Category: MIL OSI
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Sex, Stalin and Shostakovich: the story of the 1934 opera the Soviet leader walked out of
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Pauline Fairclough, Professor of Music, University of Bristol At the BBC Proms in September, the Albert Hall will stage a concert performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s controversial 1934 opera, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. Based on Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella, it tells the story of the…
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How the Trump administration changed the rules of international diplomacy – by a former British ambassador
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nicholas Westcott, Professor of Practice in Diplomacy, Dept of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London The Trump administration’s policies are making life more complicated for US diplomats abroad. In the past few days, senior US diplomats in two friendly countries – France and Denmark…
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What exactly are you eating? The nutritional ‘dark matter’ in your food
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By David Benton, Professor Emeritus (Human & Health Sciences), Medicine Health and Life Science, Swansea University When scientists cracked the human genome in 2003 – sequencing the entire genetic code of a human being – many expected it would unlock the secrets of disease. But genetics explained…
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The tyranny of front gardens: we cut and trim them out of social pressure, not pleasure
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rachel Lauwerijssen, Researcher in Green Infrastructure, University of Manchester FahC2025 Look at the front gardens in a typical suburban street and you’re unlikely to be surprised by much. Tidy little lawns and hedges, a few prim flowers, perhaps a well-kept wooden fence. You probably barely notice…
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Balancing kratom’s potential benefits and risks − new legislation in Colorado seeks to minimize harm
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By David Kroll, Professor of Natural Products Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Kratom, an herbal supplement, is now being regulated in Colorado. AR30mm/iStock via Getty Images David Bregger had never heard of kratom before his son, Daniel, 33, died in Denver in…
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Are high school sports living up to their ideals?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jedediah Blanton, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, Recreation and Sport Studies, University of Tennessee Most coaches want to be able to do more than teach their athletes to win faceoffs and dodge defenders. Hannah Foslien/The Washington Post via Getty Images Coach Smith was an easy hire…
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How to poop outdoors in a way that won’t harm the environment and other hikers
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Shari Edelson, Ph.D. Candidate in Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Penn State A pilot program to distribute waste bags to hikers on Mount Elbert in Colorado successfully cut down the amount of human waste on the massive mountain. Shari Edelson, CC BY-ND If you’re one…
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Ultra-processed foods vs 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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The UK’s food system is built on keeping prices low – but this year’s droughts show up its failings
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Manoj Dora, Professor in Sustainable Production and Consumption, Anglia Ruskin University 1000 Words/Shutterstock This year’s drought has once again put farmers in the spotlight, with yields in some crops falling by as much as 50%. But behind the headlines of empty reservoirs and wilting fields lies…
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Treaties like the ECHR protect everyone in the UK, not just migrants
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alice Donald, Professor, Middlesex University Reform UK has laid out plans for an “emergency programme” to address illegal immigration. The party argues its plans, which include expanding immigration detention capacity from the current roughly 2,200 places to 24,000, would enable the deportation of up to 600,000…