Analysis: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 26, 2025.
MIL-OSI Submissions: Neanderthals likely ate fermented meat with a side of maggots
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Melanie Beasley, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Purdue University Black soldier fly maggots can feed on decomposing animals. Melanie M. Beasley Scientists long thought that Neanderthals were avid meat eaters. Based on chemical analysis of Neanderthal remains, it seemed like they’d been feasting on as much meat as apex […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Using cosmetics on babies and children could disrupt hormones and trigger allergies
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University Evgeniya Yantseva/Shutterstock Would you dab perfume on a six-month-old? Paint their tiny nails with polish that contains formaldehyde? Dust bronzer onto their cheeks? An investigation by the Times has found that babies and toddlers are routinely exposed to adult cosmetic products, […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: As the UK reviews the pension age again, could more time off when you’re young compensate for later retirement?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Malte Jauch, Lecturer in Management and Marketing, University of Essex The retirement age keeps creeping up. In the UK, the state pension is currently paid to people at 66, but that’s set to rise to 67 in the next couple of years, and a move to 68 might […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Cuban government scrambling to deal with outrage about country’s economic crisis
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Emily Morris, Research Associate, Institute of the Americas, UCL Cuba doesn’t have any beggars, according to the country’s minister of labour, Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera. In a speech to the national assembly on July 15, she denied the existence of destitution in the communist country, claiming the problem […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Armenia and Azerbaijan are trying to mend fences – what does this mean for Russia?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anna Matveeva, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, King’s Russia Institute, King’s College London At a time when Vladimir Putin needs friends in his neighbourhood, he appears instead to be losing them in the South Caucasus. After two centuries of Russian involvement in the region, balancing the historical rivalry and […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: As the UK reviews the pension age again, could more time off when you’re young compensate for later retirement?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Malte Jauch, Lecturer in Management and Marketing, University of Essex The retirement age keeps creeping up. In the UK, the state pension is currently paid to people at 66, but that’s set to rise to 67 in the next couple of years, and a move to 68 might […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Cuban government scrambling to deal with outrage about country’s economic crisis
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Emily Morris, Research Associate, Institute of the Americas, UCL Cuba doesn’t have any beggars, according to the country’s minister of labour, Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera. In a speech to the national assembly on July 15, she denied the existence of destitution in the communist country, claiming the problem […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Armenia and Azerbaijan are trying to mend fences – what does this mean for Russia?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anna Matveeva, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, King’s Russia Institute, King’s College London At a time when Vladimir Putin needs friends in his neighbourhood, he appears instead to be losing them in the South Caucasus. After two centuries of Russian involvement in the region, balancing the historical rivalry and […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Why you can’t judge health by weight alone
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rachel Woods, Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University of Lincoln Pratchaya.Lee/Shutterstock How much does your weight really say about your health? Probably less than you think. You could eat your five-a-day, hit the gym regularly, have textbook blood pressure and cholesterol levels – and still be dismissed as “unhealthy” […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: How poetry can help to fight polarisation and misinformation
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alex Hubbard, Associate lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing, Aberystwyth University Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock People are becoming more divided and ill informed. In January 2024, a report by the World Economic Forum identified misinformation and disinformation as “the most severe global risk anticipated over the next two years”. […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: A company says it could turn mercury into gold using nuclear fusion. Can we take this claim seriously?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adrian Bevan, Professor of Physics, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London RHJPhotos / Shutterstock The alchemist’s dream is to make gold from common metals, but can this be done? The physics needed to explain how to change one element into another is well […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: The anatomy of a lie-in: why you sleep more on holiday
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol Gladskikh Tatiana/Shutterstock.com There’s something oddly luxurious about a lie-in. The sun filters through the curtains, the alarm clock is blissfully silent, and your body stays at rest. Yet lie-ins are often treated as indulgences, sometimes framed as laziness or a […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Unlocking nature’s toolkit: how plant compounds may support cancer therapy
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ahmed Elbediwy, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Biochemistry / Cancer Biology, Kingston University Michel Arnaud/Shutterstock.com Green tea and red wine may seem like simple dietary choices – but beneath the surface, they harbour compounds with remarkable medical potential. Scientists are uncovering how these everyday drinks might support cancer treatment, […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Using cosmetics on babies and children could disrupt horomones and trigger allergies
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University Evgeniya Yantseva/Shutterstock Would you dab perfume on a six-month-old? Paint their tiny nails with polish that contains formaldehyde? Dust bronzer onto their cheeks? An investigation by the Times has found that babies and toddlers are routinely exposed to adult cosmetic products, […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: As Spotify moves to video, the environmental footprint of music streaming hits the high notes
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Hussein Boon, Principal Lecturer – Music, University of Westminster CarlosBarquero/Shutterstock Spotify currently has 675 million active users. Now, as it expands into video for music streaming and as more people use Spotify, the app’s environmental footprint is set to increase. In-video advertisements that aim to increase ad revenue […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: How to reduce the hidden environmental costs of supply chains
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Benjamin Selwyn, Professor of International Relations and International Development, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex Me dia/Shutterstock Global supply chains account for 70% of world trade. They are the arteries of global capitalism, moving goods and services across borders multiple times before reaching consumers. Since the early […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Channel crossings: life in ‘microcamps’ on the French border, and how they are changing crossing attempts
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sophie Watt, Lecturer, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sheffield I have spent the past two years examining the living conditions in informal refugee camps along the northern coast of France as part of an ongoing research project on borders. These sites are where people gather before […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Fear of crime is a useful political tool, even if the data doesn’t back it up
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Emily Gray, Assistant Professor of Criminology, University of Warwick “We’re actually facing, in many parts of our country, nothing short of societal collapse.” This was the dire warning from Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, in setting out his party’s goal of halving crime. In an op-ed in the […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: New polling: Reform is winning over Britain’s Christian support
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stuart Fox, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter When we look at how people vote in elections and why they choose certain parties, analysis often focuses on age, education, location or socioeconomic status. Less discussed in Britain is religion. But close to two-thirds of its adults are […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Distorted sound of the early universe suggests we are living in a giant void
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Indranil Banik, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Astrophysics, University of Portsmouth Baryon acoustic oscillations represent the sound of the Big Bang. Gabriela Secara, Perimeter Institute, CC BY-SA Looking up at the night sky, it may seem our cosmic neighbourhood is packed full of planets, stars and galaxies. But scientists […]