Tag: Scientific
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…
40 years of fake news: AIDS, a textbook case of scientific misinformation
News Published on 05/15/2023 at 11:58 am Updated 05/15/2023 at 11:58 am Reading 3 mins. From the disinformation operations carried out by the KGB to the fake remedies promoted on…
The Turk that the USA speaks! His invention resonated in the scientific world
Continuing his doctoral studies at Northwestern University Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences with a Fulbright scholarship, Kıroğlu used three-dimensional computer models to show that medium-sized black holes eject their…
Climatosceptics: why 37% of French people no longer adhere to the scientific analyzes of the IPCC
The rebound challenges. In the space of a year, the proportion of climatosceptics has increased by almost ten points in France, to reach 37% according to Obs’COP, a study carried…
Innate or acquired: a new scientific dispute that concerns us all
The question goes back to Antiquity: innate or acquired? Initially philosophical, the discussion took a decidedly more technical turn. For a century, studies of twins and adoption have tried to…
Children in front of screens: a time that exceeds scientific recommendations
Very young children, obsessed with what is happening in the image. A report published this Wednesday, April 12 by Public health France alert on the time spent in front of…
AI is not a scientific revolution, but an anthropological one, by Sylvain Fort
In a few weeks, artificial intelligence (AI) has gone from being a fascinating novelty to a worrying threat to almost everything that weaves our societies together. Not so long ago,…
“The Sorcerer’s Apprentices”: Alexandra Henrion Caude, or the art of twisting scientific facts
Some 15,000 copies sold in four days. Rare are the books that can boast of such success… As soon as it was released on March 8, sorcerer’s apprentices, the antivax…
Covid-19: Will the book “The sorcerer’s apprentices” open the scientific debate?
News Published on 03/16/2023 at 09:26 Updated 03/16/2023 at 09:26 Reading 6 mins. in collaboration with Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo) The geneticist Alexandra Henrion-Caude publishes a book…
‘Forbidden planet’ excited the scientific world! Discovered about 280 light-years from Earth
The discovery of the planet, which is 280 light-years away from Earth and described as ‘extraordinarily large’, excited the scientific world. According to CNN’s report, researchers using NASA’s planetary exploration…