Category: MIL OSI
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NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi The stark landscape of the Moon as viewed by the Apollo 12 astronauts on their return to Earth. NASA/The Planetary Society The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing…
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Jane Austen at 250: Why we shouldn’t exaggerate her radicalism
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Kerry Sinanan, Associate Professor of Global pre-1800 Literature, University of Winnipeg The BBC’s recent docuseries, Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius, the PBS mini-series Miss Austen as well as cultural and tourism festivities are all marking the 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth for a global audience.…
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It’s challenging to predict extreme thunderstorms — improving this will help reduce their deadly and costly impacts
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By David Sills, Director, Northern Tornadoes Project, Western University Our ability to predict extreme weather from thunderstorms, like the recent catastrophic flash floods in Texas, is unsettlingly poor, even in the hours leading up to the event. Improvements in understanding, detecting and predicting extreme thunderstorms — and…
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‘Stop Killing Games’: Demands for game ownership must also include workers’ rights
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Louis-Etienne Dubois, Associate Professor, School of Creative Industries, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University With live service games, players are learning that what they’ve really bought is not a game but access to it. And, evidently, that access is something that can be revoked. (Unsplash/Samsung Memory)…
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Weight loss jabs and cancer risk: here’s what you need to know about the research so far
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nadine Wehida, Senior Lecturer in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Kingston University Haberdoedas Photography, CC BY-SA So many people in western countries are turning to weight loss drugs such as Wegovy/Ozempic and Mounjaro that concerns have started to emerge about maintaining ready supplies. But with popularity comes…
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A Bermuda stalagmite reveals how the Gulf Stream shifted – and what it might do as the climate changes further
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Edward Forman, PhD Candidate, Climate Tipping Points, University of Southampton Beneath the subtropical paradise, Bermuda hosts a vast network of caves which contains records of Earth’s climate history. Inside are mineral deposits called speleothems – including stalagmites on the cave floors more than six-foot tall. These…
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COVID, the flu and other viral infections can re-awaken dormant breast cancer cells, new study in mice shows
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University COVID was one of the common respiratory infections shown to re-awaken breast cancer cells. MIA Studio/ Shutterstock The worry that breast cancer may someday return is a troubling source of anxiety for many survivors of the disease.…
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Technology has fuelled overtourism – now it could also help to stem the tide
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adrian Palmer, Professor of Marketing, University of Reading The queue for a view at Iguazu Falls in Brazil. Thiago B Trevisan/Shutterstock Tourism is not always welcomed by the people who actually live in the places so many of us want to visit. Big crowds can bring…
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Trump poised to meet Putin to discuss Ukraine – but Zelensky set to be left on the sidelines
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. The latest news out of…
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The great unknown romance of writer E.F. Benson’s life – Fred and George, a love story hidden in letters
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sasha Garwood, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham George Plank’s illustration of E.F. (Fred) Benson’s character Aunt Georgie, from The Freaks of Mayfair. In 1915, Edward Frederic (E.F.) Benson – the future bestselling author of comic novel series Mapp and Lucia – was in his late 40s,…