Networking opportunity for LIFE call 2021 potential applicants

Networking opportunities in the format of 1:1 bilateral virtual meetings among potential applicants themselves are available between 28 July and 30 November 2021. Timelines Send, receive and confirm 1:1 meetings from July 28, 2021 (09:00) to November 30, 2021 (17:00) Confirmed meetings are scheduled from July 28, 2021 (09:00) to November 30, 2021 (17:00) based on participants’…

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Why spite could destroy liberal democracy

As communism imploded in 1989, the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama asked if liberal democracy was “the end of history”, being the form all societies were destined to take. The past decades have suggested not. Illiberal democracies and hybrid democratic-authoritarian regimes continue to emerge. Fukuyama foresaw this possibility. He felt that citizens dissatisfied with liberty…

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Earth’s inner core is growing more on one side than the other – here’s why the planet isn’t tipping

More than 5,000 kilometres beneath us, Earth’s solid metal inner core wasn’t discovered until 1936. Almost a century later, we’re still struggling to answer basic questions about when and how it first formed. These aren’t easy puzzles to solve. We can’t directly sample the inner core, so the key to unravelling its mysteries lies in…