Category: MIL OSI
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Israeli strike in Doha crosses a new line from which relations with Gulf may not recover
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, Rice University The dust settles in Doha after the latest Israeli attack in the region. Photo by Jacqueline Penney / AFPTV /AFP via Getty Images The Israeli airstrike targeting senior Hamas political leaders…
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The discovery of a gravitational wave 10 years ago shook astrophysics – these ripples in spacetime continue to reveal dark objects in the cosmos
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Chad Hanna, Professor of Physics, Penn State When two massive objects – like black holes or neutron stars – merge, they warp space and time. Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library Scientists first detected ripples in space known as gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes…
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How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anne Irfan, Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies, UCL US president Bill Clinton with Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the Oslo Accords signing ceremony on 13 September 1993. Vince Musi/The White House At the end of August, the…
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Seven health conditions that show why using your phone on the toilet is a bad idea
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University This is why you shouldn’t bring your phone with you into the toilet. Alex Goncharov/ Shutterstock It might seem like a harmless habit to linger on the loo with your phone while “taking care of business”, but research shows…
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Trading human remains: why bones should not become a commodity
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol Bokeh Stock/Shutterstock.com In recent years, skulls, bones, and even modified human remains have appeared with increasing frequency on online marketplaces and social media platforms. What might once have been confined to specialist collectors has become a global, online…
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Nepal’s social media ban sparks deadly protests, but deeper grievances fuel the fire
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Leanne McCarthy-Cotter, Programme Director for Politics and International Relations, Cardiff Metropolitan University Nepal’s prime minister, KP Sharma Oli, resigned on September 9 as his country reeled from some of its worst unrest in decades. A government ban on 26 social media apps, including Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube…
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Crashing black holes validate Stephen Hawking – new research
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Patricia Schmidt, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Birmingham Black holes may be the fiercest objects in the universe, yet we still know very little about them. It has only been a decade since we confirmed their existence by detecting gravitational waves: ripples in the fabric…
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Signs of ancient life may have been found in Martian rock – new study
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sean McMahon, Reader in Astrobiology, University of Edinburgh Just over a year ago, Nasa made a remarkable announcement. The Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ancient life on Mars. Now, the technical details behind that discovery have been published in a Nature paper that, despite…
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Decision-making on national interest projects demands openness and rigour
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Robert B. Gibson, Professor of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo The federal government is about to refer its initial selection of national interest project candidates to its new Major Projects Office. The news stirs both excitement and trepidation. Projects considered in the national interest…
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2027 Nigerian poll could trigger unrest unless electoral commission is fixed
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Onyedikachi Madueke, Teaching Assistant, University of Aberdeen Political activities heralding Nigeria’s 2027 general elections are beginning to pick up. Politicians are limbering up, alliances are being whispered about, political war chests are being filled, and campaign narratives are being sharpened. The country’s rapidly growing social…