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Digital “cardiac twins” offer advantages for advancing healthcare by providing precise, noninvasive monitoring and early detection of diseases, but distinguishing between biological differences in cardiovascular physiology remains a challenge. ART STOCK CREATIVE/ Shutterstock

AI ‘digital twins’ are transforming heart care but will they work for women?

In cardiology, sex and gender-sensitive diagnosis and treatment planning are crucial, but biological differences remain the missing link in AI-powered human virtual twin technology.
Social housing projects in Barcelona, Spain, which has sought EU funding to build public low-rent accommodation faster and cheaper amid ongoing protests over soaring rents and high home prices. CSP/Shutterstock

Europe needs 10 million homes and net‑zero buildings by 2040. Here are four ways it could happen

The housing shortage is a major concern for many EU citizens. A foresight study by more than 30 experts examines four ways affordable, low-carbon homes could emerge by 2040.
Inspired by the war poem In Flanders Fields by John McCrae (1915), poppies, as pictured here, were first used near the end of WWI to commemorate British Empire and United States military casualties. Anna Guérin known by then as the “Poppy Lady of France”, established the first fundraising initiatives for veterans, widows, orphans and liberty bonds, as well as charities such as the Red Cross. Vetre/Shutterstock

Who were the American mothers to France’s orphaned children during the First World War?

During and after WWI, thousands of American women acted as mothers for displaced French children. A war studies research fellow weighs in with considerations for teaching this vital, often overlooked part of transatlantic wartime history.
History has shown that fertiliser is among the natural resources that repeatedly gets caught in the crossfire in wartime. Fotokostic / Shutterstock

Fertiliser: the forgotten history linking the agricultural commodity and empire in wartime

A labour and political ecology expert looks back at imperialistic logic and how chemical fertilisers have repeatedly served as strategic objectives and weapons, particularly in wartime.
A spiny toad, a European robin and a free-tail bat from Réunion were the focus of recent research on the impact of street lighting on wildlife. Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock, Smutan/Shutterstock, Chasseur_de_licorne/INaturalist

How does street lighting impact wildlife and when should we turn off the lights?

For biodiversity, it’s not just about switching off street lighting, it’s about knowing when and where to turn the lights off.
After fleeing Venice, Antonia Bembo lived near the newly constructed Porte Saint-Denis, a triumphal arch in Paris that’s depicted in this 19th-century painting by Jean Francois Lebelle. Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images

Antonia Bembo fled Venice to escape her abusive husband – over three centuries later, her opera finally takes the stage

Due to the vagaries of her music manuscripts and the historical neglect of women composers, Bembo and her opera were overlooked for centuries.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrive for a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris on April 17, 2026. Jeanne Accorsini/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Why the Iran war is breaking the US‑European strategic alliance

European leaders are learning they cannot rely on Washington, and that the US will act against their interests and at their economic expense.
Golem Grad island in North Macedonia is full of Hermann’s tortoises. However, demographic projections suggest the last female could be wiped out by 2083. A female (pictured) that had fallen down a sheer drop of more than 20 metres.

Self‑destructive behaviour among Hermann’s tortoises on a Macedonian island is leading to ‘demographic suicide’

Female tortoises are bearing the brunt of the brutal behaviour of their male counterparts, who are regularly pushing them off cliffs in North Macedonia.
A detailed resource for policymakers, lecturers, and the informed public, the One Health Atlas charts the WHO-backed One Health concept, which highlights the interconnectedness of human, animal and environmental health. MAFPHOTOART8/Shutterstock

Delving into One Health’s vision to better protect people, animals and the planet from future health crises

In the wake of the WHO’s One Health summit, a new atlas explores the interdependency between environmental, health and food security issues, and strategies for supporting sustainability and the welfare of all life forms.
Dogs are more demonstrative as they offer emotional interaction that’s almost child-like whereas cats are more independent and require owners to interpret their signs of affection. Yykkaa/Shutterstock

The truth about cats and dogs and the links between pet attachment and mental health

An original new study on pet ownership assesses how attached people are to their cats and dogs in order to understand the emotional connection and the associated health benefits at all ages.
A scene taken from the French film l’Histoire de Souleymane about an asylum-seeking delivery worker is food for thought: behind the convenience of ordering food and other goods to your door lies a far murkier reality; for many delivery platform workers precarity is part and parcel of their daily grind. Pyramide Distribution

Delivery platform workers: a survey lifts the lid on extreme hardship

An unprecedented occupational health study on takeaway delivery workers in France reveals shocking working conditions amid Europe-wide debate on their entitlement to standard employee rights.
In the last two decades, as a result of climate-driven sea warming, almost half of commercially relevant fish in the Mediterranean have been deserting their original habitats in their quest for higher latitudes, depths and cooler waters. KinoMasterskaya / Shutterstock

What fish redistribution in the Mediterranean is telling us about species’ climate resilience

The Mediterranean is one of the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems. A scientific study on shifting distribution dynamics examines how its fish species contend with sea warming.
What do absinthe, social media and Covid-19 have in common? All are fine examples of how scapegoating dynamics play out within society and how propaganda takes root. 5PH/Shutterstock

Absinthe: what the ban on France’s aromatic spirit teaches us about modern day blaming and shaming

A researcher examines the bad press surrounding absinthe which led to its ban in France in 1915, while drawing parallels with more recent, ‘scathing’ examples of scapegoating and social control.

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