Salvador Sánchez Tapia, Universidad de Navarra Last weekend’s events will have left many with the dizzying sensation of watching historic events unfold before their eyes. The content of the speeches delivered by US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance – at NATO’s headquarters in Brussels and at the Munich Security
The Sun’s distance from Earth allows it to be habitable for life. DrPixel/Moment via Getty Images Daniel Brady Mills, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; Jason Wright, Penn State, and Jennifer L. Macalady, Penn State A popular model of evolution concludes that it was incredibly unlikely for humanity to evolve on Earth, and that
Léonie de Jonge, University of Tübingen and Rolf Frankenberger, University of Tübingen In the weeks ahead of the German election, the far-right party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) consistently polled around 20%. For the first time, the AfD poses a challenge to mainstream parties’ longstanding strategy of isolating the far right. The rise of
Many will remember the sourdough bread-baking craze that emerged at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when people were stuck at home and looking for something creative to do. With social media feeds full of images of sourdough “starters” with quirky names and crisp, freshly baked loaves, home bakers discovered the joys –
Kristof Titeca, University of Antwerp The current conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resemble the situation during the Second Congo War between 1998 and 2003. This resulted in millions of deaths, with neighbouring countries – especially Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi – playing a significant role. The pan-African weekly The Continent has
Stephen Clear, Bangor University It has been less than a month since Donald Trump retook the Oval Office. But with dozens of executive orders, every day has brought substantial change. While Trump claims he has a democratic mandate to cut government waste, it is the unelected Elon Musk who has been behind the
Ph. UladzimirZuyeu/Shutterstock Viktoriia Ivannikova, Dublin City University Some long-haul flights connecting Europe and Asia are emitting 40% more CO₂ since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, my new study shows. The spike is largely due to airspace closures above conflict zones which are forcing airlines to seek alternative routes, significantly increasing
Ph. Shutterstock/gopixa Francesco Grillo, Bocconi University To European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, Europe is like a Volkswagen Beetle – an iconic car produced by a once-mighty German manufacturer which has been struggling to adapt to a new world. “Europe must shift gears,” she urged in a speech to business executives gathered
by Ana Beatriz Assam for Global Investigative Journalism Network President Donald Trump’s return to the White House was marked by a flurry of executive orders, from pardons for those involved in the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol to withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization and the Paris Climate Accords. But
Rebecca Ackermann, University of Cape Town; Lauren Schroeder, University of Toronto, and Robyn Pickering, University of Cape Town Here’s how the story of the Taung Child is usually told: In 1924 an Australian anthropologist and anatomist, Raymond Dart, acquired a block of calcified sediment from a limestone quarry in South Africa. He painstakingly