Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Diane Watt, Professor of English, University of Surrey Detail from The Mouth of Hell in The Hours of Catherine of Cleves (1440). The Morgan Library & Museum The afterlife is not typically associated with aggressive pets and insatiable worms. But these are exactly the creatures that…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Aitken, Associate, RAND Europe, RAND Europe Countries have come to rely on a network of cables and pipes under the sea for their energy and communications. So it has been worrying to read headlines about communications cables being cut and, in one case, an undersea…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Primrose Freestone, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock Most of us spend around a third of our lives in bed. Sleep isn’t just downtime; it’s essential for normal brain function and overall health. And while we often focus on how many hours we’re…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Simone Abram, Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Director of Durham Energy Institute, Durham University David Iliff / shutterstock Thousands of new electricity pylons are to be built across parts of England under the government’s plans to decarbonise the electricity. And some people aren’t happy. A…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol Even those who don’t play sports are at risk of tennis elbow. didesign021/ Shutterstock Professional athletes from around the world spend years training to compete in some of the UK’s biggest summer sporting…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol MyImages – Micha/Shutterstock.com “Are we stopping again already?” It’s a familiar complaint on family road trips and one that’s often aimed at women. From sitcoms to stand-up routines, the idea that women have smaller bladders has become a…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Peter Bloom, Professor of Management, University of Essex TSViPhoto/Shutterstock Across much of Europe, the engines of economic growth are sputtering. In its latest global outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sharply downgraded its forecasts for the UK and Europe, warning that the continent faces persistent economic…