Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nerys M. Astbury, Associate Professor, Health Behaviours, University of Oxford Close-up of in vitro fertilisation in a petri dish Rohane Hamilton/Shutterstock Around one in five women of childbearing age are living with [obesity], defined by the World Health Organization as having a body mass index (BMI)…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Olaf Meynecke, Research Fellow in Marine Science and Manager Whales & Climate Program, Griffith University drewsulockcreations/Getty As the annual humpback whale migration is underway with thousands of whales passing by the Australian coast, there are reports of dolphins joining the mass movement. But this isn’t…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced Australia will recognise Palestine as a state at the United Nations leaders’ week in late September. Unlike some other countries, the government has put no conditions on the recognition, relying on assurances…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Flora Hui, Research Fellow, Centre for Eye Research Australia and Honorary Fellow, Department of Surgery (Ophthalmology), The University of Melbourne Drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro (known as semaglutide and tirzepatide) have changed the way clinicians manage diabetes and obesity around the world. Collectively…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Therese O’Sullivan, Associate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, Edith Cowan University Natalia Lebedinskaia/Getty Images Many people are familiar with the saying that a woman is “eating for two” during pregnancy. Although this is an exaggeration, nutritional needs do certainly increase during pregnancy to support the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By James Watson, Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland DeAgostini/Getty Images Human-driven climate change threatens many species, including birds. Most studies on this topic focus on long-term climate trends, such as gradual rises in average temperatures or shifts in rainfall…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Aayushi Badhwar, Lecturer in Enterprise and Technology, RMIT University Naomi Rahim/Getty Images/Canva Today’s consumers are swimming in a sea of information. Products are marketed with big, bold words such as “sustainable”, “ethical” and “organic”. They sound good, they catch our attention, and they make us…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michael Rovatsos, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh OpenAI claims that its new flagship model, GPT-5, marks “a significant step along the path to AGI” – that is, the artificial general intelligence that AI bosses and self-proclaimed experts often claim is around the corner. According…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Joseph Janes, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Swansea University In the blistering heat of Freetown, Sierra Leone, young men gather on street corners, their limbs swollen, eyes glazed. They are the victims of kush, a cheap and deadly synthetic drug sweeping the country. But kush is not…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Brian Brivati, Visiting Professor of Contemporary History and Human Rights, Kingston University Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace framework in Washington on August 8 after nearly four decades of conflict. The two nations, long divided over territorial disputes, committed to end hostilities, normalise relations and respect…