Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University CGN089/Shutterstock The bladder is easy to overlook – until it starts causing trouble. This small, balloon-like organ in the lower urinary tract quietly stores and releases urine, helping the body eliminate waste and maintain fluid balance. But…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ben Garrod, Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Science Engagement, University of East Anglia The pant-hoot of a chimpanzee is one of the most visceral sounds in nature – a rolling call that rises to a crescendo. I once heard the call cutting through the heavy silence…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Neil Loughlin, Lecturer in Comparative Politics, City St George’s, University of London Paetongtarn Shinawatra walks with her father and prominent Thai political figure, Thaksin Shinawatra, before her endorsement as Thailand’s prime minister in 2024. SPhotograph / Shutterstock Dynasties are central to south-east Asian politics as parties…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Serena Trowbridge, Reader in Victorian Literature, Birmingham City University As a professor of pre-Raphaelite studies, I was excited to see that the track list for Taylor Swift’s 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl includes a song called The Fate of Ophelia. Ahead of the album’s…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Seán Jordan, Associate Professor in Chemistry, Dublin City University Part of the ancient lake delta in Jezero Crater on Mars. JPL-Caltech Recently, Nasa revealed exciting details of new findings from Mars. Scientists have discovered tiny patterns of unusual minerals in the clay-rich rocks on the edge…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rachel Moss, Professor in the History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College Dublin Writing in the early 20th century, the celebrated author James Joyce noted that the Book of Kells – an illuminated manuscript depicting the four gospels of the New Testament in Latin – was…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rod Thornton, Senior Lecturer in International Studies, Defence and Security., King’s College London Five Nato countries neighbouring Russia or its ally, Belarus, have announced that they are to opt out of the Ottawa treaty of 1997. This treaty bans the use by signatories of anti-personnel (AP)…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Christopher Watson, Professor, Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast Nasa animation depicting the first 5,000 exoplanets to have been discovered, up to March 2022. M. Russo and A. Santaguida/Nasa-JPL On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rachael Attwood, Programme Leader for History, Department of Humanities, University of Westminster wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock Research by charity End Sexism in Schools has found that over half of history lessons delivered to children aged 11 to 14 in England feature no women at all. With the government set…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Naomi Joseph, Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation John le Carré was a master of the spy novel – not by glamorising espionage, but by stripping it of illusion. His stories abandoned the trope of the suave, heartless agent in favour of morally complex characters navigating…