Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Rob Nicholls, Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney Google will not have to sell its Chrome web browser in order to fix its illegal monopoly in the online search business, a United States federal judge has ruled. It will, however, need…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Theresa Larkin, Associate Professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić. Facebook.com @molchanovs, Instagram.com @maverick2go, Facebook.com @Vitomir Maričić, CC BY Most of us can hold our breath for between 30 and 90 seconds. A few minutes without oxygen can be fatal, so…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Christine Grant, Associate Professor (Research), Centre for Healthcare and Communities, Coventry University Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Home-based working in the UK has been declining since the peak of the COVID pandemic – from 49% of the working population at its height to around 14% now. While hybrid working is…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham China’s president, Xi Jinping, has been busy on the diplomatic front. China has just hosted the largest annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), followed by an impressive military parade to mark the defeat of Japan…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stephen Roberts, Honorary Lecturer in Theology, Cardiff University Lady Gaga is leading the nominations for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards – merely her latest accolade. Since she burst onto the scene with The Fame album in 2008, Gaga has become one of the world’s most…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Simon Cooper, Professor in Physical Activity and Health, Nottingham Trent University Physical education has many academic benefits. Drazen Zigic/ Shutterstock There were 45,000 fewer hours of physical education (PE) delivered in UK schools during the last academic year compared to 15 years ago. This is concerning,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol Although the spine is naturally slightly curved, certain health conditions can make these curves more extreme. RomarioIen/ Shutterstock Over 60% of us will suffer from lower back pain at some point in our lives.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sarah Njeri, Lecturer in Humanitarian and Development Studies, SOAS, University of London Daria Yehorova / Shutterstock There are a record number of conflicts raging around the world – from Ukraine and Gaza to Sudan and Myanmar. Alongside their devastating human toll, these conflicts are all wreaking…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rebecca Starr, Lecturer in History of Art, University of Leeds What do you expect to see when visiting the National Gallery in London? A neatly curated collection of landscape painting? Or a selection of the gallery’s must-see highlights – a veritable who’s-who of art history? Both…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kevin Olsen, UKSA Mars Science Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Oxford NASA Scientists have discovered that Mars has an interior structure similar to Earth’s. Results from Nasa’s Insight mission suggest that the red planet has a solid inner core surrounded by a liquid outer core,…