[Un article de The Conversation écrit par Fiorucci Sébastien – Maître de conférences en chimie informatique et théorique, Université Côte d’Azur & Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly – Directrice de recherche en écologie chimique des insectes, Inrae] Welcome to the jungle of odors where plants are not as innocent as they seem! When some plants are attacked by a … Read more
Behind each adaptation of the living is hiding a refined strategy, refined by millions of years of evolution. Some snakes have made it a formidable weapon, both subtle and brutal. This is the case of Mamba's venom, whose complexity is today shaking up certainties of biologists as doctors. antivenins available. But a secondary mechanism, more … Read more
Long before life exploded in diversity on the planet, the seas already housed discreet organisms, without shell or skeleton, of which there are almost no visible trace. However, certain clues buried in the oldest rocks begin to lift the veil over this enigmatic period. This is how new hypotheses emerge on the first animals on … Read more
Certain parts of the body alone concentrate a bundle of imaginary, between attraction and warning. On the face, an area in particular crystallizes this tension. Popularized under the name of “death triangle”, it arouses as many alarming videos as contrasting medical opinion. Behind the sensationalist term hides a much more nuanced reality, which modern science … Read more
[Un article de The Conversation écrit par Alejandro Martínez – Personal de investigación en el grupo Neuro-colab, UDIT – Universidad de Diseño, Innovación y Tecnología] When children grow up hearing two languages, their family and their teachers sometimes worry: will they get confused? Will they take more time to speak? Will this affect their academic results? … Read more
The industrial era has multiplied materials with impressive performance, but whose legacy weighs heavily on ecosystems. Among them, some plastics pose such complex problems that no truly viable solution has yet emerged. PVC recycling, long considered a toxic puzzle, nevertheless begins to switch to the solutions. Plastic waste. However, it is rarely recycled, because its … Read more
The liver provides vital functions on which metabolic balance, detoxification or digestion depend. However, this essential organ often remains neglected, until the day when its mechanisms are afraid. Among the silent pathologies that threaten it, the MASLD progresses at low noise and now affects a considerable part of the world's population. Masld, or steat -sized … Read more
At a time when the needs for economic infrastructure push cities to develop new territories, each site can become an unexpected revealer in buried history. This is what is currently happening in Lüneburg, in Basse-Saxe, where the preparatory work of a future activity park has uncovered an artisanal area dating back to Roman times. Far … Read more
The most familiar marine landscapes sometimes conceal the most unexpected stories. Between Africa and Arabian Peninsula, a calm and sparkling expanse of water hides the scars of a tumultuous past. Under the surface, the Red Sea retains the marks of an ancient collapse that science is just beginning to reconstruct. Turquoise waters and its coral … Read more
On a planetary scale, the large thermal balances are based on a fine mechanical between ice, sea and atmosphere. When one of these pillars cracks, the repercussions are no longer limited to the polar regions. This is revealed today by the melting of the Antarctic ice floe, whose decline accelerates from year to year. Antarctica … Read more
