Around 40% of the EU’s population lives within 50 kilometres of the coast, and large parts of the continent’s economy, climate resilience and wellbeing depend on healthy oceans and seas. Yet despite this close connection, understanding of how the ocean works – and how human activity impacts it – remains limited. “You have
A ship with a crane floats in the Mediterranean sun at a marina in Marseille, France. The crane whirs as it hauls waste from the seabed and, when the wire breaks the surface, the gripper at the end is clutching a rubber tyre covered in algae. As the day advances, rusted metal ship
Sharda S. Nandram, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Puneet K. Bindlish, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Raysa Geaquinto Rocha, European Academy of Management (EURAM) Bureaucracy once swallowed Dutch home care. Buurtzorg flipped the script by trusting nurses and focusing on purpose. Europe’s aging population is calling for home care services that deliver care and support to
Ogni giorno prendiamo circa 35.000 decisioni. La maggior parte non è cosciente. Agiamo in base a copioni appresi, abitudini e bias cognitivi: scorciatoie mentali che ci aiutano a decidere velocemente, ma che spesso ci portano lontano dalla verità. Il cervello, per natura, è efficientista, non perfezionista. Preferisce risparmiare energia che… . Read full
Ph. Alexander Supertramp/Shutterstock Brian Thornton, University of Winchester A controversial policy of destroying recordings of trials after seven years is to be abandoned, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has disclosed. The policy, affecting courts in England and Wales, had been heavily criticised by lawyers and miscarriage of justice campaigners, who said the destruction
Lyla Latif, University of Nairobi Public finance, or how governments at all levels raise and allocate money, is in evidence everywhere you look. That pothole destroying your car. The health clinic without medicine. The dilapidated school. Public money is not government money. It is yours, writes Kenyan finance scholar Lyla Latif in her
Ph. CBS says it warned Stephen Colbert that an interview with a politician could trigger an FCC rule requiring broadcasters to give political candidates equal access to the airwaves. The Late Show With Stephen Colbert/YouTube Seth Ashley, Boise State University Talk show host Stephen Colbert made headlines on Feb. 17, 2026, when he
Ph. Does the nation stand behind him? Vyacheslav Prokofyev/AFP via Getty Images Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University and Elizaveta Gaufman, University of Groningen Perceived wisdom has it that the longer a war goes on, the less enthusiastic a public becomes for continuing the conflict. After all, it is ordinary citizens who tend to bear
For decades, treating serious brain disorders has often meant making a difficult trade-off. Symptoms could be relieved, but usually at the cost of invasive surgery and implanted electrodes that stay in the body for life. “Having wires in your body isn’t ideal,” said neuroscientist Mavi Sanchez-Vives, head of the Systems Neuroscience group at the
Giovanni Strona, Joint Research Centre (JRC) More than 295 million people globally experienced hunger and starvation in 2025 because of conflict, displacement, climate change and economic disasters. The bad news is that things are going to get a lot worse. My latest research has found that by 2100, climate change could drive more