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Pedro Sánchez: how a string of corruption allegations could make Spain’s Socialist party a threat to its own coalition

Asbel Bohigues, Universitat de València

A very strong El Niño may be approaching. Here’s what it could mean for the world’s weather

Javier Martín Vide, Universitat de Barcelona

A flooded river with destroyed train tracks next to it.

Climate change: how fires and floods are creating uninsurable areas across Europe

Clotilde Cerdan Amiard, IE University

From Brexit to ‘Bregret’: ten years later, bitterness still prevails over the UK’s vote to leave the EU

Laëtitia Langlois, Université d’Angers

Ebola, hantavirus… how eroding global health cooperation could threaten worse crises ahead

Andrea Vaccaro, European University Institute and Rachel M Gisselquist, University of Birmingham

A person holding a stick with fireworks attached runs through a street surrounded by other people

Correfocs are Barcelona’s noisiest tradition – and ‘fire devil’ performers sacrifice their hearing to take part

Karla Berrens, Universitat de Barcelona

Marianna Martines: the infuriating reason you’ve never heard of this brilliant 18th-century composer

Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey, University of Oxford

A woman dressed in late 18th-century wig and dress.

Why ‘psychopath’ is a dangerous label when it comes to criminal justice

Luke Danagher, University of Limerick

A prisoner's hands holding the bars of their cell

A good night’s sleep begins with healthy gut bacteria. Here’s how to look after yours

Sara Uceda Gutiérrez, Universidad Nebrija and Manuel Reiriz Rojas, Universidad Nebrija

A selection of foods, including fruit, nuts and fish, alongside a sleeping mask.

Chief Purpose Officers: A leadership solution or another management fad?

Nicole Steller, ESCP Business School; European Academy of Management (EURAM); Albena Björck, ZHAW School of Management and Law, and Guido Möllering, Witten/Herdecke University

One hand places dice bearing symbols representing justice, relationships between people, reflection, and other abstract concepts.

Finland is Europe’s most digitalised country – but older people are still left behind

Jeff Hearn, University of Huddersfield; Hanken School of Economics; Charlotta Niemistö, Åbo Akademi University, and Hanna Sjögren, University of Helsinki

An older man looking with concern at a laptop

Land by Maggie O'Farrell is a haunting tale set in post-famine Ireland about history, map-making and memory

David Nally, University of Cambridge

Painting of ear Killarney (Killarney National Park), Ireland in 1860 by Bartholomew Colles Watkins

A young pregnant woman panting as she leans against a pillar on the street

Climate change-related heat increases the risk of premature birth in 13 countries – new study

Dominic Royé, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC); Ana M Vicedo-Cabrera, University of Bern; Aurelio Tobias, Instituto de Diagnóstico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA - CSIC); Carmen Íñiguez, Universitat de València, and Coral Salvador, University of Bern

A police officer stands guard at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna.

Battleground Vienna: Austrian intelligence officer convicted of spying for Russia belongs to a long tradition

Karina Urbach, School of Advanced Study, University of London

AI-generated image depicting someone examining a patient's hologram using their laptop.

AI ‘digital twins’ are transforming heart care but will they work for women?

Sumesh Sasidharan, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)

How to deal with disappointment – by an expert in this misunderstood emotion

Annette Clancy, University College Dublin

Disappointed-looking woman in an office carrying folder with man working at a desk behind her.

Beyond hot flushes: what menopause can do to your heart – and why it matters

Inés Pineda-Torra, Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CABIMER)

Is public opinion in favour of granting Europe’s undocumented migrants legal status?

Jean-Michel Lafleur, Université de Liège and Abdeslam Marfouk, Université de Liège

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AI is making journalistic language more repetitive and predictable – and it’s a problem for all of us

Xosé López-García, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela and Cristian Augusto Gonzalez Arias, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso; Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

a hand holds a tin of spinach featuring the cartoon character Popeye

Do carrots really improve your night vision? 6 enduring diet myths, debunked

Juan Alfonso Revenga Frauca, Universidad Internacional de Valencia; Universidad San Jorge

Better patient-nurse relationships can transform mental health care – and make hospital stays shorter

Antonio R. Moreno Poyato, Universitat de Barcelona; Khadija El Abidi El Ghazouani, Universitat de Barcelona, and Sara Sanchez-Balcells

San Diego mosque attack: racist interpretations of European history are inspiring extremists

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

A white mosque in the background, cars in a car park and a police cordon in the foreground

Display box filled with selection of colourful pocket watches.

Swatch brawls: why are people fighting over pocket watches?

Roman Pavlyuchenko, University of Bath and Delphine Dion, ESSEC

Wise leadership pays off. Here’s how to apply it in the workplace

Abderrahman Hassi, European Academy of Management (EURAM); Al Akhawayn University and Giovanna Storti, Al Akhawayn University

Why early medieval Ireland had laws for bees

Chris Doyle, University of Galway

A medieval drawing of bees attacking a man

Why European households throw away so much food – and how to curb the waste mountain

Ian Williams, University of Southampton

colourful pile of peppers and other vegetables

Europe needs 10 million homes and net-zero buildings by 2040. Here are four ways it could happen

Ignat Kulkov, EDHEC Business School and René Rohrbeck, EDHEC Business School

Two modern social housing projects in Barcelona, Spain.

The blind spot in Europe’s energy strategy: almost all of its building data is based on approximations and averages

Andrés Jonathan Guízar Dena, Universidad de Navarra

Construction site with cranes and buildings in Prague, Czech Republic

How switching to smarter lighting can cut energy bills and boost your health

Roberto Alonso González-Lezcano, Universidad CEU San Pablo

Two buildings with large windows and the lights on

How does street lighting impact wildlife and when should we turn off the lights?

Samuel Challéat, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS); Jean Secondi, Université d’Angers; Kevin Barré, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN); Laurent Godet, Nantes Université; Léa Mariton, Inrae, and Thierry Lengagne, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

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