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Ceuta crisis: anti-migrant ‘invasion’ rhetoric threatens Europe’s food supply and economy

Diana Tung, Universitat de Barcelona and Seth M. Holmes, Universitat de Barcelona; ICREA; University of California, Berkeley

Europe recycles just 12% of the materials it uses. Here’s how training can accelerate the transition to a circular economy

Marina Schmitz, IEDC-Bled School of Management; European Academy of Management (EURAM); Mirjana Matešić, IEDC-Bled School of Management, and Mislav Ante Omazić, IEDC-Bled School of Management

Why it’s so hard to apologise sincerely in a foreign language

Irini Mavrou, Universidad Nebrija; UCL and Lucía Martín Pérez, Universidad Nebrija

Brain-reading wearables will soon be ordinary. What will this mean for the new generation of ‘neurotechnological natives’?

José M. Muñoz, IE University

Man in his bed having trouble sleeping wearing a smart sleep band

Left-handed people tend to be left-leaning voters

Jérémie Bertrand, IÉSEG School of Management; Caroline Perrin, and Laurent Weill, Université de Strasbourg

Close-up of a voter's hand casting a ballot into a ballot box.

Women in politics face more personal, sexualised attacks than men, a recent analysis shows

Arianna Sala, Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Roberta Metsola speaking into a microphone at a table, with Ursula von der Leyen sitting to her right

The Mocha monopoly: how Yemen’s dominance of the global coffee trade birthed the Houthi rebels

Ibrahim Al-Marashi, IE University; California State University San Marcos

What has the return-to-office movement taught us? People, not technology help companies get ahead

Dr Dino Dogan, European Academy of Management (EURAM)

woman in white jumper blue jeans holds phone and scans label on washing machine in showroom

The free EU database that tells you if an appliance is actually green

Lala Rukh, University of Galway; Atlantic Technological University

Volodymyr Zelensky’s other war: Ukraine’s endless struggle with corruption

Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham and Tetyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy

Portrait shot of Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, at a podium with his hands held out.

The law of the innocents: Ireland’s medieval precursor to the Geneva conventions

Chris Doyle, University of Galway

Stained glass depiction of Saint Adomnán, Abbott of Iona.

The mangrove forests of Qeshm Island in southern Iran.

Iran oil spill: the war is leaving environmental scars that ceasefires cannot heal

Nima Shokri, United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg

Why salty food is so appetising when you’re by the sea

José Miguel Soriano del Castillo, Universitat de València

Peanuts, olives, a cold drink and lemons, with the sea in the background

Ceuta’s border crisis is about geopolitics, not just migration

Khaoula El Khalil, McGill University

Dozens of people breach barbed wire on a beach.

Jason Arday’s death: Black academics need to feel they belong in higher education

Ifedapo Francis Awolowo, Sheffield Hallam University

Jason Arday on stage in conversation with a moderator.

Volodymyr Zelensky standing next to Ursula von der Leyen in front of an EU flag.

European ‘war fatigue’ may be growing – but Ukraine’s recent momentum could buy time

Benjamin Martill, University of Edinburgh and Adam Holesch, Institut Barcelona Estudis Internacionals

A woman browsing translated Ukrainian books

Want to support Ukraine? Read its books

Lauren Warner-Treloar, Kingston University

The courtyard area of the newly discovered tomb comprises several well-preserved architectural features, including a staircase with ramps on either side giving access to the tomb.

What it’s like to discover an ancient Egyptian tomb – and the race against time to preserve it

Carina van den Hoven, Leiden University

Women can lead with both heart and mind. Here’s why compassionate leadership matters now

Mine Karatas-Ozkan, European Academy of Management (EURAM)

Kidney disease is also a brain disease. Here’s why

Mickaël Bobot, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)

Photo d’un médecin expliquant à un patient le fonctionnement des reins.

Autistic people often struggle to tell when they’re too hot. Here are five ways to help

Daniel Piulats Vilá, Universitat de Barcelona

Una nena menuda camina sense sabates sobre fonts que eixen de terra.

Dark tourism: why do sites of death, crime and tragedy become tourist attractions?

Jorge Gracia Ibáñez, Universidad San Jorge

A man wearing sunglasses holds a statue in a busy city street.

How the Ceuta border crossing incident immediately played into the hands of Spain’s far right

Deniz Torcu, IE University

The Ceuta border incident shows how EU migration can be ‘weaponised’ – but overall levels are declining

Matilde Rosina, Brunel University of London

View from above of people walking along a beach

Ceuta migrant crossings: are calls for stronger border controls from 22 member states in line with EU law?

