Category: MIL OSI
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Social media nutrition misinformation fuels food-based attachments
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Pablo Arrona Cardoza, Ph.D. Candidate in Human Nutrition, McGill University Whether you’re at a party, a family gathering or even at work, chances are you’ve heard someone say: “I’m on the (insert name) diet. It’s amazing!” Or maybe you’ve been the one to say it. Either…
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How Giorgio Armani mastered the art of outfitting Hollywood stars to sell clothes to the masses
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress, University of Southern California Over the course of his career, Giorgio Armani outfitted characters in more than 200 films. Franco Origlia/Getty Images The death of Giorgio Armani marks the passing of one of Italy’s most…
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How ‘South Park’ could help Democrats win back the young voters the party lost to Trump
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Nick Marx, Professor of Film and Media Studies, Colorado State University ‘South Park’ creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker appear at Comic-Con 2025 in San Diego on July 24, 2025. Amy Sussman/Getty Images The Season 27 premiere of “South Park” in July 2025 began like…
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A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Jayde N. Hirniak, Ph.D. Candidate in Archaeology, Arizona State University Collecting microscopic glass samples at Border Cave in the Lebombo Mountains in South Africa. Katherine Elmes If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events…
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Drugged driving – including under the influence of cannabis and prescription drugs – is quietly becoming one of the most dangerous road hazards
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Andrew Yockey, Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Mississippi Driving under the influence of drugs – be it prescription, legal or illegal – is just as deadly as alcohol. Darwin Brandis/iStock via Getty Images Plus In October 2023, an unthinkable tragedy unfolded in Coleman,…
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National anxieties and personal fear – what psychoanalysis tells us about the comfort we find in flags
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Callum Blades, Interdisciplinary PhD Researcher, Bournemouth University The recent proliferation of English flags, from lampposts to roundabouts, can be viewed as more than a simple act of patriotism. It could be argued that it is an expression of deep-seated national anxieties. Hanging these flags may function…
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When ‘sustainable’ fashion backfires on the environment
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Erez Yerushalmi, Professor of Economics, Birmingham City University triocean/Shutterstock The circular economy – the idea of “reduce, reuse and recycle” – has long been promoted as one solution to the environmental crisis. Instead of the old “take, make, use, throw away” model, it aims to keep…
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The digital movement that is enabling 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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Introducing War on Climate, a new series that explores how conflict interacts with environmental issues around the globe
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sam Phelps, Commissioning Editor, International Affairs, The Conversation Wars are incredibly environmentally destructive. Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock The world is the most violent it has been in decades. A report by the Peace Research Institute Oslo recorded 61 conflicts across 36 countries last year – the highest…
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Why Moldova’s election is important for the whole of Europe
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Amy Eaglestone, PhD Candidate, University of Birmingham and Lecturer, Leiden University Parliamentary elections will be held in Moldova on September 28. While this may seem like a minor event for the rest of Europe, implications for the rest of the continent’s security and stability could be…