[Un article de The Conversation écrit par Thomas GARCIA-FERMET – Doctorant en Préhistoire et paléoenvironnements quaternaires, spécialité paléontologie des oiseaux, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia]
Exploring space is also confronting the human body with an environment radically different from that for which it has evolved. Up there, far beyond the earth's atmosphere, biological laws seem to be rewritten. Among the most disturbing discoveries, researchers are now wondering about the effects of an prolonged orbit stay on cellular longevity. Because the … Read more
Medicine, the army, content creation, business management, and now politics! The AI is setting up everywhere, even where we would not have imagined it. As in Albania where a brand new ministerial post centered on the fight against corruption has just been created and the latter will be occupied by Diella, an AI.
Surprising hunting techniques of spiders In the animal kingdom, predation is omnipresent. The multiple hunting techniques operated by the different species do not end up surprising researchers. Certain species of spiders, for example, are known to develop amazing stratagems to satisfy their nutrients. This is the case for example of the species Psechrus Clavis, Endemic … Read more
An extremely rare marine creature agreed on an American beach The marine environment is a world full of surprises. Although it is very close to us most of the time, we know only a tiny part. However, we know how to identify when an animal, or vegetable, marine species is rare. This is what happened … Read more
The French landscapes shaped by rivers, rivers and coastlines have long been perceived as natural assets. But as the climate is disturbing, these territories become the first lines of impact of an increasingly frequent phenomenon. Diluvian rains, sudden floods, unexpected overflows redefine the contours of hydrological security. To respond to this new reality, the map … Read more
The seabed keep much more than metal wrecks. They also house history fragments that collective memory has sometimes let sow. In the silent depths of the Pacific, some traces of the past are still waiting to be revealed. This is the case of the wreckage of the USS F-1 submarine, rediscovered and revealed in broad … Read more
In France or elsewhere, it is not uncommon to see trucks of abandoned races surrounded by nature. Beyond becoming a waste left behind, a study carried out in the United Kingdom reveals that these objects have an important environmental impact that it is nevertheless simple to mitigate. Sustainability A little earlier in the year 2025. … Read more
Access to other stars with our current technologies remain out of reach. The fastest probes, such as traveling 1, will never cross the interstellar border at speeds allowing useful scientific return. It is precisely this dead end that a new concept of propulsion developed by David Kipping, astrophysicist at Columbia University, and Kathryn Lampo,. Journal … Read more
The omnipresence of screens in our daily lives has profoundly changed our gestures, our rhythms and until our posture. Never has a generation spent so much time with the tilted head, eyes riveted on a smartphone. This new bodily use, which has become commonplace from childhood, now raises questions that science takes seriously. Cervical pain, … Read more
