Category: MIL OSI
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Is sleeping a lot actually bad for your health? A sleep scientist explains
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Charlotte Gupta, Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Appleton Institute, HealthWise Research Group, CQUniversity Australia Walstrom, Susanne/Getty We’re constantly being reminded by news articles and social media posts that we should be getting more sleep. You probably don’t need to hear it again – not sleeping enough…
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Kazuo Ishiguro said he won the Nobel Prize for making people cry – 20 years later, Never Let Me Go should make us angry
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Matthew Taft, Course Coordinator in English and Theatre Studies, The University of Melbourne Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield in the film adaptation of Never Let Me Go (2010) IMDB Our cultural touchstone series looks at works that have had a lasting influence. Kazuo…
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Ceasefire talks collapse – what does that mean for the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Ali Mamouri, Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University Efforts to end the relentless siege of Gaza have been set back by the abrupt end to peace talks in Qatar. Both the United States and Israel have withdrawn their negotiating teams, accusing Hamas of a…
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High-profile sex assault cases — and their verdicts — have consequences for survivors seeking help
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Lisa Boucher, Assistant Professor, Gender & Social Justice, Trent University Five former Canada world junior hockey players have been acquitted of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel room in 2018 after Ontario Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia said the Crown failed to prove its case…
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Hockey Canada sex assault verdict: Sports culture should have also been on trial
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Laura Misener, Professor & Director, School of Kinesiology, Western University The verdict is in on the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team — all five have been acquitted. Each player was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in…
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Columbia’s $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other universities to bend to the government’s will
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Brendan Cantwell, Associate Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University Students at Columbia University in New York City on April 14, 2025. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images Columbia University agreed on July 23, 2025, to pay a US$200 million fine to the…
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We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas – satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jennifer Raynor, Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison A school of bigeye trevally swims near Bikar Atoll. Enric Sala/National Geographic Pristine Seas Marine protected areas cover more than 8% of the world’s oceans today, but they can get a bad rap as…
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Caught on the jumbotron: How literature helps us understand modern-day public shaming
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jason Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre, Toronto Metropolitan University The scene at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts on July 16 was steeped in irony. During Coldplay’s “jumbotron song” — the concert segment where cameras pan over the crowd — the big screen landed…
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Could the copper in your diet help prevent memory loss, as new study suggests?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Eef Hogervorst, Professor of Biological Psychology, Loughborough University Oysters are rich in copper. Vershinin89/Shutterstock.com More and more research suggests that the copper in your diet could play a bigger role in brain health than we once believed. A recent study found that older Americans who ate…
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Could climate anxiety be a form of pre-traumatic stress disorder? A psychologist explains the research
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Geoff Beattie, Professor of Psychology, Edge Hill University Malchevska/Shutterstock We are living in an age of anxiety. People face multiple existential crises such as climate change and conflicts that could potentially escalate into nuclear war. So how do people cope with competing threats like this? And…