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Irina Kuznetsova, University of Birmingham

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Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy, Sciences Po

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How the Venezuelan people and diaspora are driving earthquake relief

Nieves Fernández Rodríguez, Universidad Nebrija

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The Nordic Paradox: even the world’s most equal countries are failing to reduce violence against women

Enrique Gracia, Universitat de València

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Javier Martín Vide, Universitat de Barcelona

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Isabelle Kaiko, Leiden University; Ineke van der Ham, Leiden University, and Judith Schomaker, Leiden University

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Summer’s new normal is a hazard that’s testing Europe’s climate resilience

Júlia de Freitas Sampaio, University of Luxembourg

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The strange history of Czech cactus hunters – and why some see themselves as Robin Hood figures

Jared Margulies, UCL

Most EU citizens support economic growth even though climate experts question its role

Ivan Savin, ESCP Business School and Lewis King, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

You can dream while you’re awake. The boundary between wakefulness and sleep is a lot blurrier than you’d think

Nicolas Decat, Sorbonne Université and Delphine Oudiette, Inserm

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Why a development project linked to Donald Trump’s son-in-law has rocked Albania

Altin Gjeta, University of Birmingham

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Harold Lovell, University of Portsmouth; Mark Hardiman, University of Portsmouth, and Pelle Tejsner, University of Greenland

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Five ways to make your clothes last longer

Réka Tölg, Lund University and Ingrid Haugsrud, Oslo Metropolitan University

Germany’s proposal to ease trade tensions with China has not gone down well in Beijing

Tom Harper, University of East London

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What Gaudí and the Sagrada Família can teach us about leadership

Yih-Teen Lee, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra)

Is the Pope’s AI encyclical a warning on Tech Messianism?

Francisco De Abreu Duarte, European University Institute

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Three lesser-known Antoni Gaudí buildings to visit to mark the centenary of his death

Javi Buron Garcia, University of Limerick

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Alexis Cloquell Lozano, Universidad Católica de Valencia; Beatriz Felipe Pérez, Universitat Rovira i Virgili; Joan Lacomba Vazquez, Universitat de València, and María Isolda Perelló Carrascosa, Universitat de València

Analysing wildfire behaviour can help detect risk zones earlier and support fire-smart strategies

Marcos Rodrigues Mimbrero, Universidad de Zaragoza; AXA Research Fund and Jorge Félez Bernal, Universidad de Concepción

The cost of living is soaring – why not try moving in together?

Tullia Jack, Lund University

Teenage exposure to sexual content in TV and movies may lead to pornography use in adulthood

Pedro Antonio De la Rosa Fernández-Pacheco, Universidad de Navarra; Álvaro Villagrán Sánchez, Universidad de Navarra, and Javier García-Manglano, Universidad de Navarra

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New evidence reveals extent of anti-fascist motives behind ‘insane’ aristocrat’s plot to assassinate Mussolini

Giovanni Pietro Lombardo, Sapienza University of Rome and M. Andrea Pisauro, University of Plymouth

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The Caspian Sea has lost an area nearly the size of Sicily: human activities are a major reason why

Nima Shokri, United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg and Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine

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Overnight trains: why sleeping all the way to your holiday destination is a growing (and green) option

Mehri Khosravi, University of East London; United Nations University

Type 2 diabetes patients often have high blood sugar while fasting – here’s why

Manuel Vázquez Carrera, Universitat de Barcelona

The Strait of Hormuz is finally reopening but Europe’s food chain suppliers cannot afford to be complacent

Alireza Asgari, Clermont School of Business; Morteza Alaeddini, ICN Business School, and Philipp Sauer, Neoma Business School

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Laura O'Flanagan, Dublin City University

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What Kenya’s fish markets tell us about choosing between nutrients and contaminants

Kira Lancker, University of Copenhagen

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Ten years after the referendum, how Brexit could have been done differently

Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University

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Cooling ingredients in vapes might cause irregular heartbeats

Keith Rochfort, Dublin City University

Compete to survive, cooperate to exist: the sovereignty paradox at the heart of Europe’s defence industry

Chloé Zanardi, European Academy of Management (EURAM); TBS Education; André Nemeh, Rennes School of Business, and Frédéric Le Roy, Université de Montpellier

The contested legacy of Edmund Dene Morel – the man who exposed the murderous exploits of King Leopold II in the Belgian Congo

Dean Clay, University of Hull

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Three lesser-known Antoni Gaudí buildings to visit to mark the centenary of his death

Javi Buron Garcia, University of Limerick

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