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1.Populists claim to speak for ‘the people’ – but who are they actually talking about?Clara Juarez Miro, Investigadora Beatriz Galindo, Departament de Ciència Polític · 2d agoCC7/Shutterstock As support for populist movements surges around the world , the term has become something of a buzzword . It is used to describe very different movements and public figures in very di
2.France: the far-right’s proposed headscarf ban in public places breaches religious freedom and anti-discrimination principlesLauren Bakir, chercheure en droit public, Université de Strasbourg · 3d agoKEY TAKEAWAYS France’s far-right Rassemblement national (RN) party wants to ban Muslim headscarves being worn in public spaces if it wins the presidential election. The RN cites the fight against Isla
3.Why cancer affects children differently to adultsLydia Begoña Horndler Gil, Profesor en inmunología y biología del cáncer, Univer · 3d agofizkes/Shutterstock When a family receives the devastating news that their child has cancer, one of the first questions they usually ask is “How is that possible, they’re just a child?” The first thin
4.Why France’s illustrious history of cheesemaking is full of holesDominique Frère, Professeur d’archéologie et d’histoire ancienne, Université Bre · 4d agoThe famous words of General de Gaulle – “How can you govern a country where there are 246 varieties of cheese?” – show just how closely regional identities are linked to a country’s cheesemaking herit
5.Noise exposure is linked to chronic stress and heart disease. It’s time to make peace and quiet a public health rightJulia Almazán Catalán, Investigadora predoctoral en nutrición y salud metabólica · 4d agoKazantseva Olga/Shutterstock Has your phone ever died very quickly, despite you barely using it? Sometimes, the explanation is simple: dozens of apps running in the background constantly drain the bat
6.How ‘egalitarian’ Sweden became more comfortable with wealthHåkan Johansson, Professor of Social Work, Lund University · 5d agovalkird/Shutterstock Sweden is imagined as the land of equality, modesty and Jantelagen – the unwritten rule that no one should think they are better than anyone else. But there has also been a fascin
7.Fire and floods are usually treated as separate hazards. Portugal’s Pinhal Interior shows why they are part of the same cycleAfonso Nuno Martins, Assistant Professor (of Architecture and Climate Change, an · 6d agoAcross southern Europe, increasingly extreme heat, wildfire and intense rainfall are forcing planners to consider how one event can alter the risk of the next. Portugal’s exceptionally wet winter and
8.Germany: why the AfD won in Saxony-Anhalt – and what happens nextEd Turner, Reader in Politics, Co-Director, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston Unive · 6d agoThe results of Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6 were far worse than feared for the country’s mainstream political parties. The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) came clo
9.Immigration in Sweden: how the country went from one of Europe’s most welcoming, to one of its most restrictiveHenrik Emilsson, Senior lecturer, Faculty of Culture and Society, Malmö Universi · 6d agoFor decades, Sweden was known as one of Europe’s most welcoming countries for refugees. It took pride in pursuing one of Europe’s most generous asylum policies, and often presented itself as a humanit
10.Galileo, Copernicus, Cleansky, IRIS² must work together to secure Europe’s place in the space raceAudrey Rouyre, Enseignante-chercheuse en Management Stratégique, Montpellier Bus · 7d agoAerospace players like French company Thales Alenia Space have no alternative but to join forces with competitors if they want to seal further deals. MikeDotta/Shutterstock (no reuse) “Seeing the Eart
11.Climate change images are getting scarier – could fear help drive action?Joshua Garland, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Lund University · 9d agoOver the summer, Europe provided a stark new set of images of climate change. Wildfires raced across forests and grasslands, rivers and reservoirs dried up in droughts and extreme heat disrupted every
12.The pastry paradox: why are the Danes slimmer than Britons?Vassiliki Sinopoulou, Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis and Systematic Reviews, Uni · 9d agoPicture a cosy Danish living room. Candles flicker, soft music plays and friends and family gather around a table laden with pastries – flaky, buttery and gloriously calorific. This is hygge in action
13.Palaces and the Pope: the fascinating story of how Renaissance Rome was rebuiltAlyssa Rusonik, PhD student in Finance, HEC Paris Business School · 11d agoThe Eternal City underwent a period of renewal spanning the late 14th century to the late 16th century, following a period of economic stagnation. Today, 84% of the palaces built during this period ar
14.More trees are needed to cool down European cities in heatwaves – but they must be planted nearer to homesThami Croeser, Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMI · 11d agoMadrid could benefit from more trees to create shade in the summer. Mistervlad/Shutterstock Heatwaves claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people in Europe’s capital cities this summer, as they e
