Category: MIL OSI
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How cloves might help relieve pain and inflammation
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University Jamaan/Shutterstock Cloves have long been a staple in kitchens and traditional medicine cabinets. Known for their warm, spicy flavour, they’re typically found whole or ground, and as clove oil or extract. But beyond their culinary charm, cloves…
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Winners and losers in a hotter ocean
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Will de Freitas, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation Meet your winners. E. PUIG / shutterstock The ocean is heating up – in some places, faster than scientists once thought possible. For the fish, crustaceans and plankton that underpin life in the sea, this means habitats…
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Israel’s call-up of 130,000 reservists raises legal risks for dual citizens and their home countries
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University Senior Israeli Defence Force (IDF) officials have announced that around 130,000 reservists will take part in Israel’s planned military operation to take over Gaza City. Fighting is expected to continue well into 2026. The first set of…
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Medicinal cannabis is most often prescribed for pain, anxiety and sleep. Here’s what the evidence says
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Suzanne Nielsen, Professor and Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University Vilin Visuals/Getty Images Medicinal cannabis use has increased rapidly in recent years in Australia. Since access pathways were expanded in 2016, more than 700,000 prescription approvals have been issued. The vast majority of…
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Israel’s killing of journalists follows a pattern of silencing Palestinian media that stretches back to 1967
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Maha Nassar, Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona A funeral ceremony takes place in the courtyard of Nasser Hospital in Gaza following the deaths of five journalists on Aug. 25, 2025. Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty…
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Hurricane Katrina: 3 painful lessons for emergency management are increasingly important 20 years later
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Eric Kevin Stern, Professor of Political Science, Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, University at Albany, State University of New York National Guard trucks carry rescued residents through floodwaters to the Superdome on Aug. 30, 2005, a day after Hurricane Katrina hit in New…
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The rise of humanlike chatbots detracts from developing AI for the human good
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Mark Daley, Professor & Chief AI Officer, Western University Grok is a generative artificial intelligence (genAI) chatbot by xAI that, according to Elon Musk, is “the smartest AI in the world.” Grok’s latest upgrade is Ani, a porn-enabled anime girlfriend, recently joined by a boyfriend informed…
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New age-gating laws aimed at making the internet safer actually threaten free speech
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Neil McArthur, Director, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of Manitoba The United Kingdom recently launched a broad system of age verification that requires any platforms that host pornography or other “harmful” content to ensure their users are 18 or older. Around the world, large…
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Dark sky tourism offers time with darkness and celestial wonders
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Glen Hvenegaard, Professor, Environmental Science, University of Alberta On a cold winter night in a rural area, I looked through a scope to see the rings of Saturn for the first time. Connecting grade school science book descriptions with a real life view amazed me. Even…
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Social connections matter for the well-being of neurodivergent workers – adjustments to office settings and routines aren’t enough
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By Raysa Geaquinto Rocha, Lecturer at the University of Essex and Assistant Professor at the VU Amsterdam, European Academy of Management (EURAM) Think about the last time you chatted with a colleague by the coffee machine, grabbed lunch with a colleague, or reached out to someone to…