Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kevin Guyan, Chancellor’s Fellow & Director of the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab, University of Edinburgh Natalllenka.m/Shutterstock Any account of love and dating in the 2020s is incomplete without addressing an uncomfortable topic: are our encounters with technology shaping who we are and how we desire?…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rin Ushiyama, Lecturer in Sociology, Queen’s University Belfast Japan held elections for its upper house, the House of Councillors, on July 20. The vote proved a challenge for the conservative ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP), which has been reeling from corruption scandals, rising prices and US…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Havovi Chichger, Professor, Biomedical Science, Anglia Ruskin University Found in everything from protein bars to energy drinks, erythritol has long been considered a safe alternative to sugar. But new research suggests this widely used sweetener may be quietly undermining one of the body’s most crucial protective…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University Nanny says no. SOK Studio/Shutterstock The UK government’s new ten-year-plan to transform the NHS includes a focus on preventing ill health rather than treating illness. But to what extent should people depend on the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University DC Studio/Shutterstock When we think about the side effects of medicines, we might think of nausea, fatigue or dizziness. But there’s another, lesser-known risk that can have lasting – and sometimes permanent – consequences: hearing loss. A…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Mark Westgarth, Professor, History of the Art Market, University of Leeds Sotheby’s publicity photograph for the _Ceratosaurus_ fossil. Sotheby’s, CC BY-SA A juvenile dinosaur fossil, Ceratosaurus nasicornis, has sold at Sotheby’s New York for US$30.5 million (£22.7 million). It is part of a recent resurgence of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jitka Vseteckova, Senior Lecturer Health and Social Care, The Open University Sabrina Bracher/Shutterstock Most of us want to enjoy later life feeling strong, connected, and mentally sharp. But how often do we stop to think about whether the things we’re doing right now are helping us…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Yvonne Skipper, Senior Lecturer in Psychology (Education), University of Glasgow Body Stock/Shutterstock Misinformation is found in every element of our online lives. It ranges from fake products available to buy, fake lifestyle posts on social media accounts and fake news about health and politics. Misinformation has…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Susan Ann Samuel, PhD Candidate, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds Pla2na/Shutterstock, CC BY-NC-ND Youth activist organisations including Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and World Youth for Climate Justice recently coordinated massive online calls across two different time zones. These two global…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Derek R. Peterson, Ali Mazrui Professor of History & African Studies, University of Michigan Idi Amin addresses the United Nations General Assembly in 1975. Bettmann/Getty Images Fifty years ago, Ugandan President Idi Amin wrote to the governments of the British Commonwealth with a bold suggestion:…