Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has declared a new Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province. It’s caused by the most severe strain: Zaire Ebola virus. This…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Saini Samim, PhD Candidate, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne NASA’s Earth Observatory How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution. Unfortunately,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Hsiao-chun Hung, Senior Research Fellow, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University A middle-aged woman, discovered in a tightly flexed position at the Liyupo site in southern China, preserved through smoked mummification. Hsiao-chun Hung Smoke-drying mummification of human remains was practised by hunter-gatherers…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By David Hastings Dunn, Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham Donald Trump’s second state visit to the UK provides an opportunity to compare and contrast the visit he made six years ago, while Elizabeth II was on…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Naomi Baker, Senior Lecturer in English Renaissance Literature, Manchester University A Woman Asleep Over a Book by Jan de Bray (1660). British Museum Women have been describing their experiences of male abuse for centuries – we just haven’t always been ready to listen to them. In…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By M. Waqas Haider, PhD Researcher, Lancaster University The recent Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Doha, where they had gathered to discuss a US-brokered peace proposal, has triggered substantial repercussions throughout the Middle East and beyond. Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, characterised it as a “justified”…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ahmed Elbediwy, Senior Lecturer in Cancer Biology & Clinical Biochemistry, Kingston University The ten-year survival rate for many cancers has doubled in the past 50 years — but for others, there has been hardly any change. namtipStudio/ Shutterstock More people are surviving cancer than ever before…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Robert Simmons, Professor of Economics, Lancaster University The 2025 summer football transfer window was a record for the English Premier League with teams spending £3.9 billion on transfer fees for new players. That’s more than the top divisions of France, Germany, Italy and Spain combined. The…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Simon Goodman, Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, University of Leeds The Caspian Sea is roughly the size of Germany or Japan, but is shrinking fast. Nasa Once a haven for flamingos, sturgeon and thousands of seals, fast-receding waters are turning the northern coast of the Caspian Sea…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Steve Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University Sadly, there are signs that racism is increasing across the world. Research from Europe and Australia in recent years has found a rise in the number of people experiencing racism. Reports from the US and UK have…