Karla Zeravcic, European University Institute and Marco Mauer, European University Institute

A low-angle shot of the statue of the Pillars of Hercules the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

Ceuta and Melilla: how the colonial legacies of these cities have shaped migration in the region

Parvati Nair, Queen Mary University of London

Many people crowded at a Moroccan coastal border.

Protesters carrying political banners march through the Youngstorget public square in Oslo.

How polarised is European politics? Here’s how your generation, gender and where you live affect what you believe

Rory Fitzgerald, City St George's, University of London

A firefighter works to contain a wildfire in Gironde.

Europe’s wildfires have raised the danger posed by unexploded WWII bombs

Sarah Njeri, SOAS, University of London and Christina Greene, University of Arizona

Why finance jobs are widening income inequality in cities around the world

Marta M. Elvira, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra) ; Nils Neumann, University of Michigan, and Olivier Godechot, Sciences Po

Will companies ever be run by an AI CEO?

Nick Butler, Stockholm University and Sverre Spoelstra, Lund University

A manuscript with hand-written characters in black and red ink.

Elvish, Klingon and Pig Latin: what can invented languages teach us about the human brain?

Inka Romero-Ortells Labrada, Universidad Nebrija; Jon Andoni Duñabeitia, Universidad Nebrija, and Manuel Perea, Universitat de València

‘They walk among us.’ The White House’s Aliens page and the dehumanisation of undocumented migrants

Fatima-Zahra Aklalouch, Université Paris Cité

A screen shot of the White House’s Aliens.gov home page. One can read : “They walk among us.”

What types of social interactions benefit people with social anxiety the most?

Aurelio Fernández, Universidad de Navarra; Álvaro Villagrán Sánchez, Universidad de Navarra, and Joe Bayer, The Ohio State University

A woman covers her face in the street, surrounded by blurry figures

The Medicines Patent Pool is improving access to essential medication where it’s most needed, but does it make economic sense?

Bruno Versaevel, EM Lyon Business School; Etienne Billette de Villemeur, Université de Lille, and Vianney Dequiedt, Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)

Packets of different coloured pills and tablets.

Did the Berlin Pride attack target the LGBTIQIA+ community or European values?

Benno Gammerl, European University Institute; Riccardo Bulgarelli, European University Institute, and Zsófia Veszely, European University Institute

European Union and LGBT Pride flags flying at the European Council building in Brussels.

An etching of two men looking and gesturing at the sky, with astronomical instruments in the foreground.

Science, religion, and political omens: the meaning of eclipses in ancient Rome

Javier Andreu Pintado, Universidad de Navarra

We investigated Russia’s military indoctrination of Ukrainian children in occupied territories – what we found was more shocking than we could have imagined

Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham; Elīna Šteinerte, University of Bristol, and Hervé Ascensio, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Hunter-gatherers were crossing at least 100km of open water to reach the Mediterranean island of Malta 8,500 years ago.

Europe’s stone age hunters made sea voyages to Malta – thousands of years before evidence of sails

James Blinkhorn, University of Liverpool and Eleanor Scerri, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

A middle-aged Asian woman with her arms outstretched and a happy expression

What ancient Chinese medicine can teach us about ‘consciousness health’

Antonio Martín, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón IiSGM ; Universidad Nebrija

Berlin Pride: ISIS still inspires terrorism in Europe – but who carries out these attacks?

Ibrahim Al-Marashi, IE University; California State University San Marcos

Berlin's Brandenburg Gate is lit up in the colours of the rainbow flag, with flowers, candles and rainbow flags on the ground in front of it.

Why Spain needs to invest heavily in preventing fires, not just in fighting them

María-Luisa Chas-Amil, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela and Emilio Nogueira-Moure, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Planes fly over a forest with heavy smoke in the air.

Does Saudi Arabia want to develop nuclear weapons? Here’s what history can tell us

Ibrahim Al-Marashi, IE University; California State University San Marcos

Flags of the United States and Saudi Arabia, together with a nuclear symbol, on a textured wall

Gironde wildfires: what the logistical challenges behind the mass evacuations tell us

Gilles Paché, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)

Skeleton with arms raised against a blue background.

Bones are much more dynamic than scientists once believed – they even have a daily rhythm

Annie Curtis, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and Cansu Gorgun, Università degli studi di Genova

An inscription in Etruscan hangs above the heads of a noble couple in this fresco from the Tomb of the Shields, Tarquinia, Italy.

