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I
was fortunate enough to attend the annual staff “away-day” for
members of The Conversation team based in the UK on Friday.
It’s a decade since the project launched in the country and it
was exciting to see many of those I worked with on that
expansion into the northern hemisphere planning for what The
Conversation will look like in its second decade.
Equally
encouraging were the energy and ideas brought by editors who
have joined The Conversation in the UK more recently. Teams in
other parts of the world will also be gathering soon to
consider what sort of the content can be of value to you, our
readers, as we go forward.
The
London meeting came at the end of a week in which we heard
about a huge shift in the control of another international
media organisation; one that was founded, and dominated for
decades by Rupert Murdoch. For detailed coverage of the
changes at Fox Corporation and News Corp, click
here. Meanwhile, your thoughts on what we do are
central to how we forge the future, and we very much encourage
you to engage with your editorial
team. That’s how The Conversation works, as an open
collaboration between academic authors, editors and
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Stephen Khan
Global Executive
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Our grocery stores are increasingly filled
with ultra-processed foods, which have little to no
nutritional value and a huge environmental impact. (Nathalia Rosa)
Laila Benkrima, Simon Fraser University
Ultra-processed
foods are bad for our health and our planet and must be
central to any efforts to reduce our carbon emissions, and
waistlines. |
Mary Altaffer/AP
Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne
This
is a decision that was always going to come in one of two
forms: either Rupert dropping off the perch or him leaving on
this own terms. He has opted for the latter. |
Old Testament Trinity by Rublev (1420s).
Reaktion Books
Robin Milner-Gulland, University of Sussex
Rublev,
active around 1400 in and near Moscow, was a monk and painter
of icons, frescoes and (possibly) manuscripts in the tradition
of the Orthodox Church |
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Ivan Savin, ESCP Business School; Lewis
King, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
According
to a survey of almost 800 climate researchers, 73% are
sceptical of the idea of green growth. Instead,
approaches such as agrowth and degrowth are gaining
ground.
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Dipuo Winnie Kgotleng, University of
Johannesburg; Robyn Pickering, University of Cape Town
Experts
insist there is no scientific reason for allowing
these fossils to travel to space.
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Christian Turney, University of
Technology Sydney; Lennart Bach, University of
Tasmania; Philip Boyd, University of Tasmania
Global
efforts to cut emissions fall well short of what’s
needed to avoid dangerous warming. It’s becoming
essential to develop carbon-removal strategies to get
to net zero.
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Basil Germond, Lancaster University
Ukraine’s
recent successes at sea and in Crimea create strategic
opportunities in the Black Sea and, in the longer
term, for the war on land.
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Laura Downie, The University of Melbourne
They’re
heavily promoted. Your optometrist may even prescribe
them. But when we looked at the evidence, this is what
we found.
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Jeffrey Gillis-Davis, Arts & Sciences
at Washington University in St. Louis
India’s
Chandrayaan-3 rover has found sulfur on the Moon’s
surface at higher concentrations than previously seen.
Sulfur, a useful resource, could pave the way for
future Moon bases.
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Ben Langford, UK Centre for Ecology &
Hydrology; James Ryalls, University of Reading; Robbie
Girling, University of Southern Queensland
We’re
making life tough for insects – and not just by
swatting them away with a
newspaper. | |
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