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Analysing wildfire behaviour can help detect risk zones earlier and support fire-smart strategies

Marcos Rodrigues Mimbrero, Universidad de Zaragoza; AXA Research Fund and Jorge Félez Bernal, Université de Concepcion

Summer’s new normal is a hazard that’s testing Europe’s climate resilience

Júlia de Freitas Sampaio, University of Luxembourg

A picture of the Eiffel tower basking in the hot sun with a thermometer displaying a high temperature.

Does climate change lead to more migration? Here’s why researchers can’t agree on the evidence

Alexis Cloquell Lozano, Universidad Católica de Valencia; Beatriz Felipe Pérez, Universitat Rovira i Virgili; Joan Lacomba Vazquez, Universitat de València, and María Isolda Perelló Carrascosa, Universitat de València

Family in dangerous river crossing during heavy flooding with dramatic sky

A large clock and thermometer in a city square during an intense heatwave. The thermometer reads 38 °C.

40°C in Paris: extreme summer heat is no longer exceptional for most of Europe

Javier Martín Vide, Universitat de Barcelona

A man cools off in a fountain during a hot day in Madrid, Spain.

Europe is battling a record-breaking heatwave. What’s making it so severe?

Andrew B. Watkins, Monash University

The Sagrada Família showing its tower dedicated to Jesus Christ, featuring a huge three-dimensional four-pointed cross.

What Gaudí and the Sagrada Família can teach us about leadership

Yih-Teen Lee, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra)

The Islamic legacy built into Gaudí’s most famous designs

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

New evidence reveals extent of anti-fascist motives behind ‘insane’ aristocrat’s plot to assassinate Mussolini

Giovanni Pietro Lombardo, Sapienza University of Rome and M. Andrea Pisauro, University of Plymouth

A police photograph of Violet Gibson taken after her arrest for the attempted assassination of Benito Mussolini in 1926.

keir starmer looking anguished at a lectern in downing street.

Keir Starmer resigns: can anyone survive as prime minister in today’s Britain?

Nicholas Dickinson, University of Exeter

Teenage exposure to sexual content in TV and movies may lead to pornography use in adulthood

Pedro Antonio De la Rosa Fernández-Pacheco, Universidad de Navarra; Álvaro Villagrán Sánchez, Universidad de Navarra, and Javier García-Manglano, Universidad de Navarra

A boy sitting on the couch with the TV remote next to him

The Strait of Hormuz is finally reopening but Europe’s food chain suppliers cannot afford to be complacent

Alireza Asgari, Clermont School of Business; Morteza Alaeddini, ICN Business School, and Philipp Sauer, Neoma Business School

Map of the Persian Gulf, the Oman Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

The Caspian Sea has lost an area nearly the size of Sicily: human activities are a major reason why

Nima Shokri, United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg and Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine

The cost of living is soaring – why not try moving in together?

Tullia Jack, Lund University

Flags of UK and EU superimposed over London skyline at sunset.

Ten years after the referendum, how Brexit could have been done differently

Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University

Type 2 diabetes patients often have high blood sugar while fasting – here’s why

Manuel Vázquez Carrera, Universitat de Barcelona

Overnight trains: why sleeping all the way to your holiday destination is a growing (and green) option

Mehri Khosravi, University of East London; United Nations University

A young woman asleep on a bunk inside a train.

In The Hand of Dante: a striking and ambitious cinematic fever dream

Laura O'Flanagan, Dublin City University

A man in medieval dress climbing some stone steps with the sea in the background.

What Kenya’s fish markets tell us about choosing between nutrients and contaminants

Kira Lancker, University of Copenhagen

Compete to survive, cooperate to exist: the sovereignty paradox at the heart of Europe’s defence industry

Chloé Zanardi, European Academy of Management (EURAM); TBS Education; André Nemeh, Rennes School of Business, and Frédéric Le Roy, Université de Montpellier

Vape pens on top of ice cubes and bits of fruit.

Cooling ingredients in vapes might cause irregular heartbeats

Keith Rochfort, Dublin City University

(L-R) Casa Vicens, Torre de Bellesguard and Cripta de la Colònia Güell

Three lesser-known Antoni Gaudí buildings to visit to mark the centenary of his death

Javi Buron Garcia, University of Limerick

The contested legacy of Edmund Dene Morel – the man who exposed the murderous exploits of King Leopold II in the Belgian Congo

Dean Clay, University of Hull

Stautue of KIng Peopold II of Belgium in Brussels

Global uncertainty is the new normal. Here’s why institutional legitimacy and resilience is crucial

Odysseas Konstantinakos, European University Institute

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Germany pulled the plug on flagship FCAS fighter jet – the implications for European defence are worrying

Arun Dawson, King's College London

A child with green glasses talks to a AI device

‘Alexa, tell me a joke’: how talking to AI impacts young children’s development

Clara Macarena Ponce Romero, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

The basilica's columns branch out, imitating the natrual structure of a tree.

The mathematical secrets hidden at the heart of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família

Sergi Muria Maldonado, Universitat de Barcelona; Anton Aubanell Pou, Universitat de Barcelona, and Jordi Font González, Universitat de Barcelona

Women report poor sleep despite a good night’s rest — while men overestimate their own sleep quality

Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Karolinska Institutet

An older man asleep in bed, while his female partner sits awake next to him.

Does the United Kingdom need a new Winston Churchill?

Alma-Pierre Bonnet, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3

An astronaut and an alien share a slice of pizza while sitting on a depiction of the Moon

If aliens landed on Earth tomorrow, what would they eat?

José Miguel Soriano del Castillo, Universitat de València

Little girl at the dentist with tools in mouth.

The mysterious tooth condition affecting millions of children

Susanne Durhuus-Andersen, University of Copenhagen and Nuno Vibe Hermann, University of Copenhagen

Belfast violence: an uncomfortable reminder of the innocent people ‘burnt out’ during the Troubles

Brendan Ciarán Browne, Trinity College Dublin

A burnt out bus seen after an anti-immigration protest in Belfast

What the failed next generation fighter jet deal means for European defence

David W. Versailles, European Academy of Management (EURAM); PSB Paris School of Business

Marjane Satrapi, the woman who helped the world understand Iran

Firouzeh Nahavandi, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Green growth claims are overstated – our study shows three reasons why

Marina Requena-i-Mora, University of Sheffield; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Dan Brockington, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

green world map with graphs to indicate economic growth

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