Category: MIL OSI
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Scientific objectivity is a myth – cultural values and beliefs always influence science and the people who do it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Sara Giordano, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Kennesaw State University People are at the heart of the scientific enterprise. Matteo Farinella, CC BY-NC Even if you don’t recall many facts from high school biology, you likely remember the cells required for making babies: egg and sperm.…
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Pets on skinny jabs? Here’s how to help them lose weight naturally
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jacqueline Boyd, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University Olya m/Shutterstock.com Losing weight is hard. Anyone who has tried to lose weight and keep it off will describe how difficult it can be. If your pet is a little more rotund than is healthy, then…
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What I’ve learned from photographing (almost) every British wildflower
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Richard Milne, Senior Lecturer in Plant Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh The author’s project took him all over Britain. Montage images: Pajor Pawel/Shutterstock (background); Richard Milne (flowers) The wildflowers of Britain include all manner of treasures – yet many people are only aware of a few,…
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Mars has a solid inner core, resolving a longstanding planetary mystery — new study
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kevin Olsen, UKSA Mars Science Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Oxford NASA Scientists have discovered that Mars has an interior structure similar to Earth’s. Results from Nasa’s Insight mission suggest that the red planet has a solid inner core surrounded by a liquid outer core,…
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Tragedy has struck Lisbon’s funicular railway. A transport expert explains how these old-fashioned trains work
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University Some 15 people have died after the Gloria funicular railway car in Lisbon, Portugal, derailed and crashed on Wednesday local time. Emergency services have also confirmed that more than 18 people were also injured, five of them seriously,…
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Scrolling on the toilet increases your risk of haemorrhoids, new study shows
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Arisara_Tongdonnoi/Getty Many of us are guilty of scrolling our smartphones on the toilet. But a new study from the United States, published today, has found this habit may increase your risk of developing haemorrhoids…
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Google just dodged a major penalty in the courts – here’s what happens next
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Rob Nicholls, Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney Google will not have to sell its Chrome web browser in order to fix its illegal monopoly in the online search business, a United States federal judge has ruled. It will, however, need…
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The science behind a freediver’s 29-minute breath hold world record
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Theresa Larkin, Associate Professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić. Facebook.com @molchanovs, Instagram.com @maverick2go, Facebook.com @Vitomir Maričić, CC BY Most of us can hold our breath for between 30 and 90 seconds. A few minutes without oxygen can be fatal, so…
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How RFK Jr.’s misguided science on mRNA vaccines is shaping policy − a vaccine expert examines the false claims
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Deborah Fuller, Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington RFK Jr. canceled $500 million of funding for research on mRNA vaccine technology. Anadolu/Getty Images On Sept. 4, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is scheduled to testify before the…
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The B.C. Supreme Court’s recognition of Cowichan title is an invitation to enact transformative change
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Sarah Morales, Associate Dean Indigenous & Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria The British Columbia Supreme Court’s recent decision in Cowichan Tribes v. Canada has attracted a lot of headlines, with some suggesting it signals the end of private property. The Quw’utsun Nation sought…