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Real Madrid player celebrating.

Champions League 2024: Uefa’s decision to team up with a gambling giant will come at a high social cost

Robin Ireland, University of Glasgow

A grafitti mural of Paola Egonu playing volleyball.

What makes an Italian? An olympic gold medal and a vandalised mural reopen debate about race and citizenship

Victoria Donnaloja, University of Essex

A small, orange frog sits on the grouns

Glue in the face: how frogs’ sticky secretions defend them from attack

Shabnam Zaman, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman

‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman

Saul Justin Newman, UCL

Poor indoor air quality isn’t just making us sick – it’s also polluting our cities

César Martín-Gómez, Universidad de Navarra and Arturo H. Ariño, Universidad de Navarra

Poor indoor air quality isn’t just making us sick – it’s also polluting our cities
The new politics of blame: why Donald Trump craves your rage – and three ways to resist the game

Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield and Markus Hinterleitner, Université de Lausanne

Donald Trump speaking in a hall under TV lights
How to make schools inclusive and safe for everyone, in 8 steps

Pedro Adalid Ruíz, Universidad CEU San Pablo

How to make schools inclusive and safe for everyone, in 8 steps
How universities can unlock their entrepreneurial potential

Valérie Mérindol, PSB Paris School of Business and David W. Versailles, PSB Paris School of Business

photo nocturne de l'université de Berkeley en Californie
Neanderthal remains found in France reveals there were not one, but at least two lineages of late Neanderthals in Europe, our research shows

Neanderthal remains found in France reveals there were not one, but at least two lineages of late Neanderthals in Europe, our research shows

Ludovic Slimak, Université de Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier

Vistors at the Prado Museum in Madrid look at Velázquez's painting 'Las Meninas'.

What makes an artist great? 5 reasons why the likes of Goya, Frida Kahlo and Da Vinci are still revered today

Pablo Alvarez de Toledo Müller, Universidad Nebrija

Childhood diabetes cases have risen sharply over the last 30 years in Europe, but some countries are affected more than others – new study

Childhood diabetes cases have risen sharply over the last 30 years in Europe, but some countries are affected more than others – new study

Marta Carolina Ruiz Grao, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha; Ana Díez-Fernández, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, and Miriam Garrido Miguel, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

two bananas, one peeled, one unpeeled, flat on blue background with red plastic toy representing virus on right side

How condomless sex is driving the increase in STIs in Europe – and what can be done about it

Elena Vaughan, University of Galway

Entrepreneurial potential: Which generation is most likely to succeed in business?

Entrepreneurial potential: Which generation is most likely to succeed in business?

Javier Bouzas Arufe, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Macron-Barnier duo is neither a coalition nor cohabitation – could it be a ‘coalitation’?

Macron-Barnier duo is neither a coalition nor cohabitation – could it be a ‘coalitation’?

Olivier Guyottot, INSEEC Grande École

How we discovered a new type of wood - and how it could help fight climate change

Raymond Wightman, University of Cambridge and Jan Łyczakowski, Jagiellonian University

A tree.
DNA reveals secrets of cave-dwelling medieval community that survived conquest and epidemics

Anders Götherström, Stockholm University and Ricardo Rodriguez Varela, Stockholm University

Las Gobas
Puny chocolate bars and miniature crisps: is ‘shrinkflation’ the worst business practice ever?

Monica Grosso, EM Lyon Business School; Diletta Acuti, University of Bath, and Marta Pizzetti, EM Lyon Business School

Puny chocolate bars and miniature crisps: is ‘shrinkflation’ the worst business practice ever?

European Union

By failing to support migrant entrepreneurs, Europe is missing out on opportunities for economic growth

By failing to support migrant entrepreneurs, Europe is missing out on opportunities for economic growth

Daniela Bolzani, Università di Bologna; Rosana Silveira Reis, ISG International Business School, and Vittoria G. Scalera, University of Amsterdam

We polled EU citizens on what they want asylum policy to look like – their answers may surprise you

Natalia Letki, University of Warsaw; Dawid Walentek, Ghent University; Peter Thisted Dinesen, University of Copenhagen, and Ulf Liebe, University of Warwick

People on shore help pull a rubber dinghy full of people in life jackets from the ocean
The modern world’s relationship to time is broken – and it’s fuelling the rise of the far right

Jesus Casquete, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

The modern world’s relationship to time is broken – and it’s fuelling the rise of the far right
‘Make Europe Great Again’: far right Hungary takes over presidency of the Council of the European Union

