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"Sociology needs to reconnect with science"
The sociologist Bernard Lahire feels that it is time for his discipline to identify the fundamental structures of human societies as universal…
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Le Journal
Addiction is not hardwired in the brain
From dependence to addiction to the dogma of abstinence, the CNRS neuro-addictologist Serge Ahmed talks about the way our societies view the loss of…
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9,000 years of hydraulics
The capture and storage of water are an integral part of the development of human societies. The geoarchaeologist Louise Purdue studies the history…
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Press
Secrets of Egyptian painters revealed by chemistry
Contrary to prior assumptions, ancient Egyptian painters did at times push the boundaries of convention.
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The untold history of the horse in the American Plains, a new future for the world
The continent of North America is where horses first emerged. Millions of years of evolutionary changes transformed the horse before it became the…
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Discovery of extracts from a lost astronomical catalogue
Hipparchus' Star Catalogue is the earliest known attempt to accurately determine the position of fixed stars.
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