Category: MIL OSI
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The Thursday Murder Club: everything is eclipsed by the cakes in this sanitised Netflix adaptation
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andrew Dix, Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Film, Loughborough University In his essay Decline of the English Murder, the writer George Orwell evokes the pleasure to be had in reading about killing. After a good meal (including pudding), you are in the mood to read:…
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North Korea’s hidden wildlife trade: new research reveals state involvement
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Joshua Elves-Powell, Associate Lecturer in Biodiversity Conservation and Ecology, UCL Reports suggest long-tailed goral skins are being sold illegally to buyers in China. Joshua Elves Powell North Korea is notorious for its illicit trade in weapons and narcotics. But a new investigation that I conducted with…
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What we do (and don’t know) about autism and ageing – new research
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gavin Stewart, British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King’s College London Autistic people experience different challenges as they age compared to their non-autistic peers. fizkes/ Shutterstock Autism is often thought of as a childhood condition, but this is far from true.…
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Four reasons why the UK lags behind its rivals on productivity
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Guilherme Klein Martins, Lecturer in Economics, University of Leeds alice-photo/Shutterstock Many people in the UK feel they are working harder than ever. A higher cost of living and more precarious work arrangements push many households to take on longer hours and multiple jobs. Data back this…
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ChatGPT only talks in clichés – here’s why that’s a threat to human creativity
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Vittorio Tantucci, Senior lecturer in Linguistics and Chinese Linguistics, Lancaster University Ground Picture/Shutterstock When you chat with ChatGPT, it often feels like you’re talking to someone polite, engaged and responsive. It nods in all the right places, mirrors your wording and seems eager to keep the…
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Ultra-processed foods v minimally processed foods: how can you tell the difference?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Aisling Pigott, Lecturer, Dietetics, Cardiff Metropolitan University Minimally processed foods are whole foods that are altered only to make them safer or easier to prepare. GoodStudio/ Shutterstock If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, you’ve probably been told that cooking your own meals is the way…
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What does it mean to become an adult? In Namibia, it’s caring for others
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Selma Uugwanga, Clinical Psychologist (Namibia) and PhD Researcher on Emerging Adulthood in sub-Saharan Africa, University of Zurich Olufuko initiation festival for Ovawambo girls. Pemba.mpimaji/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Around the world, people become adults in different ways. In some places, it’s when you get a job, get…
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60% of Africans don’t believe democracy is working in their interests – how parliaments can fix the problem
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Temitayo Isaac Odeyemi, Research fellow, University of Birmingham Across Africa, democracy is being tested – by rising authoritarianism and military coups as well as a growing disconnect between citizens and the institutions meant to represent them. The latest flagship report from Afrobarometer, a pan African…
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How a 300-year-old Scottish country estate escaped the wrecking ball
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Kevin James, Professor, History, University of Guelph Duff House, near Aberdeen in Scotland, in May 2011. (Wikimedia Commons), CC BY Between 1945 and 1974, Scotland lost a proportionally higher number of country houses than England — 175 of these stately formerly aristocratic homes (think Downton Abbey)…
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New study shows how Amazon trees use recent rainfall in the dry season and support the production of their own rain
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Magali Nehemy, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, University of British Columbia The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical forest, home to unmatched biodiversity and one of the planet’s longest rivers. Besides the Amazon River, the Amazon rainforest also features “flying rivers:” invisible streams…