Category: MIL OSI
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AI-generated misinformation can create confusion and hinder responses during emergencies
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Ali Asgary, Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies & Director, CIFAL York, York University, Canada In one of the first communications of its kind, the British Columbia Wildfire Service has issued a warning to residents about viral, AI-generated fake wildfire…
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Part of your brain gets bigger as you get older – here is what that means for you
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Esther Kuehn, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Tübingen Orla/Shutterstock I recently asked myself if I’ll still have a healthy brain as I get older. I hold a professorship at a neurology department. Nevertheless, it is difficult for me to judge if a particular brain, including my…
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How bigotry crushed the dreams of an all-Black Little League team
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism, Indiana University Members of the 1955 Cannon Street All-Star YMCA team chat before a game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 19, 2011. Robert E. Pierre/The Washington Post via Getty Images John Rivers, John Bailey, David Middleton, Leroy…
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Chaos gardening – wild beauty, or just a mess? A sustainable landscape specialist explains the trend
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Deryn Davidson, Sustainable Landscape State Specialist, Extension, Colorado State University A mix of annuals and perennials can look colorful and carefree. Deryn Davidson If you’ve spent any time in the gardening corners of social media lately, you’ve likely come across a trend called “chaos gardening.” The…
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Kharkiv: what I saw in Ukraine’s ‘unbreakable’ eastern capital
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Frank Ledwidge, Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth Last week I visited Ukraine to update my knowledge of the military situation there. I was privileged to be invited to visit Kharkiv by a friend – and spent several days there seeing the…
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What an old folktale can teach us about the ‘annoying persistence’ of political comedians
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Perin Gürel, Associate professor of American Studies, University of Notre Dame Stephen Colbert has been defiant following the cancellation of The Late Show. Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Fear of reprisals from the Trump administration has made many people cautious about expressing their opinions. Fired federal…
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Reverse discrimination? In spite of the MAGA bluster over DEI, data shows white Americans are still advantaged
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Fred L. Pincus, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County There’s no evidence of widespread racial discrimination against white people. Sebastian Gorczowski/iStock/Getty Images Plus Two big assumptions underlie President Donald Trump’s attack on diversity, equity and inclusion policies. The first is that discrimination…
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Misspelled names may give brands a Lyft – if the spelling isn’t too weird
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Annika Abell, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Tennessee Misspelled brand names can be catchy – but don’t always connect with consumers. AP Photo/David Zalubowski Consumers don’t mind when companies use misspelled words – think Lyft for “lift” or Froot Loops for “fruit loops” –…
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Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Peyton McCauley, Water Policy Specialist, Sea Grant UW Water Science-Policy Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee The Columbia River running through The Dalles, Oregon, supplies water to cool data centers. AP Photo/Andrew Selsky As demand for artificial intelligence technology boosts construction and proposed construction of data centers…
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One of Hurricane Katrina’s most important lessons isn’t about storm preparations – it’s about injustice
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Ivis García, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University New Orleans residents wait to be rescued from a rooftop two days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. AP Photo/David J. Phillipp Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans, the images…