Tag: Science
Science fiction: the 10 best post-apocalyptic novels
THE NOVELTY SWAN SONG, by Robert McCammon (1987) Robert McCammon’s must-have finally published in France. © / Mr. Toussaint Louverture They did it ! The nuclear apocalypse has destroyed the…
Brain-machine interfaces: how do computers read our thoughts?
“Brain-machine interfaces” (BCIs) seem straight out of science fiction. These devices aim to control a computer, a robotic prosthesis or even a paralyzed limb thanks to… the user’s thoughts. The…
A paraplegic regains control of walking thanks to two technologies
For the first time, a paraplegic person was able to regain natural control of walking through thought, thanks to the coupling of two technologies restoring communication between the brain and…
Controlling his legs by thought: the scientific prowess that allows a paraplegic to walk again
For the majority of us, walking seems natural, instinctive. We just have to want it for our legs to carry us. Without us realizing it, our brain sends a command…
Alzheimer’s: wacky protocol, useless tests… The drift of pseudo-therapists
The End of Alzheimer’s, The first survivors of Alzheimer’s… The titles of Dr. Dale Bredesen’s books, the last of which has just been translated into French (Thierry Souccar Editions), are…
Percutaneous hydrotomy: French pseudo-therapists overflow with imagination, by Pr Ernst
Every time I come back to France, where I spend about half my time these days, I’m always surprised by the endless variety of nonsense that the alternative scene in…
Stolwijk and Zweers win the Utrecht Science Park Marathon, Langerak and Giebel’s best regional competitors
Jacco Langerak was the best regional competitor after 42 kilometers and 195 meters. He came in second. The Utrechter crossed the line five minutes after the winner. “The number 1…
Maikel Stolwijk wins Utrecht Science Park Marathon, Jacco Langerak best regional competitor
Jacco Langerak was the best regional competitor after 42 kilometers and 195 meters. The Utrechter crossed the line five minutes after the winner. “The number 1 was really too fast,…
Magali Carcopino-Tusoli: “My father Didier Raoult dreamed of winning the Nobel Prize, he became leader of the conspirators”
It has been almost ten years since Didier Raoult no longer speaks to his daughter, Magali Carcopino-Tusoli. In question, a family dispute during which she dared to oppose him, and…
Oxycodone: after the United States, France targeted? Pharmacologist alert
This is the drug that made America sick. Oxycodone, marketed in France under the name OxyContin or OxyNorm, is a powerful painkiller at the origin of the “opioid crisis” which…