Category: MIL OSI
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Alcohol and colonialism: the curious story of the Bulawayo beer gardens
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Maurice Hutton, Research Associate, School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester Kontuthu Ziyathunqa – Smoke Rising – was what they used to call Bulawayo when the city was the industrial powerhouse of Zimbabwe. Now, many of its factories lie dormant or derelict. The daily…
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What research on sexting reveals about how men and women think about consent
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rikke Amundsen, Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture , King’s College London Nicoleta Ionescu/Shutterstock Sexting – the creating and exchanging of sexual texts, photos and videos – has become part of many people’s sexual and romantic lives. In an age where interpersonal relations often take place…
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Parting by Sebastian Haffner: the forgotten German novel of the early 1930s that’s become a bestseller
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andrea Hammel, Professor of German, Aberystwyth University Sebastian Haffner and his novel, Abschied (Parting). Wiki Commons/Canva, CC BY Abschied (Parting) by Sebastian Haffner (1907-1999) is dominating the bestseller charts in Germany. It has been published posthumously, over 25 years after his death, after the manuscript was…
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Why snappy dogs, scratchy cats, and hungry worms were part of a medieval woman’s vision of the afterlife
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Diane Watt, Professor of English, University of Surrey Detail from The Mouth of Hell in The Hours of Catherine of Cleves (1440). The Morgan Library & Museum The afterlife is not typically associated with aggressive pets and insatiable worms. But these are exactly the creatures that…
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Undersea cables are vulnerable to sabotage – but this takes skill and specialist equipment
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Aitken, Associate, RAND Europe, RAND Europe Countries have come to rely on a network of cables and pipes under the sea for their energy and communications. So it has been worrying to read headlines about communications cables being cut and, in one case, an undersea…
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How often should you really be washing your bedding? A microbiologist explains
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Primrose Freestone, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock Most of us spend around a third of our lives in bed. Sleep isn’t just downtime; it’s essential for normal brain function and overall health. And while we often focus on how many hours we’re…
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‘Pylon wars’ show why big energy plans need locals on board
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Simone Abram, Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Director of Durham Energy Institute, Durham University David Iliff / shutterstock Thousands of new electricity pylons are to be built across parts of England under the government’s plans to decarbonise the electricity. And some people aren’t happy. A…
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Could new pipelines shield Canada from U.S. tariffs? The answer is complicated
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Torsten Jaccard, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia It should come as no surprise that United States President Donald Trump’s tariff threats have renewed interest in building pipelines that don’t rely on access to the American market. Almost four million barrels of crude oil…
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Wimbledon and British Open competitors aren’t the only ones at risk of these common elbow injuries
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol Even those who don’t play sports are at risk of tennis elbow. didesign021/ Shutterstock Professional athletes from around the world spend years training to compete in some of the UK’s biggest summer sporting…
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Do women have to pee more often? The answer is surprisingly complex
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol MyImages – Micha/Shutterstock.com “Are we stopping again already?” It’s a familiar complaint on family road trips and one that’s often aimed at women. From sitcoms to stand-up routines, the idea that women have smaller bladders has become a…