Out of everything that Josephine Baker accomplished in her life, her child advocacy work is perhaps the most overlooked.
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Microplastics are polluting soil worldwide, but it’s often hard to analyse the impact. New research shows how we can assess the scale of the problem using modelling.
Mahmudia became a wasteland under dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu’s communist agricultural policy. But villagers fought to resurrect their home and reconnect with the wilderness.
A Russian satellite has been destroyed in a missile strike, creating a vast amount of debris that joins the tens of thousands of pieces already in orbit around the Earth.
This hardy desert plant lives in the hostile Atacama Desert in Chile by sucking moisture out of passing fog. As water resources become ever more scarce, humans could follow suit.
Can multinational corporations really be fully engaging in social responsibility if they turn a blind eye to state-sanctioned hostilities against LGBT people?
Mountain ecosystems are not as pristine as we may think – and climate change could trigger devastating transformations that will affect us all.
The Taliban is responsible for atrocities dating back to the 1990s, but has never been held responsible. The international community can play a role in ending the impunity.
Why do women freeze their eggs? My research shows it’s for a range of reasons, and not always due to a desire to become a mother.
Europe’s forests are growing, but tropical areas are losing tree cover at a massive scale due to EU demand for imported products. Here’s how to redress the imbalance.
Our study of more than 800 memes shared on social media showed the isolation, anxiety and powerlessness many feel about climate change.
Many in the EU are wary of the motivations of Chinese companies investing in Europe. New research shows the many reasons behind these investments.
I analysed more than 80 stock exchanges worldwide to find out whether they were embracing green initiatives.
Zemmour’s statements about universalism, assimilation and “separatism” have deep roots in the history of the French Republic.
The Taliban say they won’t allow jihadi groups to flourish under their rule. But there is good reason to believe that al-Qaida, IS and other regional groups will benefit from the takeover.
It’s one of the most common expressions used in French but also one of the most controversial. A linguist explains why “pas de souci” is no mere English import.
For each decision we make, we assign a certain level of confidence. How does the brain decide how much?
In China, as elsewhere, the pandemic has turned the world of work upside down.
New research shows that though we are good at making healthy choices for those we care for, we are often subsequently less good at taking care of ourselves.
The perception in France of a reversal of strategy is in fact a coherent move for Australia, in line with 200 years of Australian diplomatic tradition – for better or worse.
Covid-19 has raised important questions about the many different ways of belonging to a country: where does the boundary between insiders and outsiders lie and who should be in or out?
The Massif des Maures was devastated by fires this year, but the region’s hardy cicadas continued to sing thanks to their unique survival methods.
A new study shows that the pesticide pyriproxyfen – widely used in Brazil during the Zika outbreak of 2015 – could disrupt thyroid hormones and thus affect brain development in children.
Researchers have long tried to unravel the puzzle of Jan van Eyck’s use of perspective in his masterpiece, the Arnolfini Portrait. New research suggests he may have had help from a novel machine.
In a world where transhumanists seek to use technology to save humanity, and even to defeat death, surfing reminds humans of our staggering insignificance.