Category: MIL OSI
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Celebrity Traitors: why we sweat when we’re nervous – or lying
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University This article contains spoilers for the current season of Celebrity Traitors. When TV comedian Alan Carr was selected to be a traitor, his joy quickly turned to anxiety. He proclaimed he had a “sweating problem” – and that he…
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Renters’ Rights Act becomes law in England – here are six things to do before renting a property privately
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jan Wilcox, Senior lecturer, University of Westminster Zhuravlev Andrey/Shutterstock The Renters’ Rights Act has become law. This new legislation is intended to improve the experience of private renting in England by providing tenants with increased security and stability. Measures include abolishing Section 21 “no fault” evictions,…
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How banks affect the environment and the role your money plays in it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Styliani Panetsidou, Assistant Professor of Finance, Coventry University Inside Creative House/Shutterstock When you think about your environmental footprint, what comes to mind first? Maybe the flights you take, the car you drive or whether you choose the train instead. Perhaps it is the plastic you try…
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Children learn to read with books that are just right for them – but that might not be the best approach
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Timothy E Shanahan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Literacy, University of Illinois Chicago Children and an adult read books at the Altadena Main Library in Altadena, Calif., in March 2025. Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images After decades of stagnating reading performance, American…
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Future of nation’s energy grid hurt by Trump’s funding cuts
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Roshanak (Roshi) Nateghi, Associate Professor of Sustainability, Georgetown University Large-capacity electrical wires carry power from one place to another around the nation. Stephanie Tacy/NurPhoto via Getty Images The Trump administration’s widespread cancellation and freezing of clean energy funding is also hitting essential work to improve…
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Why you can salvage moldy cheese but never spoiled meat − a toxicologist advises on what to watch out for
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Brad Reisfeld, Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Public Health, Colorado State University Molds on foods produce a range of microbial toxins and biochemical byproducts that can be harmful. JulieAlexK/iStock via Getty Images When you open the refrigerator and find a…
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How the Philadelphia Art Museum is reinventing itself for the Instagram age
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Sheri Lambert, Professor of Marketing, Temple University Modernizing a century-old cultural brand in Philly can be risky. Rob Cusick/Philadelphia Art Museum On Philadelphia’s famed Benjamin Franklin Parkway, where stone, symmetry and civic ambition meet, something subtle yet seismic has happened. The city’s grandest temple to…
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AI reveals which predators chewed ancient humans’ bones – challenging ideas on which ‘Homo’ species was the first tool-using hunter
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Professor of Anthropology, Rice University If *Homo habilis* was often chomped by leopards, it probably wasn’t the top predator. Made with AI (DALL-E 4) Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now…
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The Glozel affair: A sensational archaeological hoax made science front-page news in 1920s France
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Daniel J. Sherman, Lineberger Distinguished Professor of Art History and History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill All eyes were on a commission of professional archaeologists when they visited Glozel. Agence Meurisse/BnF Gallica In early November 1927, the front pages of newspapers all over France…
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Solar storms have influenced our history – an environmental historian explains how they could also threaten our future
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Dagomar Degroot, Associate Professor of Environmental History, Georgetown University Coronal mass ejections from the Sun can cause geomagnetic storms that may damage technology on Earth. NASA/GSFC/SDO In May 2024, part of the Sun exploded. The Sun is an immense ball of superheated gas called plasma. Because…