Category: MIL OSI
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The AI therapist will see you now: Can chatbots really improve mental health?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Pooja Shree Chettiar, Ph.D. Candidate in Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University Chatbot ‘therapists’ use artificial intelligence to mimic real-life therapeutic conversations. Pooja Shree Chettiar/ChatGPT, CC BY-SA Recently, I found myself pouring my heart out, not to a human, but to a chatbot named Wysa on…
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How weather changes cause migraines – a neurologist explains the triggers and what you can do to ease the pain
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Danielle Wilhour, Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Migraines can be debilitating – and frustrating when triggered by weather you can’t control. fizkes/iStock/Getty Images Plus “Is it just me, or is there a storm coming?” If you are one of the…
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Jimmy Swaggart’s rise and fall shaped the landscape of American televangelism
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Diane Winston, Professor and Knight Center Chair in Media & Religion, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Rev. Jimmy Swaggart preaches at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena on March 29, 1987. AP Photo/Mark Avery, file Jimmy Swaggart, one of the most popular and…
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Dune patterns in California desert hold clues that help researchers map Mars’ shifting sands
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Lauren Berger, Ph.D. Student in Geology, Texas A&M University The author did some of her fieldwork at the Algodones Dunes in California. Ryan Ewing Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called…
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Trump’s ‘big’ bill gives millions of taxpayers a new charitable tax break, but whether it will help nonprofits is unclear
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Daniel Hungerman, Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame Tax policy changes can influence how much Americans donate. Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images Plus The multitrillion-dollar bill that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, will change how the U.S. tax code…
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Sound recordings can give us an animal-eye view of the war in Ukraine
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Janine Natalya Clark, Professor of Transitional Justice and International Criminal Law, University of Birmingham The documentary film, Animals in War, tells the story of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the point of view of the animals affected by the conflict. Sota Cinema Group The 2025 Tribeca…
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The enduring anti-fascist legacy of places that mark Italy’s wartime resistance – podcast
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation A memorial in the town of Stazzema in Italy, site of a brutal Nazi massacre in 1944. Federico Neri/Shutterstock Across Europe, far-right movements are gaining ground. From the Netherlands, to Germany and Italy, they’re winning seats in…
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Cooling and antioxidants could help prevent hair loss during chemotherapy – new research
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nik Georgopoulos, Associate Professor in Cell Biology and Transforming Lives Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University Hair loss is one of the most feared and traumatic side effects of cancer chemotherapy treatment, both for patients themselves and their loved ones, as it can visibly represent the “face of…
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From robotic trucks to smart bins: how technology is helping cities sort their waste problem
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Breno Nunes, Associate professor in Sustainable Operations Management, Aston University Since early January 2025, residents of Birmingham in the UK have been caught in the dispute between the city council and the Unite union over pay, terms and conditions for waste and recycling collectors. The latest…
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Sound recordings can give us an animals’ eye view of the war in Ukraine
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Janine Natalya Clark, Professor of Transitional Justice and International Criminal Law, University of Birmingham The documentary film, Animals in War, tells the story of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the point of view of the animals affected by the conflict. Sota Cinema Group The 2025 Tribeca…