No doubt that this peaceful Scottish woman, retired from teaching, never imagined for a moment that all the media spotlights would one day be focused on her, and that she could become part of human history. Yet this is what is happening now that British doctors have been
Plus
It is a highly contagious disease that was thought to have been eradicated by vaccination. Before the vaccine, up to two and a half million people died each year from measles. Thanks to vaccination campaigns, the disease should have disappeared completely. Today, however, there is a health alert all over the world.
Plus
Despite all the warnings from scientists, the climate marches, the growing awareness of public opinion, the protests of young and old, the fine speeches of governments and the fine palaver of industrialists, the world continues to walk on its head. The world's energy experts have
Plus
Gathered in Paris by METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence), scientists from around the world have been studying the question of extraterrestrials at the Cité des Sciences in Paris. The aim of this symposium was to discuss the strategy to be adopted to send messages to hypothetical extraterrestrial civilizations. Even if it feeds fantasies
Plus
The young people who demonstrated on 15 March in all the major countries of the world for the climate showed their determination but also their sense of shock formulas. One of them flowered on the brandied signs. We are adopting it to report on a report (yet another) published by the United Nations.
Plus
Everyone agrees that he is the father of the web. Thirty years ago almost to the day, the internet raised enthusiastic hopes for a better life for all mankind. Today, Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the web, looks at his baby with an
Plus
The information had been around the world last November. A Chinese researcher, Jiankui He, alone in his laboratory, reportedly delivered the first two genetically modified babies. Using the CRISPR molecular scissors, he would have intervened on certain genes to prevent these babies from getting HIV.
Plus
Their names are scary, and rightly so, because these viruses are wreaking havoc. Ebola, Zika, Dengue, Lassa, ... cause hundreds of deaths and pose a major epidemiological risk. A new hope to stop these scourges comes from the famous molecular tool CRISPR. Often criticized for its applications sometimes
Plus
An international team is looking at new technologies that improve human physical and cognitive skills, their development and their distribution in society. The possibilities are dizzying, but they raise many questions about the very essence of human beings, about what is useful for their development, about what is useful for their well-being and about what is not.
Plus
In the climate crisis, there is a strange phenomenon: pusillanimity, if not the defection of States. While all the world's seers are in bright red and public opinion around the world is aware of the gravity of the situation, while at the
Plus
The mastery of CRISPR, this overpowering tool of genetic manipulation, is making progress every day, leading us into increasingly worrying territories. American scientists announce that they have succeeded for the first time in modifying the hereditary traits of a mammal. Mice have been treated with
Plus
Pure plagiarism. In literature, it's not very pretty, but in public health, it's very serious. In 2017, the European Union extended the use of glyphosate, the famous herbicide from the firm Monsanto/Bayer, for five years. This authorisation is the result of an expert report that plagiarized the use of glyphosate.
Plus
Fifty years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their first steps on the Moon, our natural satellite is once again arousing interest and excitement. On January 2, China landed its Chang'e-4 module on the far side of the Moon. A historic first on this unexplored side
Plus
This COP24, which ended on 15 December, demonstrated the inertia, if not the carelessness, and even sabotage of States in the face of climate change. A COP has minimized the stakes while the stakes turn to urgency. Faced with this defection, many initiatives led by citizens, elected representatives or
Plus
Thanks to CRISPR, this Chinese researcher was able, almost alone, to produce genetically modified babies. The information went around the world in just a few hours: a Chinese researcher announced this week that he had been able to deliver two genetically modified babies. A world premiere that has propelled
Plus
This information resembles a dramatic escalation with ethical consequences: a Chinese scientist claims to be at the origin of the birth of Lulu and Nana, two twins whose genes he modified using the CRISPR-Cas9 tool. Genetically modified babies, a world first that the whole community is now aware of
Plus
Les émissions de gaz à effet de serre ont encore battu tous les records l’année dernière L’agence météorologique mondiale (WMO), organisme spécialisé de l’ONU, vient de publier, ce 22 novembre, son dernier bulletin sur le niveau des émissions de gaz à effet de serre dans l’atmosphère. En 2017,
Plus
Bitcoin is regularly in the headlines. This star of the cryptodevises arouses both waves of enthusiasm, sometimes hysterical, and the darkest fears and suspicions. Two studies have just been published simultaneously, shedding new light on cryptomoney. These are energy chasms that emit in
Plus
The information has made the rounds in the media: eating organic reduces the risk of cancer by 25 %! Launched first by the daily Le Monde, which made it its front page, the news aroused the enthusiasm of journalists from both the written and audiovisual media, some going so far as to claim that eating organic food reduces the risk of cancer by 25 %!
Plus
D’ici 2050, il faudra nourrir 10 milliards d’humains. Certains observateurs pensent que les technologies pourront aider à trouver des moyens de nourrir une population mondiale gigantesque, au même moment où le dérèglement climatique et la pollution environnementale entraîneront la dégradation des sols et limiteront l’accès à l’eau. La FoodTech a
Plus
You have received 3 free articles to discover UP'.