15.Childhood sleep apnoea: when snoring is more than a noisy nightMirja Quante, Attending Neonatologist; Director, Pediatric Sleep Program, Univer · 11d agoNew Africa/Shutterstock A child who snores loudly every night might seem like a funny sight. But if that snoring accompanies repeated narrowing or blockage of the airway, the effects can reach far bey
16.Endometriosis: a long-ignored disease, despite symptoms that can be traced back to ancient timesNadjib Mohamed Mokraoui, Médecin épidémiologiste, doctorant au Centre de recherc · 11d agoA rotogravure depicting hysterectomy surgery being performed in the 19th century at Paris’ Salpêtrière Hospital, a French institution for psychological disorders where women diagnosed with hysteria we
17.Autonomous weapons can select targets without human help – now is the time for binding rulesElke Schwarz, Professor of Political Theory, Queen Mary University of London · 12d agoOne-way military drones already have the capability to select their targets. Anelo/Shutterstock Government experts are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to work towards a possible negotiating mandate on
18.Nearly 30 years after Erasmus, university alliances are reshaping Europe’s higher education landscape but still lack visibilityIsabelle Corbett-Etchevers, Enseignant-chercheur en gestion des ressources humai · 12d agoAs students, academics and university personnel across Europe head back to university, very few are aware that their university is likely to be part of the European University Initiative . Cooperation
19.Bees view the world in surprisingly different ways – understanding this could inspire new technologyElisa Rigosi, Researcher in Sensory Biology, Department of Biology, Lund Univers · 12d agoAn Australian blue-banded bee: different species have evolved very different solutions to the challenge of seeing their world Kristian Bell/Shutterstock One bee has long been regarded as a benchmark f
20.Denmark versus UK: which country gets more health for their money?Subhash Pokhrel, Professor of Public Health Economics, Brunel University of Lond · 12d agoDenmark and the UK both wear the badge of universal healthcare with pride. Nobody is turned away, nobody is handed a bill on the way out. And the principle – that where you are born or how much you ea
21.Three discoveries that transformed how we understand nutritionJosé Miguel Soriano del Castillo, Catedrático de Nutrición y Bromatología del De · 12d agosurprisestock/Shutterstock When we think about nutrition, we almost always picture the same key players: the mouth, stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas and, perhaps, the gut microbiota. However, the
22.The EU’s repair policies are changing the way tech is designedChristoforos Spiliotopoulos, Scientific Researcher, Joint Research Centre (JRC) · 13d agoRoman Chazov/Shutterstock In the late 1970s, concerned by resource use and scarcity, German industrial designer Dieter Rams developed his “ten principles for good design” . Among other things, he argu
23.Why it’s so hard to apologise sincerely in a foreign languageIrini Mavrou, Associate professor, Universidad Nebrija; UCL · 16d agoPzAxe/Shutterstock When people apologise, they do more than acknowledge a mistake. They also reveal how they understand responsibility, ethics, social and moral norms, and their relationship with othe
24.A black fungus is thriving in the midst of Ireland’s whiskey boom – we need to know more about itJenny Lawler, School of Biotechnology and DCU Water Institute, Dublin City Unive · 16d agoIrish whiskey is one of Ireland’s great export success stories. Exports were worth over €930 million in 2025 , with the country’s much-loved spirit being sold all over the world. Even amid difficult i
25.Brain-reading wearables will soon be ordinary. What will this mean for the new generation of ‘neurotechnological natives’?José M. Muñoz, Principal Investigator in Neurotechnology, IE University · 16d agoGirts Ragelis/Shutterstock While it may sound like science fiction, earbuds that read brain activity are already on sale. Wearable technology company Neurable claims that its headphones , equipped wit
26.Europe needs to fight back against US software dominance – and now is the timeFrancesco Grillo, Academic Fellow, Department of Social and Political Sciences, · 17d agoNokia still makes Android mobile phones Andrew Sozinov Europe’s relationship with American technology increasingly resembles an addiction. The patient knows it’s bad for them but cannot quite bring th
27.Why holding elections now may not be the best safeguard for Ukrainian democracyDerek Stanford Hutcheson, Professor of Political Science, Malmö University · 17d agoA recent call by Ukraine’s former defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, for new national elections in Ukraine – which would be the first to take place in the country since 2019 – has sparked a renewed d
28.How climate change affects different modes of transport – from roads to railwaysVahid Aryanpur, Principal Investigator and Research Fellow, Energy Systems Model · 18d agoET Tisomboon/Shutterstock As climate change makes extreme weather more frequent and intense, floods, heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and storms are increasingly disrupting the roads, railways, airports
