Professor Piero Baglioni vividly recalls the moment that set him on a lifelong path of art conservation. It was 1966, and the young Italian chemistry student witnessed firsthand an event that would change the course of his career. On 4 November, his home city, Florence, experienced a devastating flood, possibly the worst in
Derek Yu, University of the Western Cape and Simbarashe Murozvi, University of the Western Cape Child labour is a big concern across the world. It is particularly acute in countries in the global south, where it is estimated that about 160 million children are engaged in child labour, about 87 million of them
Jennifer Mathers, Aberystwyth University In some parts of Russia, schoolgirls who become pregnant are being paid more than 100,000 roubles (nearly £900) for giving birth and raising their babies. This new measure, introduced in the past few months across ten regions, is part of Russia’s new demographic strategy, widening the policy adopted in
Secondo le neuroscienze sociali, ogni feedback attiva (o disattiva) i circuiti della sicurezza e dell’apprendimento. Il tono, la postura, la scelta delle parole diventano segnali che il sistema nervoso interpreta come “minaccia” o “alleanza”. Ecco perché non è importante solo cosa dici, ma da quale stato interno lo dici. La leadership neurocoerente parte
Ph. A Kerrville, Texas, resident watches the flooded Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025. Eric Vryn/Getty Images Hatim Sharif, The University of Texas at San Antonio Texas Hill Country is known for its landscapes, where shallow rivers wind among hills and through rugged valleys. That geography also makes it one of the deadliest
Gemma Ware, The Conversation and Laura Hood, The Conversation The language from European leaders was fawning and obsequious. At one point, the head of Nato, Mark Rutte, even called Donald Trump “daddy”. But when the US president left the Nato summit in late June, there was a sigh of relief that he had
ph. A year in, Starmer still has a mountain to climb. Flickr/Number 10 , CC BY-NC-ND Rohan McWilliam, Anglia Ruskin University In the build-up to the 2024 election, Keir Starmer worked hard to show that his party could run Britain better than the Tories. He promised his government would offer stability after years of chaos –
Whenever you have a scan at a hospital, both you and the operators are exposed to a small amount of radiation. For hospital staff, this means a slow trickle of exposure every day, slightly increasing their risk of serious diseases like cancer. “We are talking about thousands of people exposed every day in
What do you think hell smells like? British researcher Dr William Tullett has faithfully recreated its foul odour – or at least how our forefathers imagined it. Thanks to an EU-funded research initiative called ODEUROPA, which ran from 2021 to 2023, Tullett did not need to spend years scouring archives across Europe. Instead,
Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria and Lisa Sachs, Columbia University Ghana and Zambia’s official creditors are pressing them to default on loans to two African multilateral financial institutions: the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Trade and Development Bank (TDB). These creditors, in effect, are demanding that the two countries prioritise repayments to