Corneal blindness Worldwide, approximately 36 to 39 million people have total blindness, according to a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on November 11, 2025. Among the types of blindness is that of the cornea, a transparent membrane that is located in the front of the eye, which allows light to enter and … Read more
She is barely five feet tall, weighs no more than fifty kilos and almost never shows herself. However, the vaquita has been shaking NGOs, biologists and international organizations for more than a decade. This tiny cousin of the dolphin, found only in the northern Gulf of California, is today the most endangered marine species in … Read more
While the arrival of iron in Denmark was placed several centuries after the end of the Bronze Age, two spears recently discovered in Boeslunde, on the island of Zealand, shake up this chronology. Found during an excavation carried out in August 2025 by archaeologists from Museum Vestsjælland, these weapons dated from 900 to 830 BCE … Read more
A teddy bear that tells stories, a little robot that asks questions, a toy that calls the child by his or her first name. The technological dream comes to life on store shelves and the pages of Christmas catalogs. But behind the fun packaging of these new kind of companions, early childhood specialists, researchers and … Read more
Finding the right product at the right price is no longer a headache. This holiday season, a new generation of artificial intelligence is listening to your needs, analyzing your tastes and ordering for you. This rapid change in uses perhaps marks the end of long hours spent comparing offers. Smarter tools to reduce searches Entering … Read more
On TikTok or Instagram, what you see in your advertising feed depends much more on your socio-economic profile than on your tastes. Behind every video touting easy income, miracle training or a winning bet, there is an algorithm that has gotten to know you, often better than you imagine. While some see this as progress … Read more
When the first documents of the MK-Ultra project were made public, the revelations mainly focused on the use of drugs, hypnosis or electric shocks applied to volunteers and non-consenting subjects. However, other even more unknown experiments took place far from the public eye. The agency sought to influence movements, guide reactions and trigger specific behaviors … Read more
Human beings have always needed to believe. Since the first civilizations, he has sought stories capable of explaining the inexplicable, of alleviating anxiety in the face of the unknown. This deep need did not disappear with the advent of science. It has been transformed, displaced, sometimes radicalized. Today, extraordinary beliefs thrive on new grounds, borrowing … Read more
In adults, certain parts of the body seem to be forgotten by medicine because they seem so innocuous. The navel is one of them, a discreet vestige of our fetal development, often ignored in daily life. However, a simple variation in its odor can sometimes reveal a microbial imbalance, an infection or even a deeper … Read more
While the mental health of adolescents increasingly worries families and professionals, a new study questions an unexpected lever: the presence of a dog in the home. Far from anecdotal discourse on the benefits of animals, researchers from Azabu University in Japan, in collaboration with several Japanese institutions, provide solid scientific data to support this hypothesis. … Read more
