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[Article déjà publié le 5 août 2024]

[Article initialement publié en décembre 2024]

In 1985, NASA tried to reconcile scientific requirements and commercial pressure. At the same time, Coca-Cola and Pepsi continue their rivalry on a new land: space. For the first time, soft drinks are tested in orbit aboard the Challenger shuttle, in a tense context where the public image of the space agency has as much … Read more

In a world faced with the intensification of natural disasters, the ability to understand and anticipate climate developments becomes a major strategic issue. Precise and continuous data have become an essential tool to guide environmental policies. It is in this tense context that the White House decision to suspend two key programs raises strong concerns. … Read more

[Un article de The Conversation écrit par Dee Ninis – Sismologue, Université Monash – & John Townend – Professeur de géophysique, Te Herenga Waka — Université Victoria de Wellington] Depth of approximately 20 kilometers, this powerful earthquake, which is among the ten strongest and most important in the world since 2011, has caused material damage and … Read more

Lima extends today as a bubbling megalopolis, between chaotic modernity and colonial memories. However, under its paved avenues, the earth retains the silent imprints of disappeared civilizations. During a routine site in a residential area, workers revealed what concrete had long hidden. A pre-inca mummy, wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by offerings, rested there … Read more

At a time when the planet is crumbling under plastic waste, certain solutions emerge far from institutional laboratories. In a discreet corner of the United States, a young man has designed with his own hands a device capable of converting plastic into fuel thanks to pyrolysis and solar energy. Julian Brown, a visionary self -taught, … Read more

Long confined to the role of client of the great military powers, Turkey has embarked on an in -depth transformation of its defense industry. This independence strategy requires the development of designed armaments systems, products and tested locally. Among these flagship projects, the Altay tank concentrates the technological and geopolitical ambitions of Ankara. Born from … Read more

With global warming, some species take advantage of new territories to proliferate. This is the case of ticks, especially the star tick, whose rapid expansion worries researchers. Historically present in the south-east of the United States, it now colonizes whole regions of the North and the West, formerly inaccessible because of the cold. This progression … Read more

Beaches yes, but without jellyfish! On the principle, I understand you, but in reality, it is not easy. Because, if summer is a promise of vacation and idleness to the beach, it also attracts gelatinous, sometimes bulky roommates … and poisonous! Indeed, scientists have found that climate change is accompanied by an increase in poisonous … Read more