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'Passive' screen time may raise dementia risk
Source: Radio New Zealand (world) It’s not just how much time you spend sitting, but what you’re doing while sitting that may affect your health.
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All The President’s Men at 50: one of the finest films about investigative journalism ever made
Source: MIL-OSI-Submissions-English Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney Nighttime. A dim and dingy car park. Woefully...
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Despairing at the state of the world? The ancient Greeks and Romans knew the feeling
Source: MIL-OSI-Submissions-English Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Heraclitus — Johannes Moreelse (c.1630) Public domain,...
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How might the Strait of Hormuz be reopened? Here are 3 scenarios
Source: MIL-OSI-Submissions-English Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty The Strait of Hormuz crisis has reached a critical...
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What is ‘muscle memory’ and can I improve mine?
Source: MIL-OSI-Submissions-English Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Celia Harris, Associate Professor in Cognitive Science, Western Sydney University skynesher/Getty Whether it’s riding a bike or knitting a sweater,...
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‘Vegan leather’ isn’t as sustainable or eco‑friendly as brands might claim
Source: MIL-OSI-Submissions-English Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Caroline Swee Lin Tan, Associate Professor in Fashion Entrepreneurship, RMIT University Alfonso Ramirez/Unsplash In a high-end fashion store or luxury...
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Treating previously untreatable cancers: How CAR-T cell therapy could be made accessible to more patients
Source: The Conversation – Canada CAR-T therapies harvest the patient's own cells, modify them outside the body for treatment and then reinject them into the patient. (Pexels/Karola G) Cancers that...
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Donald Trump’s profane threats against Iran expose the unhinged language of war
Source: The Conversation – Canada The language of war has long wrapped itself in the rhetoric of courage and the honour of vengeance, drawing on moral and religious appeals to...
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La historia demuestra que la Guardia Revolucionaria de Irán resistiría una invasión terrestre
Source: The Conversation – (in Spanish) Saeediex/Shutterstock El Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica (IRGC, por sus siglas en inglés) ejerce desde hace tiempo un poder considerable, a menudo subestimado,...
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La estrategia defensiva iraní: así está dictando la nueva Guardia Revolucionaria el curso de la guerra
Source: The Conversation – (in Spanish) Anelo/Shuttesrtock La agresión de Estados Unidos e Israel contra Irán expone un error de cálculo fundamental por parte de quienes pensaban que “dos o...