Eszter Wirth, Universidad Pontificia Comillas

‘Make Europe Great Again’: far right Hungary takes over presidency of the Council of the European Union
The EU’s outsourced migration control is violent, expensive and ineffective

Barah Mikaïl, IE University

Refugee camp in Suruc, Turkey. 2015

New research

The best exercises to boost your brain health after 60

Neva Béraud-Peigné, Université Paris-Saclay; Alexandra Perrot, Université Paris-Saclay, and Pauline Maillot, Université Paris Cité

Des seniors en tenue de sport font une course sur le bitume.
5.5 million years ago the Mediterranean dried out, with sobering lessons for humanity today – new research

Daniel García-Castellanos, Instituto de Geociencias de Barcelona (Geo3Bcn – CSIC) and Konstantina Agiadi, Universität Wien

5.5 million years ago the Mediterranean dried out, with sobering lessons for humanity today – new research
The overshoot myth: you can’t keep burning fossil fuels and expect scientists of the future to get us back to 1.5°C

James Dyke, University of Exeter; Robert Watson, University of East Anglia, and Wolfgang Knorr, Lund University

Melting glacier splashes into the sea
Who are the global super-rich of tomorrow? We interviewed teens at one of the world’s most expensive schools to find out

Karen Lillie, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies and Claire Maxwell, University of Copenhagen

A group of young people laughs on a yacht.
Why we need to approach masculinism as a terrorist threat: Q&A with Stephanie Lamy

Stephanie Lamy, Sciences Po Toulouse

Why we need to approach masculinism as a terrorist threat: Q&A with Stephanie Lamy
How to improve your memory: strategies for kids and adults

Claudia Poch, Universidad Nebrija and Jorge González Alonso, Universidad Nebrija

How to improve your memory: strategies for kids and adults
From rhino horn snuff to pangolin livestock feed: we analysed half a century of patents to track the wildlife trade’s evolution

Amy Hinsley, University of Oxford and Susanne Masters, Leiden University

horseshoe crabs on sandy beach, sea in background
Plant disease could spell apocalypse for citrus fruits

Raphael Morillon, Cirad; Barbara Hufnagel, Cirad; Patrick Ollitrault, Cirad, and Virginie Ravigné, Cirad

Plant disease could spell apocalypse for citrus fruits
Why are teenage girls attracted to boys who hurt them? We talked to high school students to find out

Silvia Molina Roldán, Universitat Rovira i Virgili; Garazi Lopez de Aguileta, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Itxaso Tellado, Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya; Leire Ugalde Lujambio, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea; Lidia Puigvert Mallart, Universitat de Barcelona; Miguel Ángel Pulido, Universitat Ramon Llull; Ramón Flecha García, Universitat de Barcelona, and Sandra Racionero-Plaza, Universitat de Barcelona

Why are teenage girls attracted to boys who hurt them? We talked to high school students to find out
Why every island’s wildlife ends up looking alike

Céline Bellard, Université Paris-Saclay and Clara Marino, Université Paris-Saclay

Why every island’s wildlife ends up looking alike
The hypermasculine far right: how white nationalists tell themselves they are ‘protecting’ women and children when they riot

Elizabeth Pearson, Royal Holloway University of London

A group of men rioting with three policemen in the foreground.
‘Throughout all days and nights, forever’: Could an 11th century contract prove the existence of same-sex marriage in medieval Spain?

José Miguel Andrade, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Illustration of two couples from a medieval manuscript.

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Painting of two men camping, with large mountains in the distance

Alexander von Humboldt: the groundbreaking naturalist who bankrupted himself to share his life’s work

Bienvenido León, Universidad de Navarra

‘To be or to be?’ Why this fundamental concept is so difficult for learners of Spanish

Zeina Alhmoud, Universidad Nebrija

‘To be or to be?’ Why this fundamental concept is so difficult for learners of Spanish
From jellyfish to basking shark, we’re developing 100 new signs to deepen deaf people’s connection with the ocean

Audrey Cameron, The University of Edinburgh

white and brown compass jellyfish swimming in blue sea
The people we like can influence the connections our memory makes

Ines Bramao, Lund University; Marius Boeltzig, University of Münster, and Mikael Johansson, Lund University

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Climate crisis sees rise in illegal water markets in the Middle East

Christian Klassert, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ and Samer Talozi, Jordan University for Science and Technology

Climate crisis sees rise in illegal water markets in the Middle East

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A woman eating a sandwich works on a computer.

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Esther Martínez Miguel, Universidad Nebrija and Silvia Gómez Senent, Universidad Nebrija

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Elke Godden, University of Antwerp

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We need to talk about Chinese and US influence in Europe’s energy industry

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