Category: MIL OSI
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Our medieval murder maps reveal the surprising geography of violence in 14th-century English cities
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stephanie Brown, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Hull Bodyguard and queen kill King of Lydia. Illuminated manuscript of Cité de Dieu by Maître François (circa 1475). Author provided, CC BY-SA A recent YouGov poll found that the word that Americans most associate with the middle ages…
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Lessons from the Incas: how llamas, terraces and trees could help the Andes survive climate change
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alex Chepstow-Lusty, Research Associate, Geography, University of Sussex The Inca lived more sustainable lives in the Andes than anyone since. David Ionut / shutterstock Many tropical glaciers in the Andes are expected to disappear in the next few decades. Their meltwater sustains millions of people, feeding…
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Japan’s problem with women’s equality is getting worse, not better
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ming Gao, Research Fellow of East Asia Studies, Lund University In the 2025 global gender gap index (GGGI), Japan ranks 118th out of 148 countries – still the lowest among the G7 nations and among the poorest performers globally. This is largely because of limited political…
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Can you be aware of nothing? The rare sleep experience scientists are trying to understand
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adriana Alcaraz-Sanchez, Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science, University of Edinburgh fran_kie/Shutterstock For some people, sleep brings a peculiar kind of wakefulness. Not a dream, but a quiet awareness with no content. This lesser-known state of consciousness may hold clues to one of…
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Christians and the British empire: how a church NGO got entangled in colonial violence in Kenya
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Poppy Cullen, Lecturer in International History, Loughborough University In the 1950s, Kenyans fought against colonial control in what came to be known as the Mau Mau rebellion. In response, the British government announced a state of emergency in 1952 and engaged in a brutal counter-insurgency…
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What makes Lake Iro in Chad so special? It’s not just a viral sunglint photo
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Pierre Rochette, Emeritus professor in geophysics, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU) Lake Iro in Chad was in the news in early August 2025 after a picture taken by a NASA astronaut was published showing it looking like a large, circular silver mirror as sunlight reflected off its…
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Millionaires may not be fleeing the UK in droves – but there are reasons these stories persist
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rowland Atkinson, Professor and Research Chair in Inclusive Societies, University of Sheffield Balate.Dorin/Shutterstock News stories in recent months have claimed that more than 16,500 millionaires are expected to leave the UK in 2025 due to the country’s increasing tax burden. Notably, the abolition of “non-dom” tax…
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Supernovae: a first-of-its-kind star explosion raises new questions about these momentous events
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Cosimo Inserra, Reader in Astrophysics – Associate Dean of EDI, Cardiff University Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko Stars often end their lives with a dazzling explosion, creating and releasing material into the universe. This will then seed new life, leading to a cosmic cycle of birth, death and…
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Drug dealers are plundering people’s homes into ‘trap houses,’ driving up homelessness and violence in Thunder Bay
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Marta-Marika Urbanik, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta Public concerns about fentanyl’s proliferation across Canada have focused on overdose deaths and drug-related disorders. However, in addition to these pressing concerns, our recent research in Thunder Bay, Ont., unmasks additional impacts of Canada’s street-based drug…
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Canada’s class divide at the ballot box is growing
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Matt Polacko, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Political Science, University of Toronto Canada’s recent federal election reversed a trend of declining voter turnout, increasing by more than six percentage points over 2021. Elections Canada reported a turnout of almost 70 per cent, the highest level in 32 years.…