By Andrew Gawthorpe, Lecturer in History and International Studies, Leiden University
When the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered a strike on the Lebanese capital of Beirut on June 14, Donald Trump was not amused. Fearing that the attack threatened an agreement with Iran on ending the war between the two countries, the US president lashed out. Netanyahu, he said, has “no fucking judgment”.
He was not the first US president to be moved to curse words by the Israeli leader.
When Bill Clinton first met Netanyahu in the summer of 1996, Netanyahu lectured…
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By Guy Guppy, Lecturer in Performance Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, Kingston University
Cutting out sugar entirely might seem virtuous but new research in mice suggests it could harm your gut in ways that don’t show up on the scales.
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By Hope Steadman, PhD Candidate in Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
Citizens are taking water testing into their own hands as sewage spills in rivers and on beaches increasingly get reported.
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By Paul Jones, Associate Dean for Education and Student Experience at Aston Business School, Aston University
We have built tools that save us hours in work. So why do so many people feel worse for using them? The answer has less to do with AI and more to do with what we have always believed work is supposed to cost us.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is supposed to save us time. It can draft emails, summarise reports, organise ideas and help complete tasks that once took hours.…
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By Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Kingston University
Mili Shrivastava, Principal Academic in Strategy, Bournemouth University
The UK government is preparing to water down its electric vehicle sales targets. Under the existing zero emission vehicles (ZEV) mandate, 80% of all new cars sold in Britain needed to be electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030.
Following sustained lobbying from car manufacturers…
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By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Adolescent health expert Susan Sawyer talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast, six months on from Australia’s social media ban for under 16-year-olds.
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By Eric Williams, Professor of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
Payam Saeedi, Ph.D. Candidate in Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
Stacey Watson, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
People don’t usually plan to hold onto their old devices, but that’s what many end up doing. Better information about recycling and reselling options could change that.
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By Rachel Mural, Senior Research Associate in Environment and Natural Resources and Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Local needs, political tensions and corporate power all get involved in the democratic processes by which Americans govern their communities.
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By Guy German, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Consumers in Europe and Asia have used sunscreen containing bemotrizinol for decades, and many say its approval in the US is long overdue.
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By David Michaels, Professor of Public Health, George Washington University
Robert Harrison, Senior Attending Physician in Occupational Health, University of California, San Francisco
Workers are facing a preventable and incurable lung disease from a material being used to renovate kitchens in millions of American homes.
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