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Climate change puts archaeological sites at threat
Prehistoric sites across France, such as the famous Chauvet Cave or L’Ile d’Yeu, are being closely monitored so as to understand how they are being…
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A 300,000-year melting pot
At the Musée de l’Homme anthropology museum in Paris, an exhibition traces the movements of Homo sapiens across the long history of humanity. To…
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"Science is seen as a principle for socio-economic transformation"
The fourth edition of the Critical Thinking Barometer has just been published by Universcience. The sociologist and CNRS research professor Michel…
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Prison Life Index opens a window on life in jail
Researchers have developed the world’s first index evaluating prison conditions, attesting to the enforcement – or more often the violation – of the…
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How Jurassic Park changed the image of dinosaurs
Are the dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park” realistic? How does the film franchise explore the impact and applications of science? These are some of the…
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"Protecting democratic debate against hatred and lies"
Ten years after the terrorist attack against Charlie Hebdo, the legal expert Thomas Hochmann points out the difficulty of regulating freedom of…
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Telescopes face down-to-earth challenges
Astronomical observatories can yield exceptional discoveries, but they are sometimes built with little regard for the environment and local people,…
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Vampires combine fear, laughter and entertainment
As a remake of the 1922 film Nosferatu was recently released, the sociologist Arnaud Esquerre takes a new look at the vampire – a figure that, from…
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Notre Dame: restoring eternity
In the aftermath of the fire, the French Ministry of Culture and the CNRS implemented a vast scientific effort to support the restoration of Notre…
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