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Beyond the basic need for shelter, homelessness has a direct impact on health. In particular, homelessness doubles the risk of dying from cancer.
In a new study, the authors discuss the role that poor forest management in protected areas, commercial plantations and fuel condition play in the spread of fire.
Decision-making bodies created by random selection, citizens’ assemblies are creating a sense of optimism about democracy among those who have heard about or taken part in them.
Language-learning research in the Netherlands has determined that using a foreign language rather than just memorizing its grammar can transform how students progress.
Charlie Chaplin once said: “I have known three geniuses in my life: Einstein, Churchill and Clara Haskil”. So why are only
The first Neanderthal footprints from the Iberian Peninsula discovered last year may have belonged to other members of the genus ‘Homo’.
If passed in its current form, the European Union’s new directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence will be world-leading.
Immigrants claiming benefits in their European host countries have lesser chances of securing residency permits and citizenship, research shows.
Liberal schools of thought largely inform how Muslims are viewed across Europe, research finds.
To export hydrogen through the new pipeline, Spain and Portugal would first have to be able to produce enough to meet domestic demand and have surpluses to send to France.
At the beginning there was an unknown noise… Decades later, we discovered a new species of owl.
For some parents, apps offer a practical way of keeping tabs on one’s family. But many children and teenagers experience it is as unwelcome surveillance.
When we listen to music, our brain predicts what will happen next. This prediction then influences whether or not we enjoy a song.
In the name of contributing to the reconstruction of Syria, is the EU rehabilitating Bashar Al-Assad?
If you see something mystifying happening in Europe’s skies, get in touch with France’s Study and Information Group on Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena. They could well have a rational explanation for you.
In Europe, a large-scale war could cause the Baltic Sea to freeze over and severely compromise food security – potentially for decades and even centuries to come.
Women live longer than men, yet they cease reproductive life earlier than men because of the menopause. Why this apparent contradiction?
The worst years of the Spanish post-war constituted a veritable famine during which the purchasing power of the population fell drastically and thousands of deaths from starvation were recorded.
The on-again, off-again war between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been raging for 30 years and has been tilting back and forth. Armenia accused Azerbaijan a few days ago of opening fire on its positions on the border when EU experts went to the area to try to find peace.
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