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Moldovan president Maia Sandu.walks across a stage in front of Moldovan and EU flags.

Moldova: Russia continues its mischief-making in breakaway Transnistria

Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham

A la derecha, _Naranja y amarillo_ de Mark Rothko. A la izquierda, vestido de día en crepé de lana naranja, de Cristóbal Balenciaga, 1967.

Balenciaga and the influence of abstract art

María Villanueva Fernández, Universidad de Navarra

Why EU information campaigns are failing to deter migrants from leaving

Antoine Pécoud, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord and Mélodie Beaujeu, Sciences Po

African migrants attempting to flee to Europe disembark in Sfax from a vessel belonging to the Tunisian coastguard, after having been intercepted at sea, on 10 August 2023.
The UN Security Council has finally called for a ceasefire in Gaza. But will it have any effect?

Marika Sosnowski, The University of Melbourne

The UN Security Council has finally called for a ceasefire in Gaza. But will it have any effect?
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Meiru Wang, Leiden University

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I’ve spent time with refugees in French coastal camps and they told me the government’s Rwanda plan is not putting them off coming to the UK

Sophie Watt, University of Sheffield

People queue for food.
Why would Islamic State attack Russia and what does this mean for the terrorism threat globally?

Greg Barton, Deakin University

Smoke billows out from the site of an attack in Moscow.
The middle-aged brain changes a lot – and it’s key to understanding dementia

Sebastian Dohm-Hansen Allard, University College Cork and Yvonne Nolan, University College Cork

Hands holding scans of a person's brain
Do employees slack off after receiving their bonuses? Our research tells a more optimistic story

Argyro Avgoustaki, ESCP Business School and Hans TW Frankort, City, University of London

Do employees slack off after receiving their bonuses? Our research tells a more optimistic story
English dominates scientific research – here’s how we can fix it, and why it matters

Elea Giménez Toledo, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (CCHS - CSIC)

English dominates scientific research – here’s how we can fix it, and why it matters
‘Empathetic’ AI has more to do with psychopathy than emotional intelligence – but that doesn’t mean we can treat machines cruelly

Catrin Misselhorn, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

A robot combs the hair of an old woman.
Why do children laugh? It’s not always because they’re happy

Carlo Valerio Bellieni, Università di Siena

A baby laughing.
The EU should stop ‘westsplaining’ and listen to its smaller eastern members – they saw the Ukraine war coming

Viktoriia Lapa, Bocconi University

Gabrielius Landsbergis speaking into multiple microphones at a press conference with European flags in the background.
Leo Varadkar: the political backdrop to his shock resignation as Ireland’s prime minister

Eoghan Kelly, Queen's University Belfast and Muiris MacCarthaigh, Queen's University Belfast

Leo Varadkar walking out of a building with a team of people behind him
Photo d'Alexeï Navalny entourée de fleurs

The Martyrdom of Saint Alexei: Navalny’s death is the latest instance of a long tradition of self-sacrifice in Russia

Andreï Kozovoï, Université de Lille

100,000 years and counting: how do we tell future generations about highly radioactive nuclear waste repositories?

Thomas Keating, Linköping University and Anna Storm, Linköping University

100,000 years and counting: how do we tell future generations about highly radioactive nuclear waste repositories?
Climate change is speeding up in Antarctica

Sergi González Herrero, Universitat de Barcelona

Climate change is speeding up in Antarctica
Baader–Meinhof group member arrested after 30 years on the run – but Germany still can’t close the chapter on far-left terrorism

Claudia Hillebrand, Cardiff University

Police raiding a run down looking aras with graffiti on the walls.
Networking: an opportunity or an obstacle for women?

Miryam Martinez Martinez, Universidad CEU San Pablo; Gabriela Contreras, Radboud University, and Susana González Pérez, Universidad CEU San Pablo

A group of workers interact in an event outside the office.
Huge beech tree with large branches in the enchanted forest in the Basque Country, Alava, Spain.

The frantic pace of modern life is damaging our sense of time, but nature can help us heal – new study

Ricardo Correia, University of Turku

A woman works in her laptop by a window overlooking a Greek village.

Digital nomads: a benefit or burden for local communities?

Jan Bednorz, University of Tartu

Poland has opened its arms to nearly 1 million Ukrainian refugees, but will they be able to stay for the long term?

Kate Golebiowska, Charles Darwin University; Marta Pachocka, Warsaw School of Economics, and Sabina Kubiciel-Lodzińska, Opole University of Technology

Group of people walk along path between fences
Macron won’t rule out using western ground troops in Ukraine – but is Nato prepared for war with Russia?

Kenton White, University of Reading

French president Emmanuel Macron gestures as he makes a speech at a conference in support of Ukraine, February 2024.
Abortion rights are featuring in this year’s European election campaign in a way we’ve not seen before

Magdalena Frennhoff Larsén, University of Westminster

Women dressed in white costumes stained with blood stand in a line in Brussels.
AI bias: the organised struggle against automated discrimination

Philip Di Salvo, University of St.Gallen and Antje Scharenberg, University of St.Gallen

AI bias: the organised struggle against automated discrimination

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The ‘Curse of Ham’: how people of faith used a story in Genesis to justify slavery

The ‘Curse of Ham’: how people of faith used a story in Genesis to justify slavery

Paul Ham, Sciences Po

‘Urban mines’: how to unlock our electronic junk’s potential

Fanny Verrax, EM Lyon Business School

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The first Europeans reached Ukraine 1.4 million years ago – new research

John Jansen, Czech Academy of Sciences

Remains of the castle in Korolevo, close to the site.
New European law aims to protect media outlets against disinformation

Francisco J. Pérez Latre, Universidad de Navarra

New European law aims to protect media outlets against disinformation
The Russia-Ukraine War has caused a staggering amount of cultural destruction – both seen and unseen

Ian Kuijt, University of Notre Dame; Pavlo Shydlovskyi, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and William Donaruma, University of Notre Dame

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