Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Antonio Cerella, Senior Lecturer, Social and Political Studies, Nottingham Trent University Maya Labs/Shutterstock There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) will have a profound impact on our economies, work and lifestyle. But could this technology also shape the way we think and speak? AI can be…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol LightField Studios/Shutterstock Acne is one of the most common skin conditions seen in general practice. Acne vulgaris – the most prevalent form – affects more than 80% of teenagers and young adults (in some…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Athina Vlachantoni, Professor of Gerontology and Social Policy, University of Southampton Iryna Inshyna/Shutterstock About two-thirds of people in the UK will become grandparents during their lifetime. Half of those grandparents will provide some form of care to their grandchildren. But who makes up that half depends…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Aviva Guttmann, Lecturer in Strategy and Intelligence, Aberystwyth University When Israel launched its attacks on Iran in the early morning of June 13, many news reports marvelled at the quality and ingenuity of its intelligence agencies in enabling the Israel Defense Forces to strike with such…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Francesco Grillo, Academic Fellow, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University “The European green deal is something we owe to our children because we do not own this planet.” These words date back to a few days before Christmas 2019. They defined Ursula Von Der…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rahul Sidhu, PhD Candidate, Neuroscience, University of Sheffield meeboonstudio/Shutterstock.com Alzheimer’s is a disease that robs people of their memory, and scientists have long sought ways to stop or reverse its effects. But the blood-brain barrier – the brain’s protective shield – has been both a friend…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Marie Inger Dam, Researcher, Biotechnology, Lund University This moth was genetically engineered to be unable to attract a mate. Kristina Brauburger A single “sexy” gene could help us combat one of the world’s most destructive fruit pests. By deleting the gene that lets female moths produce…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Neil Ward, Professor of Rural and Regional Development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia BearFotos/Shutterstock In 2022, six days before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine and destabilised energy and food supplies, my colleagues and I started building a network of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Dan van den Hoek, Senior Lecturer, Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of the Sunshine Coast monika kabise JeCVBSpS xU unsplash Monika Kabise/Unsplash You don’t need a gym membership, dumbbells, or expensive equipment to get stronger. Since the beginning of time, we’ve had access to the one…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Gilles E. Gignac, Associate Professor of Psychology, The University of Western Australia As your youth fades further into the past, you may start to fear growing older. But research my colleague and I have recently published in the journal Intelligence shows there’s also very good…