Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ahmed Elbediwy, Senior Lecturer in Cancer Biology & Clinical Biochemistry, Kingston University dturphoto/Shutterstock.com Many cancer survivors live with the worry that their cancer might come back. This “recurrence” occurs when cancer cells hide somewhere in the body – like in the bone marrow – and start…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Glenn Fosbraey, Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester zef art/Shutterstock As plastic skeletons enter the shops, pumpkin spice flavourings spread through coffee houses like Japanese knot-weed and jumpers are dug out of drawers, music fans’ playlists also begin to shift, with “spooky…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Craig Smith, Lecturer in Law, University of Salford Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Generative artificial intelligence, which produces original content by drawing on large existing datasets, has been hailed as a revolutionary tool for lawyers. From drafting contracts to summarising case law, generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Lexis+…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alice Vernon, Lecturer in Creative Writing and 19th-Century Literature, Aberystwyth University A typical séance in the 1920s. The Graphic, CC BY-SA In March 1915, a young British man named Raymond Lodge was deployed to Ypres, France, to fight on the front lines of the first world…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Meilan Yan, Senior Lecturer in Financial Economics, Loughborough University oleschwander/Shutterstock Imagine waking up to find your living room underwater for the second time in five years. You try to claim insurance, only to be told your property is now uninsurable. Premiums have tripled. Your mortgage lender…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Max Telford, Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, UCL The next time you go wild swimming, whether in a lake, river or sea, you are probably sharing the water with one of your tiniest, yet closest relatives. This near-family member is a microscopic, single-celled organism…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, Professor of Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University The Kardashians are back with a new season of their reality series The Kardashians on Disney Plus. As a researcher of consumer psychology, I have written about consumer neuroscience and how brands and media shape behaviour and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paul Pettitt, Professor in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University Neanderthal handprints in a replica of Maltravieso Cave, Spain. WH Pics / Shutterstock The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had trouble believing…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Steve Schifferes, Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City St George’s, University of London A world map showing the extent of the British Empire in 1886. Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston Public Library/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY For nearly four centuries,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Richard Hargy, Visiting Research Fellow in International Studies, Queen’s University Belfast Donald Trump is clearly concerned about the midterm elections that loom next November, which look to be a referendum on his administration. All seats in the House of Representatives will be up for grabs as…