Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paul Jones, Associate Dean for Education and Student Experience at Aston Business School, Aston University Kundra From ChatGPT crafting emails, to AI systems recommending TV shows and even helping diagnose disease, the presence of machine intelligence in everyday life is no longer science fiction. And yet,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Matt McLain, Senior Lecturer in Education and Professional Learning, Liverpool John Moores University AnnaStills/Shutterstock Studying design and technology (D&T) at school gives children the opportunity to get up from behind a desk and learn practical skills. It’s the only subject in the national curriculum in which…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Pintu Kumar Mahla, Research Associate at the Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona A boat crosses the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 5, 2025. MD Abu Sufian Jewel/NurPhoto via Getty Images When Bangladesh became the first country in South Asia to join…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Aisling Pigott, Lecturer, Dietetics, Cardiff Metropolitan University The principle of ‘hara hachi bu’ is to stop eating just before you get full. Only_NewPhoto/ Shutterstock Some of the world’s healthiest and longest-living people follow the practice of “hara hachi bu” — an eating philosophy rooted in moderation.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Hui-Ying Kerr, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Communication and Promotion, Nottingham Trent University An upright young samurai, a cross-dressing sword-wielding maiden, a retired warrior, honour killings, killings not-so-honourable, and lovers of all kinds. Welcome to The Samurai Detectives, the first part of a series of popular historical…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol A cutaneous horn is a cone-shaped growth on the skin formed from compacted, dead keratin. Jojo via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Equids, members of the horse family including horses, donkeys and zebras, share curious…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Belinda Zakrzewska, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Birmingham Brazilian chef Saulo Jennings is a champion of Amazonian ingredients including the pirarucu fish. Instagram Saulo Jennings, an acclaimed Amazonian chef and UN gastronomy tourism ambassador, was reportedly outraged when organisers of Prince William’s Earthshot prize asked…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Miguel Lurgi, Associate Professor in Computational Ecology, Swansea University A peregrine falcon foraging in the forest. Wang LiQiang/Shutterstock Setting aside land for nature is one of the main global strategies to conserve biodiversity. From national parks to local reserves, these areas are designed to give wildlife…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Roger S. Seymour, Professor Emeritus of Physiology, University of Adelaide If you’ve ever wondered why the giraffe has such a long neck, the answer seems clear: it lets them reach succulent leaves atop tall acacia trees in Africa. Only giraffes have direct access to those…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Roger S. Seymour, Professor Emeritus of Physiology, University of Adelaide If you’ve ever wondered why the giraffe has such a long neck, the answer seems clear: it lets them reach succulent leaves atop tall acacia trees in Africa. Only giraffes have direct access to those…