+ Nazi tapestry theft
| | | | A large new study shows that immigrants can expect to earn a startling 18% less than native workers in western Europe and North America. To put that into context, the gender wage gap, widely understood to be a major societal problem, hovers around the 12% mark in Europe. Unlike the gender pay gap, however, the disparity is not accounted for by immigrants being paid less to do the same job. Instead, the study's authors show they are effectively being locked out of higher paid work. They are, therefore, not able to make the contributions they're often capable of making to their host nations' economies. The best professional cyclists in the world are, as we speak, entering the mountain stage of this year's Tour de France. At 3,500km, the physical challenge is immense. It takes years to develop the stamina and skill to excel in, or even just to complete, this race. So what happens when an amateur tries to do it? Physiologist Steve Faulkner found out when he joined a group of cycling enthusiasts on the course. He charted how their bodies coped with the extreme strain and reports on the gruelling experience here. There's much excitement here in the UK about the news that France is loaning us the Bayeux tapestry for display in London in 2026. Of all the 11th-century embroideries depicting the conquest of England, this is the one we're most obsessed with and lengthy queues are expected at the British Museum. But we found out this week that the Nazis also took a keen interest in the work. They even stole a fragment of it with the intention of using it to rewrite history. Findings in the medical field confirm something that we all probably intrinsically already know – that we like it when doctors listen to us and treat us fairly. But it also turns out that having a positive relationship with healthcare professionals makes us more likely to fully see through on our treatment plans. |  | Laura Hood Senior Politics Editor, London | |  Are Skeie Hermansen, University of Oslo; Andrew Penner, University of California, Irvine; Marta M. Elvira, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra) Immigrants struggle to access higher-paying jobs, meaning their skills often go to waste. | | |  Millie Horton-Insch, Trinity College Dublin The Nazis' obsession with European art should be understood as central to Hitler's genocidal regime and its efforts toward global domination. | |  Steve Faulkner, Nottingham Trent University What happens when amateurs take on the Tour de France route? Fatigue, triumph and lessons in endurance. |  Javier Martín Vide, Universitat de Barcelona June 2025 was the hottest on record for Western Europe, with around 2,300 heat-related deaths across the continent. | |  Pilar Eirene de Prada, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria Thirty years after Srebrenica, our legal definition of genocide is still far too rigid. | | | | | -
Felia Allum, University of Bath The legendary agenda rossa contained extensive notes on how organised crime operated in a particularly turbulent period in Italian history. -
Diana Pérez-Arechaederra, ESCP Business School How practitioners listen and communicate helps shape patient experiences in healthcare systems. -
Martin L. Olsson, Lund University; Jill Storry, Lund University Scientists find 48th blood group in woman with no compatible donors. -
Fabian Lenhard, Karolinska Institutet Mental healthcare moved online overnight during COVID — but would it hold up? -
Gemma Ware, The Conversation Listen to Juan Masullo talk to The Conversation Weekly about how some parts of Italy have clung onto their anti-fascist resistance. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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