What history has taught us is that a global pandemic can occur at any time and spread like wildfire across the planet. It could happen within the next ten years. And we are not ready. Far from it. This is the message that
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By sounding the alarm about the climate, scientists can make some of us think of the fable of the boy and the wolf. Yet studies are multiplying and repeating themselves: all the scenarios lead to a worsening that is unfolding before our very eyes. One last
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On s’en doutait depuis plusieurs années mais aujourd’hui les scientifiques sont formels et c’est une première. Deux études viennent en effet d’être publiées simultanément dans la revue Nature. Elles constatent un dérèglement alarmant de la circulation des courants océaniques dans l’Atlantique, ceux qui contribuent à la régulation du climat mondial.
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There's the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which is proving to be more significant every day; there's also the revelation of phone conversations made on Android, kept by Mark Zuckerberg's social network. Now there is the revelation of an American channel: Facebook was about to make a new
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The next food on your plate will be genetically modified, but it will not be a GMO in the conventional sense. It will have been modified using CRISPR, a new technique that allows scientists to fine-tune the DNA of a plant to give it a better taste,
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Many people still think that Artificial Intelligence is a sophisticated computer program, but that it follows to the letter the instructions that programmers have given it beforehand. This is without counting on machine learning, deep learning, which allows the machine to learn by itself, from
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We thought we knew everything about the organs of the human body. In reality, American researchers have just discovered what could be our eightieth organ: interstitium. It has eluded the sagacity of doctors forever, and yet it is far from discreet. In fact, it is the largest organ of our
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L’année 2017 a été la plus coûteuse jamais observée en ce qui concerne les incidents météorologiques et climatiques extrêmes. Et la situation ne s’arrange pas : « 2018 a débuté par des situations désastreuses » dans ce domaine, a affirmé jeudi l’ONU à Genève. Dans sa Déclaration sur l’état du climat mondial
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Artificial intelligence is developing by leaps and bounds and is investing all sectors, especially the medical field. Relying on increasingly large databases, diagnostic assistance algorithms are taking a leading role in healthcare decisions for patients.
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Stephen Hawking passed away Wednesday at the age of 76. The image of him in a motorized wheelchair, his head tilted slightly to the side and his hands folded to operate the controls captured the public's imagination. An image-symbol of the triumph of spirit over matter. "As for
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American scientists claim to be on the verge of reversing the aging mechanism. They have just revealed a crucial stage in the catalytic cycle of an enzyme, telomerase. Telomerase holds the key to delaying or even reversing the cellular aging process. The understanding of this mechanism has remained until today
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What would you do if you were one of the richest people in the world? Would you, like Elon Musk, send your convertible into space? Would you spend like Bill Gates on charity foundations? Would you compulsively, like Bernard Arnaud, buy art? Would you book seats for the first flight on
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China has an air pollution problem. Very serious. The Chinese people are suffocating under pollution and serious illnesses can be counted in the millions. A veritable hecatomb against which the government wants to use all the means at its disposal. Among them, the use of the army to plant trees to improve the quality of the air...
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DNA sequencing has become common practice in laboratories. The methods are improving every day and allow scientists and physicians to make considerable progress in their research. But have you ever wondered where that DNA came from? The question is not often asked, but yet the DNA trade
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The problem is most serious. A global pandemic could erupt at any time. It could wipe out much of the human life on the planet. This apocalyptic vision is not that of a hoot or a Hollywood writer with an unbridled imagination. No, it is the Director-General of the Organization
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Microsoft's multi-billionaire philanthropist has donated $40 million (€32 million) to a team of British scientists. Mission: to create a cow that can produce more milk and survive in hot climates. The researchers aim to design, through genetic modification, a
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The lack of qualified personnel, the slow pace of institutional change and the failure to seriously address information technology risks expose the military nuclear capabilities of most nuclear-weapon States. A cyber attack is considered a "relatively high risk". This is the warning issued by Chatham House on 11 January,
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On December 14, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), whose Republican Chairman Ajit Pai was appointed by Donald Trump, put an end to the principle of net neutrality, which was equivalent to treating in the same way the contents passing through the Internet's "pipes". From now on, providers
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Except in science fiction films, it is established as a marble table of the laws of nature that time can only flow in one direction: from the past to the future. Well, that certainty has just been shaken by an international team of physicists who have
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Donald Trump, who certainly does not miss one, has just signed, in the United States, the end of the free Internet. By deciding to abolish web neutrality, he is putting an end to what we have known since the origin of the Internet: equal treatment for all in accessing the network. It is over. The
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