Climate change could release millions of tonnes of mercury trapped in the permafrost. And that's not good news. It could even be catastrophic for human health and ecosystems around the world. According to a study published on February 5th in the journal Geophysical Research
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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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In the wonderful world of the rich countries, the consumption at all costs, the programmed obsolescence of the least of our devices, our appetite to possess more and more ... hide a shadow that we hide carefully. We produce mountains of waste and don't know what to do with it. The solution so far
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A new report positions China as the world leader in renewable energy investment. The country spent $44 billion on clean energy projects worldwide in 2017. China continues to be an irresistible force in renewable energy. A new
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From now on you will have to look at the plants that bloom in our gardens or in our countryside with a different eye. They may be spies. James Bond hadn't even thought of that. A program of the U.S. Army Research Agency (DARPA) is
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George Orwell warned us in his 1984 dystopia: authoritarianism begins with language. In his novel, "newspeak" is a language specially forged to seduce, deceive and undermine people's ability to think critically and freely. Donald Trump has again
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At a time when the debate on the reception of migrants is heating up in France, a recent study risks complicating matters. Climate change will dramatically increase the number of people wanting to flee their countries. Their number will rise to several hundred million by 2100. Where will these populations go
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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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It now seems certain that Artificial Intelligence is going to become a main driver of economic development. Most technology companies place it at the heart of their activities. China no longer wants to be the world's factory. It now wants to be the leader in AI, which has become a
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It is no exaggeration to say that we are living in an era of renewed space exploration. The Moon, in particular, has become the focus of increasing attention in recent years. In addition to President Trump's recent directive to NASA to return to the Moon,
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The White House tweetomaniac responded to the North Korean leader, who had claimed to have a nuclear button on his desk, that his, his red button, was much bigger and stronger. A playground pecking contest, which would be ridiculous if the stakes were not about
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Emails revealed under freedom of information rules by The Guardian prove that DARPA, the US agency for advanced defence research, has become the largest funder of gene drive research. This gene forcing technology is officially intended
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Thousands of U.S. farmers filed lawsuits in 2017 against Monsanto and dicamba, a herbicide marketed by the group. Dicamba is a volatile herbicide that spreads to nearby fields and devastates almost everything in its path. You thought you knew about glyphosate? There's something better: dicamba! The services of
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Pour la première fois, les données océanographiques du nord-est du Groenland révèlent l’impact à long terme de la fonte de la calotte glaciaire groenlandaise. L’augmentation de la teneur en eau douce observée affectera les conditions de tous les fjords du Groenland et, à terme, les courants océaniques mondiaux qui maintiennent
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They are exactly 1,102,894,146. More than a billion people in the world are without identity. One in seven Earthlings! That's what the World Bank statistics show. They live mainly in Africa and Asia and more than a third are children born without an identity.
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The Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund announced Thursday that it will invest $1 billion in Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company of British billionaire Richard Branson. "This investment will enable us to develop the next generation of satellite launches and accelerate our navigation program (...)
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On the occasion of the "Future Investment Initiative" economic forum, Saudi Arabia announced that the anthropomorphic humanoid robot Sophia has received Saudi citizenship. A first! This Wednesday, October 25, Saudi Arabia was the first country in the world to offer this anthropomorphic humanoid robot citizenship.
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China, the world's number one patent applicant, has embarked on very ambitious innovation programs in all sectors of the economy: health, education, urban planning, high-speed train transport, urban planning, digital transition, infrastructure, sustainable development, industry 4.0, aerospace sector, etc. Innovation, especially ecological innovation, has become a priority for companies today.
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A city covering 26,500 km2, established in the northwest of Saudi Arabia, on the shores of the Red Sea, with some border areas with Jordan and Egypt, where energy will be entirely renewable: this is Neom (1), the future new city of Saudi Arabia that Crown Prince Mohammed ben Salmane
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The population of the African continent is growing rapidly. Estimated at 140 million in 1900, it reached one billion in 2010. It will reach 2.5 billion in 2050 and more than 4 billion in 2100, according to the medium scenario of UN projections (see figure below). Today, one human being out of six lives in
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