Cracking the code: can AI help us decipher ancient languages?

Jane Adkins, Dublin City University

Spain needs a legal overhaul to protect homes from fire. Here’s what it can learn from Australia and Greece

César Martín-Gómez, Universidad de Navarra and José Manuel Cabrero, Universidad de Navarra

A house on a mountainside, with vegetation and smoke from fires in the sky.

Cerebral small vessel disease: new treatment possibilities for the little-known condition affecting millions of people

Claire Peghaire, Université de Bordeaux

An image of a cerebral vascular network, which consists of a great number of small vessels and capillaries (in blue), as well as larger vessels and arteries (in pink).

Carbon capture explained: how EU member states are funding and rolling out the technology to clean up Europe’s fossil fuel industry

Marzia Sesini, European University Institute; Adrien Nicolle, European University Institute, and Burçin Ünel, New York University

Updating Darwin: biologists are returning to an older theory to explain anomalies in evolution

Pim Edelaar, Lund University; Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Statue of Charles Darwin at the Natural History Museum

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Three ways boredom can actually be a benefit

Trudy Meehan, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

A woman daydreams while staring out the window.

Reading by ear: how audiobooks can help people with phonological dyslexia to enjoy books

Nadina Gómez Merino, Universitat de València and Marina Pi-Ruano, Universitat de València

A boy wearing headphones is reading an e-book.

What vegan and vegetarian diets can and can’t tell us about eating disorders

Bruno Bizzozero Peroni, Karolinska Institutet and María Valentina Díaz Goñi, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Woman's hands cutting vegetables on a wooden chopping board surrounded by many colourful fruits, vegetables and fresh bread

How next-generation photovoltaics could contribute to electricity storage

Vera Moerbeek, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS); Université de Perpignan Via Domitia

Illustration of a young man looking puzzled with question marks floatiing around his head.

The case for having an imperfect memory – a psychologist explains

Gillian Murphy, University College Cork

The funeral ceremony for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, in Tehran

An emerging Iran-Pakistan ‘Axis of Sympathy’ is reshaping southwest Asia’s power structures

Ibrahim Al-Marashi, IE University; California State University San Marcos

Melts in your mouth, but not in your car: the ongoing scientific quest to create heat-resistant chocolate

Ana Isabel Terraes Huerta, Universitat de València and Eva Soriano Vega, Universitat de València

Why safe water is still lacking in the Marajó Archipelago, one of the world’s most water-abundant regions

Monique Medeiros, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA); Université de Montpellier

It’s not just business: why emotions are central to workplace management

José Navarro, Universitat de Barcelona

Why Odysseus couldn’t just say: ‘I’m home’

Stephan Blum, University of Tübingen

Houses in a small village surrounded by fire damaged hillsides after a fire.

Eight lifesaving ways to improve wildfire risk management

María-Luisa Chas-Amil, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela and Julia María Touza, University of York

Critical thinking has become an AI-era buzzword. But what does it actually mean, and how do we teach it?

Sara Kells, IE University

In a classroom, university students are chatting amongst themselves and one of them is pointing with a pen

Why do some people who trust in science also believe in scientific conspiracy theories?

Michele d'Errico, Trinity College Dublin and Taha Yasseri, Trinity College Dublin

Protesters holding placards at the 2018 Portland March for Science.

The world’s first influencers were French and they emerged after the Revolution

Emma Schwak, European University Institute

‘I can’t work in the farce of climate change cruise tourism anymore’: why Antarctic guides quit their dream jobs

Zdenka Sokolickova, University of Groningen; Christy Hehir, University of Surrey, and Elizabeth Cooper, University of Groningen

Great apes were using touch to reassure and keep the peace six million years before humans evolved – new research

Jake Brooker, Utrecht University and Zanna Clay, Durham University

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Did the Berlin Pride attack target the LGBTIQIA+ community or European values?

Science, religion, and political omens: the meaning of eclipses in ancient Rome

We investigated Russia’s military indoctrination of Ukrainian children in occupied territories – what we found was more shocking than we could have imagined

Europe’s stone age hunters made sea voyages to Malta – thousands of years before evidence of sails

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Berlin Pride: ISIS still inspires terrorism in Europe – but who carries out these attacks?

Why Spain needs to invest heavily in preventing fires, not just in fighting them

Does Saudi Arabia want to develop nuclear weapons? Here’s what history can tell us

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