Tag: Science
Between science and politics, find a common language, by Pr Alain Fischer
Covid pandemic, city policy, energy choices, climate, water resources, soils, forests, biodiversity, digital, artificial intelligence, genomics applications, embryo, science education… This long list, although not exhaustive, enumerates as many political…
8 habits that will save you 24 years of life according to science
Scientists haven’t cracked the secret of immortality yet, but if you follow their advice, you could gain up to 24 years of life. A new study has identified the 8…
Have the aliens landed? The strange hearings of the American Congress
“Have you seen any alien bodies?”, “Who should we ask, to get answers about aliens and US programs?” In the room, nervous chuckles crack the solemn veneer of the moment.…
Famous science magazine published! It suddenly became the agenda all over the world: The formula that gives 2 hours notice of earthquakes of 7 and above!
In 1970, together with the developing technology, the accumulation of data about earthquakes, new theoretical models and laboratory experiments made it easier to detect the phenomena and mechanisms that are…
Oppenheimer nuclear test: 78 years later, a study reveals the extent of radioactive fallout
On July 16, 1945, a mushroom cloud rose in the sky of the New Mexico desert (United States). The location, an arid, sandy stretch of desert, was chosen by the…
Race, gender… Should science be deconstructed? By physicist Gérald Panczer
In recent years, the editorial boards of international scientific journals have published and given voice to researchers in the hard sciences claiming visibility, consideration of gender, “racial”, ethnic and sexual…
Is eating red meat bad for your health? WHO’s response
Around a barbecue, a vegetarian table, in the media or in politics, the subject of red meat consumption remains sensitive. The scientific data, on the other hand, accumulates year after…
Michel Cymes and Adriana Karembeu: when popularization flirts with pseudoscience
Between two statues of Asian art, Michel Cymes slips into the camera: “Integrative medicine is the medicine of tomorrow.” A few minutes later: credits. The sequence, filmed in the Guimet…
Global warming: will “lightning fires” increase?
Canada is burning. In six months, the equivalent of the area of Iceland or Portugal has disappeared. More than 10 million hectares have already been engulfed in flames this year,…
Why is psychoanalysis so influential in France?
Psychoanalysis is on the decline all over the world. Everywhere ? No, because a few rare countries still give it credit, in particular Argentina, the French-speaking regions of Belgium and…