Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Zoe Wimshurst, Senior Lecturer of Sport Psychology, Health Sciences University As the Premier League season kicks off, fans will debate their new kits almost as much as new signings. But could shirt colour actually give teams a performance edge? Science suggests they can. One of the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Zoe Wimshurst, Senior Lecturer of Sport Psychology, Health Sciences University As the Premier League season kicks off, fans will debate their new kits almost as much as new signings. But could shirt colour actually give teams a performance edge? Science suggests they can. One of the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sarah Allinson, Professor, Department of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University HPV are a common group of viruses which can infect skin and other parts of the body. Anusorn Nakdee/ Shutterstock Skin cancer is typically caused by damage to the skin’s cells from ultraviolet radiation. But…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By James Vigus, Senior Lecturer in English, Queen Mary University of London To mark the 250th anniversary of her birth, we’re pitting Jane Austen’s much-loved novels against each other in a battle of wit, charm and romance. Seven leading Austen experts have made their case for her…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gaby Harris, Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University A3pfamily/Shutterstock If you’re a parent, the summer holidays and approaching new school year might have you questioning your children’s access to pocket money – how much they get, how much they’re spending and what they’re spending money on. How pocket…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Karolina Pawlik, Assistant Professor, AFCT Faculty, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Many of us would struggle to recall the last time we wrote anything substantial by hand. Digital devices often feel more convenient and efficient. But research shows that the intricate motor skills and visual processing required for…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Luca Trenta, Associate Professor in International Relations, Swansea University The US president, Donald Trump, signed a secret directive on August 8 authorising the Pentagon to use military force against some Latin American drug cartels. To longtime observers of US foreign policy in the region, his directive…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stephan Blum, Research associate, Institute for Prehistory and Early History and Medieval Archaeology, University of Tübingen Sometimes the seeds of collapse are sown in the very soil of prosperity. Beneath the ancient city of Troy’s shining walls, the earth quietly cracked under the weight of its…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Mete Sefa Uysal, Lecturer in Social & Political Psychology, University of Exeter Christopher Penler/Shutterstock In 2013, a wave of protests began in Turkey in opposition to the planned demolition of Gezi Park in Istanbul. The protests soon evolved into mass anti-government demonstrations, and a landmark moment…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dan Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Social and Political Thought, The Open University ‘Ridiculous costs’: Andy Pearce on his farm in the Fens of eastern England. Photograph by Rebecca Pearce, CC BY-NC-ND The Pearces have been farming the Fens of eastern England for generations – a region…