As the World Cup begins, more coaches say “game intelligence” can be taught.

Facing new regulations and stiff competition from China, Sweden and other EU countries are racing to decarbonize steel production. It all hinges on green…

All eyes in Europe are on Hungary’s upcoming elections in April – but an investigation into the chequered past of Viktor Orbán’s main rival suggests that Brussels should brace itself for continued clashes.

Trillions of miles of tiny fungal tubes embedded in soil transport nutrients to crops and other plants and fight climate change by storing carbon. Scientists are racing to understand how these fungi—increasingly under threat—function.

Plasma-derived medicines that save millions of lives depend on supplies bought from America’s poorest.

As parking lots empty out, retail logistics hubs are moving in. Goods can be transported a surprising distance by cargo bike.

While global news showed a humanitarian disaster, most outlets in Israel remained silent.

Genetic selection has made “probably the biggest animal welfare problem we have in all animal husbandry.”

Discarded clothing is an environmental scourge. But across Europe, companies are joining forces to build new technologies that could make recycling scalable.

Snobbery isn't just about how much money you spend; it's about refinement of taste, which Amsterdam has in abundance.

An audacious plan to solve Europe's energy woes with liquefied African sunshine..

Will a proposed sale of a subsidiary help Shell avoid paying for leaks and removing old infrastructure?

A global treaty aims to clean up shipbreaking. Critics say it’s not enough. In March 1998 the 43,000-ton Oak Wave slid down a dry dock in Japan. Over the next 25 years, the $30 million bulk carrier, designed to haul grain and other commodities,…

The history of the French monarchy involves a long succession of Louises, one following the other, but in 1648 the country was between kings. Louis XIII had died five years earlier, when Louis XIV was just four years old. The country, therefore, was…

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A tiny square in Outremeuse, on an island in the middle of Liège, Belgium, offers a view worthy of a postcard. But it’s not the cafe tables, blooming flowers or single Catholic icon in a glass-fronted box you’re going to be snapping. It’s the…

Under ocean waves, kelp functions much like a forest ecosystem on land. What are we doing to protect it?

⇣ Kelp forests cover six to seven million square kilometers of ocean—an area greater than the Amazon rainforest’s. While the Amazon is branded as “the lungs of the Earth” for its extensive oxygen production, it’s actually marine algae, including…

Scientist uses mass spectrometry to eavesdrop on the molecular conversations between microbes and their world

In 2019, a looming crisis over pollution led the Dutch government to crack down on farm emissions. The response was furious – and offers a warning to other countries about protecting the environment without losing public trust