When the Covid-19 pandemic subsides, the return to normal travel patterns will certainly be disrupted. New health and safety control measures are likely to further complicate travel, particularly in the aviation sector. Price increases to curb the economic recession and the
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In order to anticipate and prevent the massive use of private cars at a time of deconfinement, the Climate Action Network is asking the Government to release an emergency fund for bicycles of 500 million euros, which is essential to support communities and ensure the deployment of temporary bicycle paths throughout the country.
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Corals threatened with extinction, accelerated disappearance of wild species, collapsing glaciers... It is not a simple environmental "crisis" that we are experiencing, but much deeper transformations that signal the entry of our planet into a new geological and climatic era: the Anthropocene. They are forcing us to rethink the way we live
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The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has appointed 24 of the world's leading experts on the social, economic and cultural challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) to draft internationally applicable recommendations on the ethical issues raised by the development and use of AI. These
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The question of the effectiveness and limitations of a diagnostic AI arises, from a technical, but also ethical and legal point of view. On February 27, the Aristotle Association is organizing a seminar on the relationship between AI and health. In what way is this sector deeply shaken by the arrival of these new technologies?
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If there is one area of artificial intelligence that is advancing very quickly, it is facial recognition. The technology seems to have reached maturity and allows a number of use cases that flirt, when they do not transgress them, with the most elementary ethical limits. Facing the invasion
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How can we live, organise our societies, design our living environments in a climate that is in the process of being disrupted if we do not rethink the training of young people and actors who are no longer content with mere greening? This is why ESC Clermont BS and Strate Ecole de Design have signed this
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TrauMatrix, the new scientific and medical research partnership of the Ecole Polytechnique is launched. Objective: to develop the first decision support tools for the management of patients suffering from severe trauma. The Ecole polytechnique announced the launch of a three-year scientific and medical research partnership with the
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Almost every day, astronomers announce the discovery of a particular exoplanet. Each time, one wonders if it is habitable, resembles the Earth or not, could host human colonies. Many people start dreaming, but there's always a catch. The closest one to
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Leaving for an afternoon of shopping with no cash, no credit card, no checkbook, no smartphone... What's the point? It will be impossible for you to buy anything. But if you are Chinese, your smile will be enough to pay for all your shopping. Your face as a wallet? An innovation that
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The climate is constantly shifting, leading to extreme phenomena, including drought, which is devastating for the populations concerned. People have always sung, danced and prayed to make rain fall and ensure good harvests. But today, rain dances are becoming the prerogative of the people.
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The MINES ParisTech engineering school aims to increase its leadership in the field of predictive sciences for the Industry of the future, by mobilizing all its skills in a research, development and training offer that takes advantage of the convergence of intensive computing resources, numerical simulation tools and algorithms for the processing of
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It was launched in 2017 in Saint-Malo. Destination: Northern Europe. Today, Energy Observer is taking up the challenge of becoming the first ship in the world to reach the Arctic thanks to renewable energies and hydrogen. A technological and civic challenge, a universal message to decision-makers
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Building a sustainable future for the Greater Paris expressways is the "New Deal" project, which aims to deploy a strategy that tackles congestion from the limits of the megalopolis to its centre, reversing the current trend whereby the restrictions imposed in the capital
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Robolution is on. By 2030, the number of robots could outnumber the number of humans on our planet. This is why the French startup Mainbot has chosen to prepare the new generations for tomorrow's world by creating Winky, an educational robot for children from 5 to 12 years old.
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Did you know that? Concrete is responsible for 8% of global CO2 emissions. If it were a country, it would be the world's third largest polluter... To address this issue, a French industrial startup, Materr'up, develops and produces green or eco-responsible concretes. Discovery. Concrete is everywhere: homes, buildings
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MADE.com, the digital brand of design furniture, launches MADE Labs, its technological innovation laboratory. Objective ? To promote a unique brand experience, both online and in the brand's showrooms. A launch that is in line with the latest technological innovations offered by MADE.com to its customers because this platform
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"Cities are fighting traffic jams with Big Data", "Applications to beat traffic jams on the road", "The end of the galley": digital technology has arrived in the cities with its share of promises. Optimizing the city, making it smarter. In every
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How can we revive a maritime freight industry whose particularity is to combine historical traditions with modern progress? This is the interest and curiosity of the TOWT project which is about to set sail with the lugger "Grayhound", despite the uncertain waters of the Brexit ... The merchant navy under sail
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This new study is challenging our certainties about bacteria and the microbial world. Until now, we thought that these little bugs could only move around by using a vehicle: a man or an animal. Their lifespan outside of their host was
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