This majestic fish is classified as “vulnerable” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and its Resources (IUCN).
When I enter René's house, this morning in December 2022, in the village of Beaucourt-en-Santerre, the temperature is much closer to 25 ° C than 19 ° C then recommended to “save energy”. René, retired from the public service, is one of these modern and powerful humans of the XXIe century.
By extracting a carrot of sediment, researchers were able to go up to 6 millennia before our era to calculate the frequency of tropical cyclones. Unsurprisingly: it has increased since the industrial revolution.
To spy is to observe without being seen, to intercept without leaving any trace. However, even the most secret services end up leaving fingerprints. The MI5, a pillar of British interior security since 1909, has long worked in the shadows, its activities protected by the silence of the state. But at a time when the … Read more
On July 1, 2024, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) published a study in the journal Medicine nature. This presents the possibility for amputees to relearn to walk naturally using their thought and a bionic leg. [Article initialement publié le 2 juillet 2024] Results deemed “rather miraculous” by Professor Hugh Herr, the main … Read more
Notice to watch lovers, we bet that it will please you. Vacheron Constantin, in addition to being a real gem, is also a technical feat and a revolution in the world of watchmaking. © Vacheron Constantin It is officially the “most complex ever-made” wristwatch. As CNN defines, a “complication”, in watchmaking, “designates any function going … Read more
For decades, robots have been progressing, retreating, swivel … but rarely with the fluidity of a human step. This challenge of natural locomotion, long reserved for science fiction, is today on the way to being noted by figure 02. This humanoid, designed by the Californian start-up, has not learned to walk by repeating orders, but … Read more
Each evening, at dusk, thousands of bats are extracing underground cavities in mass, evolving a few centimeters from each other without ever colliding. This millimeter coordination, in an ultrasound din, has long defined scientific knowledge on sensory perception in noisy environment. While echolocation is based on the emission and analysis of echoes, how do these … Read more
The asteroid 2024 YR4 should not affect the earth Do you remember the asteroid 2024 YR4? This rock, 40 to 100 meters long and discovered by the Atlas telescope in Chile in December 2024, had a chance in 43 to strike the earth in December 2032. This threat had been taken very seriously by astronomers, … Read more
An invisible but omnipresent male standard From medical tests to research protocols, the male body was, for decades, the default model of scientific studies. “A systemic injustice,” says Cat Bohannon. The absence of taking into account female specificities has direct consequences: less effective medical treatments for women, symptoms of underdiagnosed cardiac diseases, a gaping understanding … Read more
