Can Europe get “energy-connected”? Brookings report examines EU’s efforts to become more self-reliant
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In a new report, Brookings experts examine how a more integrated European energy system could strengthen energy security, while also furthering sustainability and affordability.
Steven Elmlinger from Princeton University has studied human infants and zebra finches to understand how immature babbling transitions into adultlike speech. He and his colleagues found that human caregiver responses to sequential vocalizations significantly increased the rate at which infants learned to produce those sequences. Elmlinger repeated this experiment with zebra finches, with the same finding. He will present this work as part of the 190th ASA Meeting.
As disasters increasingly disrupt lives through displacement, conflict, and climate-related emergencies, addressing long-term mental health recovery remains a major challenge. A correspondence from Juntendo University discusses that, while acute symptom assessment remains important, disaster psychiatry may benefit from a community-led approach to care. The authors discuss the importance of ibasho (community spaces of belonging and social purpose) and suggest that rebuilding routines, roles, and neighborhood connections may support long-term recovery and resilience.