A fossil found 80 years ago upsets evolution knowledge He had taken a fossil over 80 years ago, and his discovery has just rewritten a part of evolutionary history. It is the account of Louis Grauvogel, an Alsatian naturalist who had found in 1939 the fossil of a reptile like the others, 247 million years … Read more
At the hinge of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Europe sees new types of powers rise, built as much on prestige as on military technology. While the southern kingdoms set out to conquer the globe, some sovereigns of the North bet on other forms of supremacy. In this tense and abundant context, the emergence … Read more
After a serious accident or the contraction of a particular disease, the only way to intervene the body of a patient is sometimes the amputation of one or more members. But if you actually lose a member, the brain does not forget it. Furthermore, he would even keep a mental card of lost members.
[Un article de The Conversation écrit par Rémi Durieux – Coordinateur de la recherche dans les territoires, Ademe (Agence de la transition écologique) & Leo Gelis – Chargé de mission Tourisme Durable, Ademe (Agence de la transition écologique)] 11.7 million tonnes equivalent CO₂ – or 10 % of emotions in the tourism sector nationally. This is … Read more
The history of the first Europeans is still dotted with gray areas, fueled by isolated discoveries and sometimes contradictory dates. Each new fossil then brings its share of questioning. In Greece, a human vestige discovered in a cave could well upset the established landmarks. Because behind its apparent darkness, the skull of Petralona now seems … Read more
For the past few months, on X (ex-Twitter), a very special AI has appeared: Grok. Available on the application and the site, it can do everything or almost what we expect from a language model: discuss, create images, but also videos … And then, it can also give very specific advice.
The Beauval Zoo welcomes an albino tatou Zoos are often the scene of exceptional and unexpected births. The latest occurred in the Beauval Zooparc. Located in Loir-et-Cher, the best known French park, especially due to the presence of rare species like the giant panda, announced the birth of an Albino taboo last May.
A message from extraterrestrials? Capturing a natural phenomenon? Terrestrial interference? 48 years ago, the Big Ear Observatory in Ohio in the United States was capturing a signal of power so crazy that the scientist who discovered it, Jerry R. Ehman, simply named it “Wow!”. At the time, it was immediately thought that it was possible … Read more
The frantic pace of space launches marks a deep transformation of our relationship to terrestrial orbit. In the space of a few years, the constellations of satellites deployed by companies like SpaceX or Oneweb have leaped the number of objects sent to space, to the point of making these movements visible to the naked eye … Read more
In the arid heights of the Bolivian Andes, the wind sometimes raises more than the dust of centuries. If the incorable vestiges still capture most of the attention, other civilizations have nevertheless shaped these landscapes long before them. It is in this forgotten setting that the temple of Palaspata emerges today, a monumental building which … Read more
