Category: MIL OSI
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Complying with Trump administration’s attack on DEI could get employers into legal trouble
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Deborah Widiss, Professor of Law and John F. Kimberling Chair, Indiana University Discrimination is illegal in the U.S. Afif Ahsan/Stock via Getty Images Plus Since returning to office, President Donald Trump and his administration have waged a war on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, including…
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When you’re caught between ‘yes’ and ‘no,’ here’s why ‘maybe’ isn’t the way to go
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Julian Givi, Assistant Professor of Marketing, West Virginia University Yes, no, maybe so? cundra/iStock via Getty Images Say you win a radio sweepstakes giving you two tickets to a sold-out concert the upcoming weekend. You eagerly text your friend and ask if they’d like to…
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50 years ago, NASA sent 2 spacecraft to search for life on Mars – the Viking missions’ findings are still discussed today
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Joel S. Levine, Research Professor of Applied Science, William & Mary NASA’s Viking landers were the first spacecraft to successfully touch down on the surface of Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP Finding life beyond the Earth would be a major scientific discovery with significant implications for all…
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Why building nature-centric housing involves a mindset shift
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tom Oliver, Professor of Applied Ecology, University of Reading The Italian city of Milan’s vertical forest. Ivan Kurmyshov/Shutterstock How do you build 1.5 million new homes in five years without destroying nature? Housing is unaffordabe for most people, so the UK government plans to build as…
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Alzheimer’s disease: new three-minute test can spot memory issues – here’s how it works and what it can tell you
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Eleftheria Kodosaki, Research Fellow in Neuroimmunology, UCL The Fastball EEG test measures how the brain responds to images flashed on a screen. Dmytro Zinkevych/ Shutterstock A new test could help to diagnose memory issues associated with Alzheimer’s disease in as little as three minutes. According to…
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How is paint made?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Dawn Rogala, Paintings Conservator and Program Manager, Smithsonian Institution Protective paint sprayed onto a steel plate in a factory will have a different recipe than paint used in an art class. gilaxia/E+ via Getty Images Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages.…
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Young people in England and Australia are supposedly poor at learning languages – our research shows this isn’t true
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Abigail Parrish, Lecturer in Languages Education, University of Sheffield Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Australia and England are both multicultural countries where hundreds of languages are spoken. However, in both, levels of language learning at school are worryingly low. Australia has seen a major downturn in language learning. In 2021,…
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Labubu is not the only Chinese cultural icon to be making a big hit in 2025
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tom Harper, Lecturer in International Relations, University of East London While Beijing has been showing off its latest military hardware to an array of international leaders, Chinese cultural icons are making their mark with a very different audience. At Naomi Osaka’s opening match at the US…
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Russia has provided fresh evidence of its territorial ambitions in Ukraine
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University After a meeting hosted by the French president, Emmanuel Macron on September 4, 26 countries have pledged to create a “reassurance force” to provide security guarantees for Ukraine in the event that a peace agreement with Russia…
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The hard truth about the circular economy – real change will take more than refillable bottles
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonatan Pinkse, Professor of Sustainable Business, Centre for Sustainable Business, King’s College London hurricanehank/Shutterstock We extract more than 100 billion tonnes of raw materials from Earth each year, then throw most of them away. The “circular economy” offers a different approach: instead of the linear “take-make-waste”…