Category: MIL OSI
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What was the Battle of Orgreave, and why has the government launched an inquiry into it?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Steven Daniels, Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill University The UK’s home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has announced a full inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave, a large, violent clash between the National Union of Mineworkers and South Yorkshire police that took place over 40 years ago. The…
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Hosepipe ban survival guide: which garden plants to save and which to sacrifice
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alastair Culham, Associate Professor of Botany, University of Reading Studio 37/Shutterstock With hosepipe bans in force across several English regions and more restrictions likely to follow, gardeners face some tough choices. When every drop counts, which plants deserve your precious water from the water butt, and…
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A Philosopher Looks at Clothes by Kate Moran is engaging and unpretentious – we need more philosophy books like this
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sarah Richmond, Honorary Associate Professor of Philosophy, UCL With a few exceptions, philosophers have had little to say about clothes. Maybe this is because the topic seems frivolous, or feminine, unworthy of the attention of a predominantly male collection of thinkers. Perhaps, too, the transience of…
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Floating babies, cosmic radiation and zero-gravity birth: what space pregnancy might actually involve
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Arun Vivian Holden, Emeritus Professor of Computational Biology, University of Leeds Lidiia/Shutterstock As plans for missions to Mars accelerate, so do questions about how the human body might cope. A return trip to the red planet would give more than enough time for someone to become…
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Is today’s political climate making dating harder for young people?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Katherine Twamley, Professor of Sociology, UCL Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock The last year has highlighted a political divide between young men and women. Data from elections in several countries shows that women aged 18-29 are becoming significantly more liberal, while young men are leaning more conservative. And a…
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Yellowknife’s Giant Mine: Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Arn Keeling, Professor, Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland Giant Mine, just north of Yellowknife, N.W.T., in September 2011. The gold mine officially opened in 1948 and was operational for over 50 years before it was closed in 2004. (John Sandlos) Decades of gold mining…
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From ‘MMS’ to ‘aerobic oxygen’, why drinking bleach has become a dangerous wellness trend
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University Grossinger/Shutterstock If something online promises to cure everything, it’s probably too good to be true. One of the most dangerous examples? Chlorine dioxide is often marketed under names like “Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS)” or “aerobic oxygen”, buzzwords that hint…
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A global treaty to limit plastic pollution is within reach – will countries seize the moment?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Winnie Courtene-Jones, Lecturer in Marine Pollution, Bangor University Bandung, Indonesia. Sony Herdiana/Shutterstock Representatives from 175 countries will gather in Geneva, Switzerland, in August for the final round of negotiations on a legally binding UN treaty to end plastic pollution. Non-governmental organisations, academics and industry lobbyists will…
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As Sri Lanka’s economy pivots from tourism, it’s well placed to benefit from global trade and geopolitical jostling – new research
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Hemamali Tennakoon, Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Management, Brunel University of London Dmytro Buianskyi/Shutterstock With its natural beauty, wildlife and culture, Sri Lanka is known as the “pearl of the Indian Ocean”, and attracts millions of tourists every year. But my research suggests that the country…
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Farewell to summer? ‘Haze’ and ‘trash’ among Earth’s new seasons as climate change and pollution play havoc
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Felicia Liu, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Sustainability, University of York Throughout history, people have viewed seasons as relatively stable, recurrent blocks of time that neatly align farming, cultural celebrations and routines with nature’s cycles. But the seasons as we know them are changing. Human activity is…