Plans by European states to outsource their asylum procedures to African states often fail and don’t offer political alternatives to asylum in Europe.
No place on Earth is free from pollution.
Of the three types of memory (sensory, working and long-term), the last two are indispensable for learning. Students must be taught to work on them in class in order to avoid meaningless memorisation.
Our body can adopt a sixth robotic finger, which we can move independently of the other fingers and with tactile sensations.
Ten years after a garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh, scholars find slow fashion practices hold the keys to a more sustainable, joyful relationship with clothes.
New regulations are being drafted in the Netherlands to allow euthanasia for a small group of children aged one to 12 for whom palliative care is not sufficient.
Publisher Ernest Moret was detained under terrorism powers for taking part in protests against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms.
Older imported cars pose risks to motorists and spew pollution. Some countries, including Ghana, are taking steps to limit the harms of this piece of the vehicle life cycle.
Opnion polls taken before and after the 2016 referendum suggest a Brexit dividend but that could change if the UK makes more of a success of its departure.
A new documentary has tracked a Russian vessel apparently collecting data on energy and communications infrastructure in the North Sea and Baltic.
Reading is “sexy”. Maybe it’s because watching someone read exerts a fascination on the beholder, be it St. Ambrose or Marilyn Monroe.
We’re all exposed to harmful air pollution when cooking – but retrofitting our homes to save energy may complicate matters.
Children face the effects of prejudice over who has and who lacks rationality, logic, and authority.
Stopping the production of lab-grown food will be bad news for the environment.
Marco Bellochio’s series is the latest interpretation of a murder that continues to haunt Italy.
Markets are increasingly siding with investment choices that prioritise environmental sustainability, social commitment and ethical and transparent corporate governance.
Although they can cause severe crop losses, some species and their seeds also contribute to the provision of ecosystem services.
Excessive donation requests can end up triggering donor fatigue or inspiring accusations of ‘social washing’.
The blocking of ChatGPT in Italy raises some important questions, including how to balance access to services with the need to protect children
Seafloor landforms reveal that ice sheets can collapse at 600 metres per day.
