On 14 May, 2025, the Musée de la Musique in Paris unveiled a completely new presentation of the 9,000 items in its collections, highlighting the connections among the musical traditions of different cultures. After all, from the violin to the piano to the oud, no instrument has ever evolved in a vacuum.

Momoko Seto is presenting her first feature film, ‘Planets’, at the Critics' Week of the Cannes Festival 2025. She films living things in a constant dialogue between science and fiction. We're opening our archives to show you some of her short films.

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 endangered by climate change, and avoid the disappearance of rock paintings.

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 address this complex topic, often the subject of fanciful representations, the scientific curators approached it from multiple points of view, including research and art, but also purely human.

Researchers have developed the world’s first index evaluating prison conditions, attesting to the enforcement – or more often the violation – of the fundamental rights of inmates. The results for twelve countries or nations, including France, are available online.

Are the dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park” realistic? How does the film franchise explore the impact and applications of science? These are some of the topics addressed in a book published last autumn, as explained by two of its authors, Jean-Sébastien Steyer and Jean-Philippe Uzan.