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and Ursula von der Leyen invented the “Tonton flingueurs” version of the Commission – L’Express
“Fragmentation”: this is the latest buzzword in Europe since the publication of Mario Draghi’s report on the future of the European Union, whose uncompromising observation contrasts with the hushed style…
Gen Z uses social media for hours every day, but nearly half wish some of the apps had never been invented
Generation Z is the first age group to grow up with social media. But even though they use it for hours every day, they have an ambivalent relationship with it.…
Chronic Lyme, vaccine overload… These strange diseases invented by charlatans – L’Express
Alternative medicines are a bunch of weird treatments. That’s what most people think, but they’re wrong: alternative medicines offer more, much more. They include their own concepts of pathophysiology, their…
Ping-pong was not invented in China, its country of birth is surprising
China dominates the world of table tennis. However, it is not in the Asian country that this sport was invented. Discover its country of origin. Will the Lebrun brothers or…
These games we invented as children, when smartphones didn’t exist
Marine is part of the 80s generation, the one that grew up without cell phones or social networks. So, to keep herself busy with her friends, she didn’t lack imagination.…
This Persian Air Conditioner Invented 2,500 Years Ago Reduces Temperature by 10 Degrees and Costs Nothing
Faced with heat waves, some solutions are resurfacing. This is the case of these ancestral techniques of the Persians to keep cool The heat will gradually settle in France and…
Researchers suspected of cheating: “Invented data”
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen A committee is now examining the case. Archive image. Photo: Maja Suslin/TT A researcher at Campus Gotland has been reported, suspected of having cheated in…
He invented a sci-fi series with 11 parts: This is what he, the richest celebrity on earth, does today with his billions
The name George Lucas will probably forever be associated with Star Wars. In 1977 he brought the first adventure of Luke Skywalker and Co. to the big screen with Star…
Who invented the at sign? The astonishing epic of this little sign – L’Express
In 2007, a Chinese couple decided to name their child “@” – a symbol whose English name, “at sign”, sounds like “I love him” in Mandarin. The initiative will not…
This first name did not exist before the novel Peter Pan: how it was invented from scratch
Before becoming part of Disney’s cult films, Peter Pan and his friends first appeared in the novel “Peter Pan, the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up”, by James Matthew Barrie. It…