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# Further Reading
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/08/07/further-reading-116/
- Published: 2026-08-07T13:53:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-14T15:19:30.000Z
- Description: The 2026 Fields and Abacus medals. Europe's record heatwave. Why Europe is burning. Einstein's miracle year. Joyce's politics. The Chauvet cave paintings. The bread in Europe. Ice cream. A new color. Cao Fei. Park Chan-wook. And more.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Blog, Further Reading

Why is Europe [burning](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/why-is-europe-burning?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)?

Fires in Europe are breaking records: [here’s what the future holds](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02361-3?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com). Countries such as Spain and France can expect fire regimes more like those of California as climate change favours hot, dry conditions, scientists suggest.

[Europe’s record heatwave](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02046-x?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com): does the continent have a new climate?

The [Fields and Abacus medals 2026](https://www.quantamagazine.org/series/fields-and-abacus-medals-2026/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[Why I love the work of Pierre Boulez](https://claude.ai/share/4eda800d-def2-4f2b-9805-08922e67cb95?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[The world’s greatest ice cream stores](https://www.ft.com/content/11a41f13-8f1e-412f-8168-3c17b5a6c2ae?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)? I would add Gelateria Gianni and Cremeria Cavour both in Bologna, Frigidarium in Rome and Angiolo, Artigelato and [Jade Genin](https://www.jadegenin.fr/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) in Paris. The latter creates delicious ice-creams inspired by Japanese kakigori, which taste like flavoured snow.

T.J. Clark on [the Chauvet cave paintings](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/t.j.-clark/night-visitors?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[Einstein’s miracle year](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n13/ray-monk/einstein-s-miracle-year?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[Joyce’s politics](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n13/terry-eagleton/starveling-rabblement?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

How [a steady drip-drip](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02360-4?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) can erode the hardest stone.

[Cao Fei](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/08/09/cao-fei-kunstmuseum-basel/) has [lunch with the Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/04e505db-c0de-4549-aaea-a8517b6fa195?syn-25a6b1a6=1&ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Is [the bread in Europe](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/well/eat/health-effects-bread-europe-united-states.html?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) better for you? The bread in France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Denmark definitely tastes better.

The evolution of the human brain may owe as much to fruit and honey as to meat, according to [a new study](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aed8437?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[Song of our cells](https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/07/23/song-of-our-cells-beyond-inheritance-roxanne-khamsi/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[Rencontre avec Park Chan-wook](https://numero.com/art/numero-art/park-chan-wook-interview/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) qui présente ses fascinantes photos pour la première fois à Arles. 

The [one thing](https://cooking.nytimes.com/article/how-to-pick-a-watermelon?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) watermelon experts do to pick sweet ones. As I like to say, you need a PhD to select the perfect watermelon.

What would it mean to see [a new color](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/03/what-would-it-mean-to-see-a-new-color?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)?

Forensic analysis of the [OpenAI-HuggingFace incident](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87DyyMV0kCY&ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).