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Aerospace players like French company Thales Alenia Space have no alternative but to join forces with competitors if they want to seal further deals. MikeDotta/Shutterstock (no reuse)

Galileo, Copernicus, Cleansky, IRIS² must work together to secure Europe’s place in the space race

Europe’s leading aerospace industry players have no choice but to work hand in hand to further its space missions and develop critical infrastructure for security and climate protection.
The Become project illustrates how European research and real-world organisational practice can reinforce one another, in this case in educating communities about sustainability and best practices for driving the transition towards a circular economy. Svittlana // Shutterstock

Europe recycles just 12% of the materials it uses. Here’s how training can accelerate the transition to a circular economy

Learning communities are supporting circularity across Europe by rethinking processes for recycling waste or reconditioning clothing and vehicles, and navigating policy U-turns.
In Mexico City, hundreds of devotees gather on the first of every month on calle Alfarería, in the Tepito neighbourhood, to pay homage to Santa Muerte. Local authorities organise tours of this dangerous ‘barrio bravo ’, where the Unión Tepito cartel operates. Clasos/Shutterstock

Dark tourism: why do sites of death, crime and tragedy become tourist attractions?

Dark tourism ranges from visits to memorials, to tours that glorify violence.
A manuscript in Elvish written on silk parchment. The Elvish language was created by Tolkien for The Lord of the Rings. Luca Lorenzelli/Shutterstock

Elvish, Klingon and Pig Latin: what can invented languages teach us about the human brain?

From pidgins to Tolkien and Esperanto, humans have created entirely new languages for many different reasons.
Social acceptance of LGBTIQIA+ people has steadily increased across the EU over the last few years, but a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) survey has revealed a significant rise in hate-motivated harassment targeting LGBTIQIA+ people, with 55% reporting that they had experienced this. Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock (no reuse)

Did the Berlin Pride attack target the LGBTIQIA+ community or European values?

A team of researchers explains why support for LGBTIQIA+ rights in Europe that is not based on homonationalist agendas, but intersectional fights against discrimination matters now more than ever.
According to popular belief, the statue of the Pillars of Hercules in Ceuta hails back to the time when Africa was joined to Europe, and the god Hercules cut the channel to divide them. Another legend has it that Hercules pulled the two continents together to narrow the strait of Gibraltar to stop sea monsters from the Atlantic entering the Mediterranean. Curioso Photography/Shutterstock (no reuse)

Ceuta migrant crossings: are calls for stronger border controls from 22 member states in line with EU law?

In a knee-jerk reaction to the situation in Ceuta, 22 EU member states are seeking to step up border security. What are the legal loopholes and do stronger controls comply with the rule of law?

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