Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ahmed Elbediwy, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Biochemistry / Cancer Biology, Kingston University Nick NA/Shutterstock.com Doctors have long relied on measurements like body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratios to assess health risks. However, researchers are increasingly focusing their attention on an unexpected indicator: neck circumference. A…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Avidan Kent, Professor of Law, University of East Anglia Some small island states, such as Tuvalu, are at risk of losing their land to rising seas. Romaine W / Shutterstock Small island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Maldives and Marshall Islands are particularly vulnerable to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Chris Smith, Course Director, History, Coventry University In a recent Meet the Press interview, the vice-president of the US, J.D. Vance, argued in relation to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine: “This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to world war two, if…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Will de Freitas, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation Keeping cool in Manchester, England. Iordanis / shutterstock I recently returned from visiting family in America and was struck by how hot I felt back home in London, despite the temperatures being lower. Partly, this was down…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Livingstone-Banks, Lecturer & Senior Researcher in Evidence-Based Healthcare, University of Oxford Kristine Rad/Shutterstock.com Cigarette filters were widely introduced in the 1950s, ostensibly to make smoking less harmful. With growing public concern about lung cancer and other smoking-related diseases, the tobacco industry responded not by making…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University The tennis legend revealed recently that three years ago she was diagnosed with the rare autoimmune condition. lev radin/ Shutterstock Former tennis star Monica Seles has revealed she has been diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune condition that…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Peter Berthelemy, PhD Candidate in Atmospheric Physics , University of Bath Earth may not be the only planet with sun dogs, as shown here in a wintry landscape. Guozongxia/Shutterstock Every once in a while, you may look up towards the Sun and see strange bright lights…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Samantha Friedman, Lecturer in Applied Psychology, University of Edinburgh New Africa/Shutterstock Screens, and technology more generally, are often seen to be at odds with engagement and connection with nature. Teenagers are implored to put down their phones and go outside instead. This is a key premise…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rod Thornton, Senior Lecturer in International Studies, Defence and Security., King’s College London In the recent summit talks in Alaska designed to halt the Russia-Ukraine war, Vladimir Putin demanded that Kyiv cede control of the entirety of its Donetsk oblast (region) to Russia. But this would…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Emily-Rose Baker, Research Fellow, Department of English, University of Southampton At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum announced the launch of a new digital replica of the concentration camp for filmmakers. Titled Picture from Auschwitz, the virtual film location is designed to…