Tag: Knowledge Science
new sexual trends revealed in an Inserm survey
Sexuality has undergone major changes in 10 years in France. This is what reveals a vast Inserm survey published on November 13, 2024. The study reveals more varied practices, less…
researchers unravel the mysteries of hidden texts
To study the history of the civilizations of Mesopotamia, Assyriologists have a particularly well-preserved first-hand source: hundreds of thousands of clay tablets, found by archaeologists on sites ranging from Anatolia…
scientists solve the mystery
What makes a painting survive the centuries and continue to fascinate contemporary visitors who rush to see it in real life? Scientists have tried to study the impact produced in…
In South Africa, researchers reconstruct the country’s oldest human genome
A team of scientists from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany, have managed to decode the DNA of thirteen human fossils, the…
How are memories stored in our brain?
Memory is an essential skill that allows us to integrate, retain and restore the information we encounter. This function is not provided by a precise structure of the brain, but…
“From eco-anxiety to action”, scientists rebel
Anxiety, fear, feelings of helplessness, anger, guilt… More and more young people around the world are deeply worried about the climate emergency. Faced with this “ emerging public health crisis…
how South/North cooperation on the fight against pandemics took place
The Overseas Academy of Sciences (Asom) celebrates its 100th anniversary this May 26, 2023 in Paris. Asom, which was originally an “Academy of Colonial Sciences”, now works for the circulation…
the blind spots of the senatorial commission of inquiry
In France, faced with the shortage of certain drugs, such as paracetamol or amoxicillin, the Senate set up a commission of inquiry in early February 2023 to understand the origin…
Google launches Bard, its competitor to ChatGPT
Google announced on Monday February 6 the launch in the test phase of its conversational robot, called Bard, a few months after that of ChatGPT, the software of the American…
Fifty years after the last Apollo mission, the United States returns to the Moon
In Cape Canaveral, Florida, NASA has started the countdown. The first mega-rocket of the Artemis program is scheduled to take off Monday morning around 8:33 a.m. local time. This first…