Category: MIL OSI
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‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will have Americans paying higher prices for dirtier energy
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Daniel Cohan, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University Congress passed Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill on July 3, 2025. Kevin Carter/Getty Images When congressional Republicans decided to cut some Biden-era energy subsidies to help fund their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, they…
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How the Catholic Church helped change the conversation about capital punishment in the United States
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College Helen Prejean has been one of the most high-profile opponents of the death penalty for decades. Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images Thirty years ago, the film “Dead Man Walking” had its…
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Trump administration’s lie detector campaign against leakers is unlikely to succeed and could divert energy from national security priorities
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Brian O’Neill, Professor of Practice, International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology The Department of Homeland Security and FBI are reportedly using polygraphs aggressively to identify dissenters. standret/Getty Images The Trump administration has recently directed that a new wave of polygraphs be administered across the executive branch,…
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Exploring questions of meaning, ethics and belief through Japanese anime
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Ronald S. Green, Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Coastal Carolina University A still from the Japanese anime ‘Spirited Away.’ Choo Yut Shing via Flickr, CC BY Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches…
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My city was one of hundreds expecting federal funds to help manage rising heat wave risk – then EPA terminated the grants
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Brian G. Henning, Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies and Science, Gonzaga University The Pacific Northwest heat wave of 2021 left cities across Washington state sweltering in dangerous temperatures. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren In June 2021, a deadly heat wave pushed temperatures to 109 degrees Fahrenheit…
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AI and art collide in this engineering course that puts human creativity first
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Francesco Fedele, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology A Georgia Tech University course links art and artificial intelligence. Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty Images Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of…
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Doing business in conflict zones: what companies can learn from Lafarge’s exit from Syria
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By Nathalie Belhoste, Associate professor, EM Lyon Business School The world experienced over 60 armed conflicts in 2024, a “historically high” number according to scholars in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. Consequently, the risks faced by multinational companies (MNCs) operating in conflict-torn…
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If you have a pet as a kid, does this lower your risk of asthma and eczema?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Samantha Chan, Immunology and Allergy Lead, Snow Centre for Immune Health, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) Catherine Delahaye/Getty Images As the number of people with allergies grows worldwide, scientists are trying to work out precisely how and why these conditions –…
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What makes a good AI prompt? Here are 4 expert tips
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Sandra Peter, Director of Sydney Executive Plus, Business School, University of Sydney FOTOSPLASH/Shutterstock “And do you work well with AI?” As tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot and other generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems become part of everyday workflows, more companies are looking for employees who…
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Sleep divorce: could sleeping separately from your partner lead to a better night’s rest?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Alix Mellor, Research Fellow, Psychology, Monash University Cemile Bingol/Getty Images Hundreds of years ago, it was common for married couples among the European upper classes to have separate bedrooms. Sleeping separately was a symbol of luxury and status historically reserved for royalty and the very…