaw, Research Associate, Criminal Psychology, UCL After years of trying to understand the minds of people who hurt others, I have recently turned my attention as a criminal psychologist from violent crimes to the less well-known world of green crime. While researching for my new…
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The seven symptoms that can delay brain tumour diagnosis – and why early detection matters
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Laura Standen, Doctoral Researcher, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London DimaBerlin/Shutterstock Everyone gets headaches. Everyone misplaces their phone or forgets a name now and then. Most of the time, these moments are harmless – the result of stress, fatigue, or just a…