plus: Catholic women who defied sex harassment in the 18th century
| | | | "How can we possibly encounter the world or make sense of it when our attention is captured by a screen?" This question, which you'll find in our lead story this week, may sound like a dramatic appeal to close our laptops or put down our phones. But it's actually more straightforward and focused than that, because the "we" refers to children and adults when they are sharing the same moment. Like when my wife and nearly three-year-old son watch what he calls "the elephant song", one of the animated videos we let him love. Starting with the idea that much of human development is based on social communication, researchers at Lund University and the University of Warsaw state that the activities young children share with adults are special because they are "co-constructed moment by moment through talk, gaze, gestures and movements". If shared screentime reduces or eliminates those elements, what might the effect be on children? While stressing the importance of engaging with others, the authors also state that each family needs to find its own balance of device- and device-free moments. Next time, I think I'll ask Jojo why the elephants think crowding onto the spiderweb is a good idea. In the Vatican archives, historian Giada Pizzoni has found evidence of women in 18th-century Italy who experienced sexual harassment and abuse in the confessional and reported it to Church authorities – which, some records show, listened. Their efforts to speak up about a charged subject in a powerful institution may inspire people who are facing modern versions of the same challenge today. Europe imports at least 40% of its rare earth elements – which it needs to manufacture high-tech products such as electric cars, fighter jet parts and pharmaceutical goods – from China. Amid the instability of the tariff war, the EU has been scrambling to safeguard its supply of these minerals. Export controls have been imposed and dropped, summits have been held, and the Dutch government even took control of a Chinese-owned chip manufacturer last month. But the bottom line is this: China has the EU over a barrel, and the bloc needs to diversify its supply, fast. |  | Philippe Theise Editor, Paris | |  Valentina Fantasia, Lund University; Joanna Rączaszek-Leonardi, University of Warsaw As adults interact with kids, they share views and create new knowledge. So what happens if screens take over that interaction? |  Giada Pizzoni, European University Institute The Vatican archives show that women reported instances of harassment and abuse to Church authorities. | | |  Gracia Abad Quintanal, Universidad Nebrija Europe needs these minerals for manufacturing, and China controls the vast majority of supply. | |  José Miguel Soriano del Castillo, Universitat de València A new report shows that food security is in danger around the world. |  Anna-Louise Milne, University of London Institute in Paris This collection of scenes of contemporary Paris life sits among the paintings of grand masters. | |  Jordi Roca Jusmet, Universitat de Barcelona Saudi Arabia and Russia often veto COP agreements, but Colombia and The Netherlands are taking matters into their own hands. |  Jessica Heesen, University of Tübingen; Tori Smith Ekstrand Makers of "high risk" AI systems will get more time to comply with the rules. | |  Benedict Carpenter van Barthold, Nottingham Trent University The artist's incredible skill once helped the painting to serve as a life-saving disguise. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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