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Adding water to the mash vat as part of the brewing process.

Adding water to the mash vat as part of the brewing process.

Five things our research uncovered when we recreated 16th century beer (and barrels)

Susan Flavin, Trinity College Dublin and Charlie Taverner, Trinity College Dublin

Good for your health and the environment: why we should be eating oily fish

Good for your health and the environment: why we should be eating oily fish

Good for your health and the environment: why we should be eating oily fish

Gumersindo Feijoo Costa, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

On-demand fashion gives much-needed clues on how to green notoriously wasteful industry

On-demand fashion gives much-needed clues on how to green notoriously wasteful industry

On-demand fashion gives much-needed clues on how to green notoriously wasteful industry

Valérie Moatti, ESCP Business School

A young 1920s man (George Gershwin) sitting at a piano.

Rhapsody in Blue: celebrating 100 years of Gershwin’s groundbreaking classical-jazz masterpiece

Robert Taub, University of Plymouth

‘Urban form’ and the housing crisis: Can streets and buildings make a neighbourhood more affordable?

Cem S. Kayatekin, IE University and Lorenzo Uribe Sanmiguel, IE University

Madrid city centre aerial panoramic view at sunset, 2020.

Madrid city centre aerial panoramic view at sunset, 2020.

Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel was a strategic miscalculation. Can all-out war now be averted?

Ran Porat, Monash University

Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel was a strategic miscalculation. Can all-out war now be averted?

Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel was a strategic miscalculation. Can all-out war now be averted?

‘I might as well stop and diversify into holiday lets’ – new research reveals the reality of farming after Brexit

Peter Gittins, University of Leeds and Deema Refai, University of Leeds

A sheep with hilly background.

A sheep with hilly background.

Older Swiss women just set a global legal precedent for challenging their nation’s climate change policy

Aoife Daly, University College Cork

Two women surrounded by journalists

Two women surrounded by journalists

Generative AI model shows fake news has a greater influence on elections when released at a steady pace without interruption

Dorje C. Brody, University of Surrey

An illustration of of people interacting with oversized items associated with elections, including a ballot box, ballot paper and podium.

An illustration of of people interacting with oversized items associated with elections, including a ballot box, ballot paper and podium.

A timer can shorten your shower even when you have no incentive to save water – new study

Pablo Pereira-Doel, University of Surrey and Xavier Font, University of Surrey

A timer can shorten your shower even when you have no incentive to save water – new study

A timer can shorten your shower even when you have no incentive to save water – new study

What did Roman wine taste like? Much better than previously thought, according to new research

Dimitri Van Limbergen, Ghent University

What did Roman wine taste like? Much better than previously thought, according to new research

What did Roman wine taste like? Much better than previously thought, according to new research

Could a video game developer win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

Andrés Porras Chaves, IE University

Imagen de una oficina con archivadores que llegan hasta el techo y papeles por el suelo.

Imagen de una oficina con archivadores que llegan hasta el techo y papeles por el suelo.

European Elections 2024

EU enlargement: What does the future hold?

Cesáreo Rodríguez-Aguilera de Prat, Universitat de Barcelona

Empty hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels with the flags of the member states.

Empty hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels with the flags of the member states.

Why experts fear the EU’s new migration laws could lead to more deaths at sea

Pierre Micheletti, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)

Why experts fear the EU’s new migration laws could lead to more deaths at sea

Why experts fear the EU’s new migration laws could lead to more deaths at sea

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.

Women dressed in white costumes stained with blood stand in a line in Brussels.

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.

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.

Young people gather in a park in Moscow wearing rainbow and other LGBT symbols

Putin’s Russia: first arrests under new anti-LGBT laws mark new era of repression

Sergey Katsuba, University College Dublin

Cinema in Spain: a window into 500 years of history

Xosé P. Boán, University of Limerick

Two girls walk by a train track.

Two girls walk by a train track.

Private companies are exploiting outer space, but the law is struggling to catch up

Manolis Plionis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Anthi Koskina, University of Athens

Private companies are exploiting outer space, but the law is struggling to catch up

Private companies are exploiting outer space, but the law is struggling to catch up

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

Do employees slack off after receiving their bonuses? Our research tells a more optimistic story

‘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.

A robot combs the hair of an old woman.

Hands holding scans of a person's brain

Hands holding scans of a person's brain

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

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?

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

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?

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

Why do children laugh? It’s not always because they’re happy

Carlo Valerio Bellieni, Università di Siena

A baby laughing.

A baby laughing.

Over 80% of the EU’s farming subsidies support emissions-intensive animal products – new study

Anniek Kortleve, Leiden University; Helen Harwatt, Harvard University; José Manuel Mogollón, Leiden University, and Paul Behrens, Leiden University

Sheep and windmills

Sheep and windmills

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

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

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

Fanny Verrax, EM Lyon Business School

Un tas de téléphones et de smartphones usagés

Un tas de téléphones et de smartphones usagés

Climate change is speeding up in Antarctica

Sergi González Herrero, Universitat de Barcelona

Climate change is speeding up in Antarctica

Climate change is speeding up in Antarctica

Balenciaga and the influence of abstract art

María Villanueva Fernández, Universidad de Navarra

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

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

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New European law aims to protect media outlets against disinformation

New European law aims to protect media outlets against disinformation

Francisco J. Pérez Latre, Universidad de Navarra

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

Paul Ham, Sciences Po

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

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

Huge beech tree with large branches in the enchanted forest in the Basque Country, Alava, Spain.

Huge beech tree with large branches in the enchanted forest in the Basque Country, Alava, Spain.

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.

Gabrielius Landsbergis speaking into multiple microphones at a press conference with European flags in the background.

Is Montessori education all it’s cracked up to be? What science says

Alison Demangeon, Université de Lorraine and Youssef Tazouti, Université de Lorraine

A bright-eyed little boy touches a globe as two other children watch on

A bright-eyed little boy touches a globe as two other children watch on

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.

A group of workers interact in an event outside the office.

How we’re breathing new life into French forests through green corridors

Madga Bou Dagher, European Forest Institute

A pine plantation and hedgerow as seen from an unmanned aerial vehicle.

A pine plantation and hedgerow as seen from an unmanned aerial vehicle.

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

Ruins of a blue and white Orthodox church.

Ruins of a blue and white Orthodox church.

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

AI bias: the organised struggle against automated discrimination

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