Debate: The "Grande Sécu" (social security system), myth or reality?
Published on: March 1 , 2022
Last November, Olivier Véran, Minister of Health, commissioned the High Council for...
[LUM#15] The breeding ground for conflict
Published on: February 24 , 2022
Another perspective on the violence sweeping across the African continent is offered by...
[LUM#15] Loan, age 10: When you have sleeping sickness, do you sleep all the time?
Published on: February 22 , 2022
That's an excellent question that can't be answered with a simple "yes" or "no."
[LUM#15] Revisiting intensification models in Africa
Published on: February 21 , 2022
Producing more to feed a rapidly growing population is the challenge that must be met...
[LUM#15] Fake news epidemic
Published on: February 14 , 2022
Social media, blogs, websites... Getting information about the COVID-19 pandemic has never been...
Science at UM [S01-ep11]: From populism to masculinity at the Science Bar
Published on: February 11 , 2022
This week, Alexandre Dézé and Emmanuelle Reungoat, political science researchers at Cepel and...
Science at UM [S01-ep10]: From circulating tumor cells to robots inspired by climbing plants
Published on: February 7 , 2022
This week, Catherine Alix Panabières, head of the Rare Circulating Cells Laboratory...
Portrait(s) of France(s): Digital technology—what are the challenges for society?
Published on: February 1 , 2022
In the "metaverse," this fictional virtual universe that seems to fascinate Mark Zuckerberg...
[LUM#15] Towards food democracy
Published on: January 31 , 2022
Restoring confidence in local food to limit the ravages of junk food. These are...
[LUM#15] Water, a challenge for cities
Published on: January 12 , 2022
Good quality water in sufficient quantities is not a given. It is even a...
[LUM#15] A dam against the Mediterranean
Published on: December 17 , 2021
It is a tangible reality: beaches are disappearing before our very eyes. What is causing this?
Omicron, Delta, Alpha… Understanding the dance of variants
Published on: December 13 , 2021
Discovered on November 25 and declared "of concern" by the WHO the following day, the...
[LUM#15] “We need to rethink the entire food system.”
Published on: December 1 , 2021
Climate change, political instability, and population growth... In Africa...
“If the epidemic continues at this rate, stronger measures will be needed to avoid pressure on hospitals.”
Published on: November 29 , 2021
While the Omicron variant and its multiple mutations are the focus of attention,...
[LUM#15] On the Elephant Trail
Published on: November 17 , 2021
What if memory wasn't the most amazing thing about elephants after all? What if it was...
Science at UM [S01-ep03]: Representations of obesity at the Baillarguet insectarium
Published on: November 15 , 2021
On this program: the discourse of obese people who are candidates for surgery...