29.What has the return-to-office movement taught us? People, not technology help companies get aheadDr Dino Dogan, Strategic Management expert and former Dean of Luxembourg School · 18d agoWe like to believe that whatever ails a company can be fixed by digitising it. And technology is easy to swap. Rip out the old system, bolt in the new one, declare yourself modern. But a company is no
30.Europe recycles just 12% of the materials it uses. Here’s how training can accelerate the transition to a circular economyMarina Schmitz, Researcher/External Lecturer, IEDC-Bled School of Management; Eu · 18d agoSince January 2024, ten organisations in four European countries have been working on the following question: If Europe is serious about circular economy , who is actually going to teach people how to
31.Ceuta crisis: anti-migrant ‘invasion’ rhetoric threatens Europe’s food supply and economyDiana Tung, Postdoctoral Researcher, FOODCIRCUITS, Universitat de Barcelona · 19d agoMigrants camped outside the port of Ceuta, July 31, 2026. Thousands are still caught in a legal limbo after entering the enclave. Colinmthompson/Shutterstock In August 2026, a deep humanitarian crisis
32.The Mocha monopoly: how Yemen’s dominance of the global coffee trade birthed the Houthi rebelsIbrahim Al-Marashi, IE School of Humanities, IE University; California State Uni · 19d agoThe port of Mocha, in Yemen. Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are causing trade routes to be diverted. 1235yiutr/Shutterstock The Red Sea often makes headlines as the launch site for attacks on oil tanke
33.Left-handed people tend to be left-leaning votersJérémie Bertrand, Professeur de finance, LEM-CNRS 9221, IÉSEG School of Manageme · 19d agoPolitical preferences are generally explained by income, age and level of education. However, our research suggests that a far more unexpected trait may also have a hand in how we vote. A survey carri
34.Volodymyr Zelensky’s other war: Ukraine’s endless struggle with corruptionStefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham · 20d agoUkraine celebrated this year’s independence day on August 24 in the presence of key allies and amid the unfolding of another major corruption scandal. It all started when Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s d
35.The law of the innocents: Ireland’s medieval precursor to the Geneva conventionsChris Doyle, Assistant Professor in Medieval History, University of Galway · 20d agoPolymath: Adomnán, Abbott of Iona, was a scholar, teacher, mentor, poet, calendarist and negotiator. OrthoChristian.com The Geneva conventions, which were signed in August 1949 in the aftermath of the
36.The free EU database that tells you if an appliance is actually greenLala Rukh, PhD Candidate, Energy, University of Galway; Atlantic Technological U · 20d agoBearFotos/Shutterstock When something breaks down, like a washing machine or television, you might find yourself in a showroom or flicking through 12 browser tabs, trying to choose between “eco-friend
37.Women in politics face more personal, sexualised attacks than men, a recent analysis showsArianna Sala, Scientific Officer, Joint Research Centre (JRC) · 23d agoFrom right to left, Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament since January 2022, and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission since 2019. European People's Party/Flickr
38.Why salty food is so appetising when you’re by the seaJosé Miguel Soriano del Castillo, Catedrático de Nutrición y Bromatología del De · 24d agoDavizro Photography/Shutterstock A table overlooking the sea, with a cold drink accompanied by olives, crisps, nuts, perhaps a tin of sardines or fried fish and chips. Even if you aren’t particularly
39.Jason Arday’s death: Black academics need to feel they belong in higher educationIfedapo Francis Awolowo, Senior Lecturer in Accounting, Sheffield Hallam Univers · 26d agoThe death of Professor Jason Arday has left many of us with a profound sense of sadness. For Black academics in particular, his loss feels deeply personal. Jason represented possibility – a reminder o
40.Ceuta’s border crisis is about geopolitics, not just migrationKhaoula El Khalil, PhD candidate, Political Science, McGill University · 27d agoAccording to a European Parliament resolution adopted in June 2021, Moroccan police temporarily eased controls at the border of Ceuta, the Spanish enclave of about 83,000 people on the North African c
41.European ‘war fatigue’ may be growing – but Ukraine’s recent momentum could buy timeBenjamin Martill, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Unive · 2026-08-14As the Ukraine war approaches its four-and-a-half year milestone, the sustainability of the coalition of support for Kyiv has once again become a key question on the minds of Europeans. YouGov data fr
42.Iran oil spill: the war is leaving environmental scars that ceasefires cannot healNima Shokri, Executive Co-Director, Institute for Water, Environment and Health · 2026-08-13The mangrove forests of Qeshm Island off the coast of southern Iran. Nmarandi / Shutterstock Oil slicks moving along Iran’s southern coast have reached the Hara mangrove forests of Qeshm Island. Irani
43.Want to support Ukraine? Read its booksLauren Warner-Treloar, AHRC-Techne PhD Candidate, Art and Design History, Kingst · 2026-08-13Since 2013, Vladimir Putin has argued that Ukrainians and Russians are “one people” . It’s an attempt to erase Ukrainian identity , part of an assault that has been ongoing for centuries. Since the fu

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