[Article déjà publié le 29 novembre 2024] When we look to the future, we tend to see a future where the electric car will have taken over from the thermal car. But, even if the foot is in the door to allow us to imagine a new future, questions still remain unanswered, such as simply: … Read more

Every year, we are lucky enough to be able to observe, from Earth, magnificent spectacles: showers of shooting stars. Well, more specifically, it's about meteor showers. There are some throughout the year, so in order not to miss them, here is our celestial calendar for the year 2025.

According to the Salvation Army spokesperson, the funds from this special gold coin will be donated to the local community. A “Mapple Leaf” in a red pot Obviously, Santa Claus is real. At least, members of the Salvation Army in Pennsylvania could legitimately believe it now, after finding in their donation bucket a coin unlike … Read more

Throughout the year, you are an independent adult, and you consider yourself to be quite responsible. Yet when you return to your family, whether for the holidays or traditional gatherings such as the Christmas party, your inner child suddenly resurfaces. [Article publié par The Conversation, écrit par Gery Karantzas, Professor in Social Psychology / Relationship … Read more

The origin of this myth of 10,000 steps comes from a Japanese advertising campaign, which promoted pedometers from the Manpo-kei brand, during the Tokyo Olympic Games. Article originally published in March 2024 10,000 steps theory, urban legend? Very overused and questioned, the theory of 10,000 steps per day has often been the subject of numerous … Read more

The largest in the UK. This is the adjective used by the BBC to describe the paleontological site located in Oxfordshire, a county east of London, discovered during the summer of 2024. In fact, no less than 200 dinosaur footprints dating from the Jurassic have been found, allowing us to get an idea of the … Read more

Nature sometimes reserves beautiful surprises, and some of them leave us speechless. However, there are critters in our world whose existence we do not even suspect but whose encounter would make us break out in a cold sweat. This is the case for this mysterious creature present in the photo, which turns out to belong … Read more

Compact symmetric objects: a simplified introduction Active galactic nuclei (also called AGN) are galaxies with an extremely luminous core powered by a supermassive black hole. In these objects, rotating gas and dust are sucked into the black hole, releasing enormous amounts of energy in the form of jets. These jets can emit in frequency ranges … Read more

This analysis lasted five years, and intends to dismantle the apparent childish simplicity of this game, which in fact conceals complex mathematics. When science turns to the playground True stars of the playground, children who master the art of hula hooping with perfection seem to stand out from the others thanks to their talent, during … Read more

In the animal kingdom, where speed is often a question of survival, some records seem unreal. Among them, that of the fastest bird in the world, the peregrine falcon, fascinates with its audacity and precision. This inhabitant of the skies, capable of exceeding 300 km/h in a dive, combines perfect body architecture and a unique … Read more