Category: MIL OSI
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The digital movement that enables Indigenous people to show for themselves how the Amazon region is changing
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Carolina Machado Oliveira, Filmmaker, Senior Lecturer in Factual, Bournemouth University Deep in the Amazon, sound designer Eric Terena has been capturing the sounds of the rainforest while sitting silently beneath the dense, towering treetops with his recording equipment. He has noticed some huge changes. “What the…
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Charlie Kirk and the politics of rhetoric and division
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rachael Jolley, International Affairs Editor, The Conversation Republican political activist Charlie Kirk was killed as he spoke at a Utah Valley University event on September 10. Just three months earlier, Minnesotan House Democrat Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed by a masked gunman.…
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Bolsonaro joins a rogues’ gallery of coup plotters held to account for their failed power grab
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By John Joseph Chin, Assistant Teaching Professor of Strategy and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University Soon to be exchanging blinds with bars? Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction on Sept. 11, 2025, puts the former Brazilian president in a rogues’ gallery of failed coup plotters…
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‘Liberal’ has become a term of derision in US politics – the historical reasons are complicated
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Russell Blackford, Conjoint Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Newcastle Statue of Liberty, New York. Celso Flores, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Kevin M. Schultz is Chair of the Department of History at the University of Illinois Chicago, where he specialises in 20th- and 21st-century…
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Detroit is the most challenging place in the country for people with asthma − here’s how to help kids in the Motor City breathe easier
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Rhonda Conner-Warren, Assistant Professor of Health Programs, Michigan State University Smoke and haze from a Canadian wildfire blankets downtown Detroit in August 2025. AP Photo/Ryan Sun Detroit kids 17 and under were nearly three times more likely to be hospitalized for asthma than other kids…
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‘This will not end here’: A scholar explains why Charlie Kirk’s killing could embolden political violence
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Arie Perliger, Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell A boy in Scottsdale, Ariz., attends a Catholic rosary prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk after he was killed during a Utah college event on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D.…
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Curious kids: do owls have bogies?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Louise Gentle, Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University Is someone asking about my bogies? Anan Kaewkhammul Do owls have bogies? Ravine, aged three, Glasgow Hi Ravine, The quick answer is yes, but the interesting thing is why. Bogies, or boogers as they are known…
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Indigestion is commonplace but sometimes concerning. Here’s what you need to know
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol Doucefleur/Shutterstock Every so often, a completely random advert stops me in my tracks and makes me wonder what on earth went on in the room where it was created. For me, that moment came…
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Deaf: a powerful film about the real struggles of deaf families navigating medical institutions and parenthood
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dai O’Brien, Associate Professor, BSL and Deaf Studies, York St John University Deaf is a deeply emotional examination of what having a baby can mean for a mixed deaf and hearing couple. Spanish director Eva Libertad’s film explores where access, language and trying to keep a…
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How adding sprints to your usual jogs can boost the health benefits of running
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Christopher Gaffney, Senior Lecturer in Integrative Physiology, Lancaster University Interval running is a form of HIIT. baranq/ Shutterstock Running has a huge number of benefits. The popular workout can prevent disease, improve mental health and even slow the biological ageing process. But around 31% of us…