Tag: Science
Thibaud, 56, suffering from Alzheimer’s: “The diagnosis relieved me, it was no longer my fault”
Meeting Thibaud Caquot is no easy feat. One afternoon he swore to us that he couldn’t, before realizing that he had mixed up the days of the week. Even in…
Sun creams: the study which confirms the negative effect on corals
Among 53 substances studied (UV filters, hydrocarbons, pesticides, metals) “half may present risks for coral reefs and contribute to their degradation”, concludes the Health Security Agency (ANSES), in a report…
Why does our brain age? A recent discovery lifts a corner of the veil, by Professor Fischer
One of the challenges of our societies is to support the increase in life expectancy. In two centuries, in France, the share of people aged over 65 in the population…
Bisphenol A, an omnipresence which worries: “The only solution is to ban it completely”
Bisphenol A caused a lot of discussion at the turn of the 2010s. The general public then discovered the toxicity of this chemical substance present in many plastics. Shock and…
Has the James Webb Telescope detected a trace of life around a planet?
More than a year and a half after its launch on December 25, 2021, NASA’s James Webb space telescope has made numerous discoveries. This week, the US agency and ESA,…
Europe and Central Asia still far from ending HIV transmission, says ECDC
In a progress report published this Friday, September 15, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) estimates that most countries in Europe and Central Asia are still far…
“My work on cancer was considered preposterous”: Michel Sadelain, the revenge of an obstinate man
To be successful, a scientist must not just be brilliant. He often also has to be pugnacious, even stubborn, equipped with an ironclad shell to withstand the fiercest criticism and…
Children and screens: the study which puts their harmful influence into perspective
Computers, smartphones, televisions… The overexposure of children to screens has given rise for several years to a wave of alarmism among several political leaders as well as some caregivers who…
A vaccine against lung cancer? Deciphering a media frenzy
A well-executed communications plan. On September 6, a “press relations manager” of a French biotechnology company sent a first email to alert about “an essential advance in the treatment of…
Seven low-cost innovations to save 2 million babies and mothers by 2030
The Sustainable Development Goals will not be achieved. In 2015, all countries in the world agreed on 17 major targets to be achieved to end poverty, fight against inequalities and…