Tag: Knowledge
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…
Reboot of a sci-fi series that’s been running for 60 years (and you can jump in without any prior knowledge)
Since the British sci-fi institution Doctor Who returned to the screens in 2005, people have been talking about New Who and the counting of the series, which has been running…
New guidelines for care for eating disorders: “A lot about increasing knowledge”
In Sweden, the National Board of Health and Welfare estimates that there are approximately 200,000 people who have some form of eating disorder. It is also believed that there is…
Brief history of zoos, from imperial prestige to global preservation
“First, we have principles. Then, we have children”, we can say to ourselves when, for family leisure, we decide to cross the entrance to a zoo. The institution, with which…
a law at the origins of the professional reintegration of the disabled
Allowing those disabled from the Great War to resume an active part in the life of the nation in times of peace, such was the challenge of a founding law…
1500 years of history of ritualized warfare
It is said that there are as many possible chess games as there are atoms in the universe. This diversity – where chance only counts to decide who will play…
“Shock of knowledge” in teaching: “A social sorting”, judge the teaching unions
Teachers’ unions are demonstrating this Tuesday, April 2 to demand the abandonment of the “shock of knowledge” measures, supposed to raise the level of students and in particular the famous…
have we already exceeded 1.5°C? What recent observations say
In its article 2, the Paris agreement commits the international community to limit warming relative to the pre-industrial era “well below 2°C” and to “continue action” to reach the target…
how do new words enter dictionaries?
On the occasion of French Language Week, we question how the language evolves and how new words find their way into the dictionary. French is “ a living language, we…
The French have limited knowledge on this subject which affects more than 6 million people in France
News Published on 03/13/2024 at 2:21 p.m. Updated 03/13/2024 at 2:21 p.m. Reading 1 min. A few months before the Paralympic Games, APF handicap asked Ifop for a survey in…