Millions of people are looking to eat better to prevent cancer or support treatments. However, between contradictory advice, extreme regimes and anxiety -provoking discourse, it becomes difficult to distinguish the facts established from received ideas. A recent study highlighted the possible role of a vegetable nutrient, zeaxanthine, in strengthening immunity to tumors. The Henri Hartmann … Read more
[Un article de The Conversation écrit par Céline Diaz – Doctorante en psychologie du travail et des organisations au sein des unités QualiPsy (UR 1901; Université de Tours) et C2S (UR 6291; Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne), Université de Tours, Fabien Gierski – Professeur des Universités en neuropsychologie et psychopathologie cognitive (URCA), Chercheur associé au sein de … Read more
Each summer seems to beat a new record, but behind extreme temperatures hides a much more alarming reality. Heat episodes are no longer temporary anomalies, they are part of a trend that has permanently redrawn the European climate. While cities suffocate, another phenomenon is gaining momentum, often in silence. Mortality linked to heat waves is … Read more
The challenge of understanding the language of animals Understanding animals is one of the biggest challenges in modern science. For many years, researchers have been trying to decipher the sounds that different animal species have.
Discovered on the archaeological site of Mleiha, in the heart of the emirate of Sharjah, to the United Arab Emirates, a jar containing 409 silver pieces dating from the 3rd century BC to upset our understanding of the commercial and cultural networks of pre -Islamic Arabia. Highlighting the sustainable imprint of Alexander the Great and … Read more
[Un article de The Conversation écrit par Jimmy Bordarie – Docteur, Maitre de conférences, Université de Tours, Alizée Richalley – Doctorante en psychologie du développement, Université de Tours & Caroline à Giraudeau – Professeur des Universités en Psychologie du Développement, Université de Tours]
As political decisions are based on scientific data, objectivity becomes a strategic issue. Far from being a simple interpretation matter, some official publications reveal a more worrying trend. Researchers' work is cited, taken up, modified, sometimes until they contradict their initial sense. This manipulation of scientific data is no longer just controversial, but a methodical … Read more
The protective role of the skin Our skin plays a key role for our health. Indeed, the largest organ of our body serves as a barrier at once physical, chemical and immune, to protect our organism against all the external things that can harm it, such as bacteria, viruses or pollutants.
Since 2008, the measurement instruments in orbit have revealed a progressive change, but constant in the behavior of the sun. While the models predicted a long period of calm, the data collected by NASA missions showed a clear reversal of trend. Solar activity, measured by the intensity of the solar wind, the temperature of the … Read more
In the west of Turkey, on the Tavşanlı Höyük site, archaeologists from the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage and Museums, attached to the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, have uncovered a frozen scene dating from 4,500 years. Seven human idols, arranged around a domestic home, were discovered in an unprecedented configuration, offering a direct … Read more
