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Society

Finding "The One" in the pre-Tinder age

Perusing through a million matrimonial ads from the past hundred years or so reveals changes in the criteria for love over the 20th century, and hint…

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Le Journal
Society

Prehistory's "connected" mass production

In 2015, archaeologists unearthed a unique artefact in Iraq: a kiln comprising two interconnected chambers dating from the Chalcolithic (7000 to 5000…

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Corporate

Thierry Dauxois is named Chairman & CEO of the CNRS

Thierry Dauxois was named Chairman & CEO of the CNRS on 10 June 2026 by the French President Emmanuel Macron, on the recommendation of Philippe…

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Innovation

The CNRS at VivaTech 2026: basic research central to technological sovereignty

•    For its 7th participation in VivaTech, the CNRS reaffirms its central role in deeptech innovation by presenting the…

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Multimedia
Life
Earth

International mobilisation for the ocean

To mark #WorldOceanDay on June 8th 2026 a new scientific programme is launched in Paris. The 'Neptune Mission': a scientific coalition…

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A diver photographs a coral reef in Tongatapu, Tonga, in the Pacific Ocean, to create a 3D model © Gilles SIU / CRIOBE / EPHE / UPVD / CNRS Images
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Mission Neptune: an overview of a scientific coalition focused on the high seas and the seabed

A year after the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC-3) comes the launch of a new scientific programme on the high seas and the seabed…

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Le Journal
Life

Sleeping in cold blood

Researchers have revealed the existence of an infraslow physiological rhythm during sleep in reptiles. The discovery sheds light on the evolution of…

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Space

First ever live observation of the rotation of a planetary nursery

The rotation of a protoplanetary disc (a disc where planets are being formed) has been observed directly for the very first time by mapping the…

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Multimedia
Life
Environment

Ecology, Environment and Biodiversity week

From 19 to 23 May, the CNRS is organising Ecology, Environment and Biodiversity Week, to bring together researchers, partners and local players to…

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Liquidambars sur le campus du CNRS à Gif-sur-Yvette (Essonne)
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Are CNRS sites havens for biodiversity?

At the end of May, the CNRS launched a pilot initiative at its Gif-sur-Yvette campus for the organisation’s ‘biodiversity observatory of CNRS sites’…

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