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Fish, our repentant ancestors

Fish regret having left the water 400 million years ago, CNRS scientists have revealed. A disastrous decision, the consequences of which fish deplore, including the appearance of man on Earth. #AprilFoolsDay

French cheese under threat

To mark #WorldCheeseDay, let’s sound the alarm! Cheeses and Camembert could disappear, but scientists seek a solution.

First World Glacier Day

The first World Glacier Day, and the International Year of Glaciers 2025, encourage us all to take action to preserve the vital role of glaciers in sustaining life on Earth for generations to come.

Paris International Agricultural Show

Take a journey through our images of animals reared in France, in the Alps, Finistere, Jura and Vercors, and elsewhere in the world...

The heart has its reasons...

14 February celebrates love and lovers.

Super-neutrino!

The most energetic neutrino ever detected has just been ‘captured’ by the KM3NeT/ARCA experiment. CNRS physicists are in the starting blocks.

France’s Landes forest sheds light on megafires

Using paleo-fire to improve our understanding of future landscape flammability in Landes de Gasogne area: a data-model integration approach.

Listen! It’s the Week of Sound

During UNESCO’s Week of Sound, meet the scientists who are studying our sound environment…sometimes in very surprising ways.

DNA fishermen

Decoding the genomes of 4,500 marine species is the goal of scientists working on the Atlasea programme. Join them on a fishing expedition in Dinard, Brittany.

Restrooms, realms of reflection

As the world’s population continues to grow, and conflicts deprive more and more people of access to toilets, toilets are becoming a major challenge in preventing epidemics. They are also a precious tool for scientists.