LIVING
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Europe’s Elderly Need Migrant Caregivers—Whether We like It or Not
Who will care for your ageing relatives when you can’t? It’s a question that many families in Europe are having to answer, as demographic changes caused by Europe’s ageing populations become more deeply embedded.
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Pope Francis, March 2016. Photo by Long Thiên (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons.
Pope Francis Dies: An Unconventional Pontiff Who Sought to Modernize Catholicism
In many ways, Pope Francis embodied a tension at the heart of Catholicism in the 21st century: too liberal for some Catholics and not liberal enough for others.
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Photo by Vicente Zambrano González courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Besòs River Park, a Recovered Wetland Sanctuary
The Parc Fluvial del Besòs is a modern, open natural space home to children's playing areas, paved walkways, basketball hoops, a petanque court, drinking fountains an area for dogs and more.
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Do Cats Have "Friends," or Do They Always Vie for Territory?
Cats demonstrate affection through seeking out our company, physical contact and engaging in play. Despite this, cats are typically seen as aloof and elusive. But how true is this? Do cats form friendships beyond us?
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How Foreign Accents Subconsciously Shape the Way We Interact
Foreign-accented speakers are usually perceived more negatively than native speakers, and their speech is processed in less detail.
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Europe Had Worst Measles Outbreak Since 1997
In 2022 the WHO had described measles as an “imminent threat in every region of the world.”
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Fungi Are Among the Planet’s Most Important Organisms, Yet They’re Overlooked in Conservation Strategies
Economically, fungi support a growing economy centered around mycotourism—with a growing number of travelers visiting Canada and Spain each year to forage for wild mushrooms.
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Jardins Muñoz Ramonet, photo by Vicente Zambrano González courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Jardins Muñoz Ramonet, A Green Oasis in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
The history of the Julio Muñoz Ramonet house and gardens is anything but straightforward; if anything, it’s filled with as much drama and scandal as a noir novella.
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Parc de Diagonal Mar, photo courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Barcelona's Parc de Diagonal Mar Connecting City and Sea
Both reviled as an urban planning disaster, and celebrated as a daring development revitalizing former industrial wasteland, Parc de Diagonal Mar provides a rare oasis of green and a respite from the constant noise of the city.
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"The Gout," by James Gillray, 1799. Wellcome Collection, Public Domain.
Gout Used to Be an Affliction of Royalty but Is Now a Disease of the Masses
A condition that was once considered the disease of kings and queens, gout is now a disease of the masses, with younger patients also being diagnosed.
