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Clearer remote-work legislation is needed to help HR managers cut through the red tape and put in place solutions that benefit productivity and employees’ work-life balance. LightField Studios / Shutterstock

Is legal uncertainty softly killing remote‑work innovation?

Flex work is proving a nightmare for HR managers in France. A new study carried out in Kazakhstan offers insight for negotiating the grey areas of “telework” legislation.
Obi-Rakhmat rock shelter in Uzbekistan, micro-point hafting and main game hunted around the site 80,000 years ago. Artwork courtest of Malvina Baumann

Arrowhead points found in Central Asia could prove the presence of ‘Homo sapiens’ 80,000 years ago

Tiny triangular-shaped flints from arrowheads found in Uzbekistan shed light on how the first settlement of ‘Homo sapiens’ – our modern human ancestors – came to Europe.
Using a pen or a keyboard has an impact on students’ written work. Shutterstock

Why we shouldn’t abandon handwriting at school

In today’s classrooms, pens and exercise books are increasingly having to make way for screens and keyboards. Does technology help pupils write as efficiently?
Mumbai at sunrise: a thick layer of smog engulfs India’s megacity. The Greater Mumbai Metropolitan Region is home to over 22 million people. Bhatakta Manav/Shutterstock.

Atmospheric dust: the overlooked suspect in urban air pollution

New research reveals that the adverse environmental and health impacts of atmospheric dust in the world’s rapidly growing megacities deserve far more attention.
Reef-building coral colonies serve as structured habitats for diverse microbiomes, forming a hidden reservoir of taxonomic, genetic and chemical diversity (photo supplied by the author). Shinichi Sunagawa

Lifting the lid on unknown coral microbiomes living in the Pacific ocean

Several years worth of findings from a floating laboratory have tapped into a well-stocked coral library of taxonomic, genetic and chemical diversity, previously unknown to Science and Medicine.
Trenčín in Slovakia (pictured here with its castle on a hill), and Finland’s main port city Oulu jointly carry the 2026 European Capital of Culture crown.

European Capitals of Culture: a diplomatic linchpin in an unstable world?

In a geopolitical landscape that is more and more fragmented, the European Capitals of Culture initiative and its evolving role in fostering diplomacy and unity are up for debate.
Unimpactful policymaking in the farming and forestry sectors is in need of an overhaul to tackle its significant role in the global climate crisis. Terra è vita.

Agroecology: rethinking global policy efficiency and funding priorities to overcome the blind spot in climate action

Policy frameworks shaping farming in the EU and beyond are suffering from funding misalignment and fragmented priorities, resulting in ineffective global climate efforts.
Donald Trump’s encounters with his foreign counterparts, as pictured here with Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders, regularly turn into a free-for-all. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP

Minding the gap between the art of deal‑making and the art of diplomacy, or how to handle Donald Trump

Snap decisions, hard bargaining and public provocation… Donald Trump never ceases to throw off his partners. How can foreign policy best tackle his behaviour.
Astonishing but true: apples are one of the latest plant-based materials tissue engineers are experimenting with to create lab-grown human cartilage. Priscilla Du Preez/Unsplash

Developing lab‑grown human cartilage… using apples!

Some medical conditions involve cartilage tissue loss, which is why skin grafting is vital. Lab-grown cartilage could be the way forward for human tissue repair and reducing animal testing.
A human-centred business model from the Netherlands is revolutionising home care for the elderly. Dmytro Zinkevych / Shutterstock

Home care: The Dutch model that challenges bureaucracy

Silver economy: an in-home help service provider in the Netherlands is revolutionising care delivery for the elderly with a streamlined, patient-centred approach that trusts community nurses and caregivers.

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