To produce electricity in thermal power stations, coal has been the king fuel since the 19th century. With global warming and commitments more or less shared by everyone to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, black fuel has found itself, at
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Is this the end of the shots to make vaccines? They have traumatized dozens of generations of children and will probably soon be discarded. To replace them, scientists, who are never short of imagination, have invented a self-motorized pill that swallows itself in the simplest way possible and will
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You are ready to go on holiday, your luggage is packed, your rooms are booked; there is only one problem: the government has cancelled your tickets. This is happening in China and tens of millions of Chinese people are being punished because their "social credit score" has been "too high".
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In France alone, Alzheimer's disease affects one million people, mobilises two million carers and costs the community €20 billion. But there is no cure. And yet, scientists regularly announce discoveries and experiments that quickly prove to be ineffective. The dream of offering a treatment
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This is the most massive episode of species extinction since the disappearance of the dinosaurs. More than half of all insects are disappearing worldwide at an accelerated rate; the hecatomb is reaching the staggering figure of 80 % for Europe. When insects disappear, the entire living chain is affected. No more food
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Revolutions in pharmacology and medical technology, improved nutrition and public health care promise a longer and healthier future for the world's population. This is a fact, but it could also be a red herring. Indeed, this prosperity comes at a price. More
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There are eighty of them. Eighty investment funds representing a mere $6.5 trillion. These are investors from KFC, McDonald's or Burger King. They threaten, in an open letter published on January 29th, to pull the rug out from under the table if the junk food giants do not fundamentally revise their copy
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These scientists were shocked when they compared the genomes of humans and monkeys for the first time. The latter evolved at a speed a good third faster than ours! Moreover, while mutations in monkeys accelerated over time, those in
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The number of authorized wind turbines has collapsed. For France, which wants to present itself as a climate champion, the situation is becoming embarrassing. All the more so as the persistent delay in approving new projects is fuelling speculation that the French government has an ulterior motive for slowing down the expansion of wind power:
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Tous les scientifiques du climat nous le disent : nous sommes mal barrés. Nos efforts pour limiter nos émissions de gaz à effet de serre sont largement insuffisants alors que le compte à rebours est lancé et qu’il ne nous reste qu’une poignée d’années avant que la surchauffe du monde ne
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Antibiotic resistance is one of the major challenges of our time. Ten million people could be killed per year by 2050; as many as cancer. The World Health Organization (WHO) has long been alerting us to mobilize against these new microbial strains that are resistant to all antibiotics.
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The Earth is much more alive than we thought: a rich intraterrestrial ecosystem living in the depths of the Earth has been discovered. It's almost twice the size of all the world's oceans. Despite the extreme heat, lack of light, minute nutrition and pressure
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The Yellow Vest crisis revealed the role of social networks as a driving force and catalyst for the movement. How to govern in the age of Facebook? While President Macron is trying, by solemnly speaking to the French, to find solutions to the Yellow Vest crisis, a deep gulf seems to have opened up.
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Selon un rapport que vient de publier le partenariat mondial Climate Transparency, 82 % de l’énergie des pays du G20 est encore fournie par les combustibles fossiles : pétrole, charbon, gaz. Cette situation repose sur le doublement des subventions aux industriels de l’énergie fossile au cours des dix dernières années. Des
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Les bactéries résistantes aux antibiotiques ont causé la mort de 33 100 personnes en 2015 dans l’Union européenne. Elles ont par ailleurs contaminé 671 689 personnes. Soit un impact « comparable à l’effet cumulé de la grippe, de la tuberculose et du virus du sida », sur la même période,
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Jair Bolsonaro, newly elected and already nicknamed "the Trump of the Tropics", worries scientists around the world. As president of Brazil, he will control nearly two-thirds of the Amazon, the world's largest tropical rainforest. But he has argued that too many
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Not a day goes by without mentioning Artificial Intelligence, the great evil or the great good of the century. A threat to humanity, a consubstantial engine of economic growth, a liberticidal monster, an exterminator of humanity or an omnipotent benefactor, designed to help us, to increase us but also to watch over us in order to perhaps subdue us or make us
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Today, digital technology is almost unanimously regarded as the main lever for economic and social development. In developed countries, where the digital transformation of businesses and the public sector is accelerating, it is often seen as the key solution for returning to growth. In developing countries, its
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En 2050 nous serons 10 milliards d’humains à peupler la Terre. Une population en forte croissance, qui aspire à vivre confortablement et se nourrir selon le modèle dominant c’est-à-dire occidental. Aspirations légitimes, mais qui auront un impact inévitable sur un environnement déjà bien abimé. Selon une étude publiée dans la
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Following the presentation of the IPCC report on 8 October, the body of evidence pointing to massive and sustained climate change is growing. Everyone has their own solutions, recommendations and good resolutions: burning fewer light bulbs, changing cars, eating less meat, giving up
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