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Laughter is one of the healthiest things a child can do, but it means very different things at different stages of brain development.
Lithuania doesn’t often set the agenda, yet it has been warning that Russia would invade Ukraine since 2008.
The sub-zero area of Antarctica has shrunk by over 100km since the 1950s.
Spent nuclear fuel remains dangerous for so long that languages can disappear and humanity’s very existence cannot be guaranteed. So how do we communicate information about repositories into the future?
Digital nomads are often maligned by locals, but properly planned visa schemes can make sure everyone benefits.
Whether LGBTQIA+, or sceptical of romantic love as the best foundation for their family, many are looking to the Internet to find co-parenting partners with whom to raise a child.
For nearly 500 years, priests and imams justified slavery on the basis of a misunderstood passage of the Bible.
Making contacts and increasing visibility at work is not the same for men and women.
The SUPERB project, part of the EU’s Horizon programme, aims to restore thousands of hectares of forest landscape across Europe.
The European Media Freedom Act aims to fight misinformation and ensure an independent press, while also keeping media outlets in business.
A new study reveals the earliest evidence of humans in Europe, at Korolevo, Ukraine, shining new light on prehistoric migration routes.
Feelings of “time scarcity” are on the rise, but research shows that natural surroundings can help us to slow down.
In Russia, individual sacrifice is an integral part of the national psyche.
The end of CAP quotas has forced European farmers to compete with each other. The result: lower incomes, greater uncertainty and less bargaining power with distributors.
Daniela Klette was working as a maths tutor in Berlin under an assumed name.
Many organisations are asking how far can we trust artificial intelligence, and how we can hold it accountable when it makes a mistake.
Mining precious metals is expensive and environmentally destructive. As an alternative, researchers are increasingly eyeing recycling old smartphones, computers and other electronics.
Extremists benefit when we use euphemisms that confer on them an air of legitimacy.
Following the tragic, devastating apartment block fire in Eastern Spain, questions are being asked about fire safety, and how it can keep pace with new technology and construction techniques.
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Anthropologue, Maîtresse de conférences à l'Université de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Científico titular CSIC, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC)
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Lecturer in Law, UCL
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Professor of Comparative Organised Crime and Corruption, University of Bath
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Liverpool
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Dean for Diversity Inclusion and Sustainability, Professor of Public Economics, Director of Axa Research Lab on Gender Equality, Bocconi University
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Directeur de recherche émérite au CNRS, économiste de l’énergie, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
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Profesor de ingeniería forestal y cambio global, Universitat de Lleida
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Historien, Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)
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Research fellow with the Centre for French Culture, University of Warsaw
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Chercheur postdoctoral sur les incendies de forêts, Inrae
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Archéologue, penseur et chercheur au CNRS, Université de Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier
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Géopoliticien, Sciences Po
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Associate professor in Ecological Transition and Social Entrepreneurship, EM Lyon Business School
