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A mandrill mother whose infant is nibbling her eyebrow, while her elder daughter looks on. The scene illustrates the competing demands of motherhood. © Michel HALBWAX
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Life

Foetal loss in wild mandrills, an adjustement of maternal investment

In wild mandrills, a primate from Central Africa studied in Gabon, females who become pregnant while still caring for a dependent infant face a…

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© Michael Toffolo
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Environment
Society

Studying past landscapes to understand the adaptation of early Homo sapiens

Around 200,000 years ago, early Homo sapiens inhabited ecosystems in South Africa that have no modern equivalent, characterised by regular rainfall…

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Le Journal
Space

Searching the Milky Way for bits of Mars

The MMX mission successfully launched on 19 October, heading for Phobos, one of Mars's moons. The aim is to deploy the Idefix mini-rover on the…

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Multimedia
Life

Halloween, time to choose

Trick or treat? The Haloween spirit is here, with witches and demons, and its more or less frightening bestiary. Never fear !

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Le Journal
Society

Surrogacy in keeping with Chinese tradition

Surrogacy is on the rise in China, even though it is officially banned. The anthropologist Renyou Hou examines how the technique could alter family…

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Corporate
Health

Phage therapy – microscopic predators countering antibiotic resistance

Bacteriophages have particularly promising therapeutic potential for combating antibiotic resistance because they are capable of targeting and…

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© Frédérique Plas / CNRS Images
Press
Health

Ovarian cancer: tumour cells ‘configured’ to resist treatment

In one aggressive form of ovarian cancer, the initial status of the tumour cells may contribute to the explanation for why they resist treatment…

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Le Journal
Life

Cancer resistance yields fundamental secret

As breast cancer awareness month is unfolding, and with World Day Against Breast Cancer being held on October 19, research on one of its most…

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© D. Guillaud
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Corporate

Research serving intangible cultural heritage

How can intangible heritage be preserved without freezing it in time? CNRS research teams are developing a series of tools to address issues ranging…

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Le Journal
Society

Fertility and the environment, a tricky equation

As birth rates are declining the world over, economists have studied the impact of environmental concerns on fertility choices.

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