Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Penelope Breese/Getty With the passing of Dr Jane Goodall, the world has lost a conservation giant. But her extraordinary achievements leave a profound legacy. Goodall was a world-leading expert…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney On Sunday, a gunman launched a horrifying attack on people at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Thomas Jacob Sanford allegedly rammed his…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation Ricardo Espinoza L/Shutterstock When Donald Trump gave a press conference in late September urging pregnant women to avoid taking paracetamol unless medically necessary because of a possible link to autism, the reaction from the scientific community was…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Christina Faraday, Research Fellow in History of Art, University of Cambridge It can sometimes seem like the Tudors are everywhere, at least in Britain: on television, in bookshops and in historic houses and galleries across the country. Yet within the discipline of art history, appreciation for…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tony Milligan, Teaching Associate, University of Sheffield Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster, with Earth in background. wikipedia, CC BY-SA Beyond the race for scientific, commercial and military purposes, there is another space race of a more curious sort. A race to be the first to send various…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andrew Nickson, Honorary Reader in the Department of International Development, University of Birmingham Paraguay hosted the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), a gathering of the global right, for the first time in mid-September. In attendance were members of US president Donald Trump’s inner circle, including his…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University Beatriz Vera/Shutterstock Digestive discomfort – whether it’s bloating after a heavy meal or the occasional bout of indigestion – can make anyone miserable. While modern medicine offers effective treatments, there’s renewed interest in natural ways to support…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Will de Freitas, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine. You could tell me that China still gets most of its electricity from coal and is building more new…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Josh Bullock, Senior Lecturer Criminology and Social Sciences, Kingston University Breanna P/Shutterstock At a Bristol social club, a psychic medium scans the room, inviting the spirit world into a space more often used for drinking and darts. The medium is talking to a small audience, mostly…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Leanne Calvert, Assistant Professor in Irish History, University of Limerick In the 18th and 19th centuries, Presbyterians from Ulster in Northern Ireland had a somewhat surprising reputation for being especially – if not excessively – concerned with sex. As the Ordnance Survey Memoirs Observer for the…