Category: MIL OSI
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‘Publish or perish’ evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Thomas Morgan, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University While developing his theory of natural selection, Charles Darwin was horrified by a group of wasps that lay their eggs within the bodies of caterpillars, with the larvae eating their hosts alive…
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What the media gets wrong about death – and how to fix it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Trevor Treharne, Doctoral Researcher, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford Victor Ling/Shutterstock Each day, we’re confronted with headlines about death: millions lost to disease, disasters, overwork or unhealthy lifestyles. But much of this reporting doesn’t reflect reality – and it may be…
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On Swift Horses: a film that fails to go deep enough on the complex queer lives of people in the 50s
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kate McNicholas Smith, Senior Lecturer in Screen, University of Westminster This piece contains spoilers for On Swift Horses On Swift Horses, directed by Daniel Minahan and adapted from the novel by Shannon Pufahl, is a romantic drama set in the US in the 1950s – an…
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I’ve researched the politics of flags in Northern Ireland for decades – here’s what England needs to understand
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dominic Bryan, Chair professor, Queen’s University Belfast Flags – particularly the union flag and the St George’s Cross – continue to appear in towns and cities in England, at times in response to the housing of migrants and asylum seekers in the local area. Groups such…
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The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy plan that relies on urbicide and expulsion
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Silver, Professor of Urban Geography, University of Sheffield The majority of Gaza’s urban sites will have to be rebuilt from the ground up. Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock The US and Israel have sparked international condemnation over their leaked vision for the reconstruction of a shattered Gaza. The urban…
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Donald Trump’s vision for Gaza’s future: what a leaked plan tells us about US regional strategy
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rafeef Ziadah, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy (Emerging Economies), King’s College London The Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation Trust (Great Trust) vision. Supplied Entire neighbourhoods in Gaza lie in ruins. Hundreds of thousands are crammed into tents, struggling for food, water and power.…
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Similarities between recharging and refuelling make the switch to electric cars an easier choice
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nicole Bulawa, Lecturer in Marketing, Lancaster University Amani A/Shutterstock Charging your electric car for the first time can seem confusing. The whole process just isn’t very intuitive. There are different plug types and charging speeds, plus various ways of charging at home, at motorway stations or…
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After the Epping Forest case, the government needs to be bold and build asylum housing that works
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Darling, Professor in Human Geography, Durham University Over recent weeks, the interim injunction to halt the housing of asylum seekers at the Bell hotel in Epping has thrown government plans into crisis. The Home Office has now successfully appealed this judgment but does still need…
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What owning a cat does to your brain (and theirs)
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Laura Elin Pigott, Senior Lecturer in Neurosciences and Neurorehabilitation, Course Leader in the College of Health and Life Sciences, London South Bank University Is oxytocin surging through their brains? Zhenny-zhenny/Shutterstock Cats may have a reputation for independence, but emerging research suggests we share a unique connection…
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Ebony and ivory: why elephants and forests rise and fall together in the Congo Basin
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Matthew Scott Luskin, Researcher and Lecturer in Conservation Science, The University of Queensland The forest elephants of the Congo Basin are critically endangered and face extinction. They live in Africa’s largest forest, extending over the continent’s west and central regions. Large populations are found in…