Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rachel Woods, Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University of Lincoln When María Branyas Morera died in 2024 at the age of 117, she left more than memories. She left science a gift: samples of her microbiome. Researchers discovered her gut was as diverse as someone decades younger:…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Marie-Louise Crawley, Assistant Professor in Dance and Cultural Engagement, Coventry University Caravaggio’s Medusa (1597-1598). Uffizi Gallery/Canva The image is stark and shocking. A decapitated head, her eyes open, her mouth agape in a silent scream, her hair a nest of still-hissing snakes. Blood pours out from…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lucy Taylor, Lecturer in Education, University of Leeds Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock In a speech delivered at the Labour party conference, Chancellor Rachel Reeves committed to “providing a library in every single primary school in England by the end of this parliament”. This new scheme should help to achieve…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Leonie Fleischmann, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City St George’s, University of London Since the White House released Donald Trump’s plan to end the Gaza conflict on September 29, the chances of an end to Israel’s war on Gaza is as high as they have ever…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Natalia Levina, Professor, Department of Information Systems Management & Analytics, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick; New York University The Delphi-2M model seeks to predict a person’s next health event, and when it will happen in the next 20 years. Nan_Got/ Shutterstock Being able to instantly…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Fabrizio Alberti, Associate Professor in Life Sciences, University of Warwick Cannabis_Pic/Shutterstock Magic mushrooms have been used in traditional ceremonies and for recreational purposes for thousands of years. However, a new study has found that mushrooms evolved the ability to make the same psychoactive substance twice. The…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Colin Mason, Emeritus Professor of Entrepreneurship and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow Monster Ztudio/Shutterstock Regional inequality is a long-standing problem in the UK that successive governments haven’t been able to get to grips with. The Labour government is aiming for…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Maria Ahmad, PhD Candidate, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology and Language Sciences, UCL Indigenous Marshallese sailor Clansey Takia. Chewy Lin, CC BY-NC-ND One of the biggest navigation challenges is knowing where you are in the open ocean without tools or devices. This remarkable skill is exemplified by the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Will Shüler, Vice-Dean of Education and Senior Lecturer, School of Performing and Digital Arts, Royal Holloway University of London Warning: this article contains spoilers. Indhu Rubasingham has begun her tenure as the director of the National Theatre with her production of Bacchae, playwright Nima Taleghani’s new…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jiao Wang, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex Sundry Photography/Shutterstock Donald Trump’s recent state visit to the UK ended without the removal of steel tariffs, which the host nation had been hoping for. For months, the US president’s array of…