Category: MIL OSI
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Cape Town’s sewage treatment isn’t coping: scientists are worried about what the city is telling the public
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Lesley Green, Professor of Earth Politics and Director: Environmental Humanities South, University of Cape Town Urban water bodies – rivers, lakes and oceans – are in trouble globally. Large sewage volumes damage the open environment, and new chemicals and pharmaceutical compounds don’t break down on their…
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Are people at the South Pole upside down?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Abigail Bishop, Ph.D. Student in Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison At the South Pole, which way is up? Abigail Bishop Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Are…
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Misinformation lends itself to social contagion – here’s how to recognize and combat it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Shaon Lahiri, Assistant Professor of Public Health, College of Charleston Misinformation on social media has the potential to manipulate millions of people. Pict Rider/iStock via Getty Images Plus In 2019, a rare and shocking event in the Malaysian peninsula town of Ketereh grabbed international headlines.…
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From Seattle to Atlanta, new social housing programs seek to make homes permanently affordable for a range of incomes
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Susanne Schindler, Research Fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard Kennedy School Activists in Seattle gather signatures to put a social housing initiative on the ballot. In early 2025, voters passed the measure, which implements a payroll tax on high incomes to fund…
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What schools can learn from skate culture
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sander Hölsgens, Assistant Professor, Leiden Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University Dean Drobot/Shutterstock At a school in Malmö, Sweden, skateboarding is on the curriculum. John Dahlquist, vice principal of Bryggeriets High School, teaches skate classes and brings lessons from skateboarding into other subjects.…
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Georgia: how democracy is being eroded fast as government shifts towards Russia
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Natasha Lindstaedt, Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex Georgia was once considered a post-Soviet success story. After years of authoritarian rule, followed by independence which brought near state collapse, corruption and chaos, Georgia appeared to have transitioned to democracy. In a period after…
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What people really want from their GP – it’s simpler than you might think
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Helen Atherton, Professor of Primary Care Research, University of Southampton Stephen Barnes/Shutterstock.com Booking a GP appointment is a routine task, yet for many people it’s a source of frustration. Long waits, confusing systems and impersonal processes have become all too familiar. While much attention has been…
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US backs Nato’s latest pledge of support for Ukraine, but in reality seems to have abandoned its European partners
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham Recent news from Ukraine has generally been bad. Since the end of May, ever larger Russian air strikes have been documented against Ukrainian cities with devastating consequences for civilians, including in the country’s capital, Kyiv. Amid small…
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Nature-friendly farming budget swells in UK – but cuts elsewhere make recovery fraught
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nathalie Seddon, Professor of Biodiversity, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment and Department of Biology, University of Oxford Skylarks are a red-listed species, which means they are of high conservation concern in the UK. WildlifeWorld/Shutterstock Nature in the UK appeared to receive a rare funding boost…
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Social media can support or undermine democracy – it comes down to how it’s designed
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Lisa Schirch, Professor of the Practice of Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame A protester calls out Facebook for facilitating the spread of disinformation. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values and emotional states. It is…