Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Marc Hudson, Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex northlight / shutterstock When Donald Trump recently claimed, during what was supposed to be a press conference about an EU trade deal, that wind turbines were a “con job” that “drive whales loco”,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Chris Proudman, Professor of Veterinary Clinical Science, University of Surrey slowmotiongli/Shutterstock Chasemore Farm stretches across 340 acres of leafy Surrey countryside just outside London. On a warm midsummer day, small groups of foals and their mothers graze peacefully in the sunshine, flicking their tails lazily at…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gianni Lo Iacono, Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey RR photographer/Shutterstock In his 1941 novel The Library of Babel, Jorge Luis Borges imagines a universe made entirely of books – every possible 410-page…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ahmed Elbediwy, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Biochemistry / Cancer Biology, Kingston University salajean/Shutterstock When Jesse J, Christina Applegate and Katie Thurston spoke openly about their mastectomies, their candour did more than share private struggles. It highlighted a procedure that, while often life saving, is unevenly available…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Elliot David Convery-Fisher, Research Fellow in the Socio-Ecology of Fire Management, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh For the tenth time this year, a wildfire warning covers most of Scotland. The latest alert came after a recent, and not the first, gorse fire on Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh’s iconic…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Antje Jackelén, Senior Advisor and Systematic Theologian., Lund University AI can deal a fateful blow to human self-understanding. Stokkete/Shutterstock In 1917, Sigmund Freud described three “narcissistic insults” that had been caused by science. These were moments of scientific breakthrough that showed humans that we are not…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lyndon Simkin, Professor of Strategic Marketing, Manchester Metropolitan University Claire’s has gone into administration. nrqemi/Shutterstock British businesses are under such strain that around 50,000 are on the brink of collapse according to a recent report. Retail is an especially vulnerable sector, with predictions that over 17,300…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Styliani Panetsidou, Assistant Professor of Finance, Coventry University mick wass photography Many of us check the weather forecast to plan our day – to decide whether to carry an umbrella, postpone a trip or work from home when snow is on the horizon. But weather alerts…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paul Hunter, Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia All of the Chikungunya cases in England were associated with travel to regions which have had ongoing outbreaks of the virus. nechaevkon/ Shutterstock The UK’s Health Security Agency has advised overseas travellers to take precautions to avoid…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Esther Kuehn, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Tübingen Orla/Shutterstock I recently asked myself if I’ll still have a healthy brain as I get older. I hold a professorship at a neurology department. Nevertheless, it is difficult for me to judge if a particular brain, including my…