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High school blockades are under way across France, with students staging protests and issuing public statements. In a widely shared op-ed, a final-year student argued the movement is not 'uncontrollable teenage crisis' but the expression of 'anger held back for too long'. Le Monde is among outlets covering the mobilisation, which has drawn thousands of participants and renewed attention to student grievances.

More than 160 high schools in Île-de-France were closed on Monday as students staged blockades, according to regional president Valérie Pécresse — over a third of the region's lycées. The schoolgirl mobilisation has disrupted classes across Paris and surrounding departments, with further protest actions expected in the coming days.

Students at the Jean-Jaurès high school in Argenteuil, north-west of Paris, have blockaded their school as part of the wave of protests sweeping French high schools demanding better study conditions. In a statement, the students say that as 'banlieue residents we also have the right to equal opportunities', framing the movement as a demand for the same educational resources and prospects as students elsewhere in France.

An Arizona State University doctoral student is researching how diet influences locust movement, work that could shed light on what drives the insects' devastating swarms. The study, covered by ASU News, connects nutrition to locust behavior, a topic of interest given the agricultural damage locust outbreaks cause worldwide.

Locus reports that Penguin Random House is launching a new imprint, a move now drawing attention among science fiction and fantasy readers and publishing watchers. Details of the imprint's name, editorial focus and first titles remain limited, with the announcement circulating mainly through book-industry channels.