Science invites itself into the world of soccer
Published on: june 20, 2018
Soccer is a game of movement: soccer players generally cover 8 to 12 km...
In France, mosquitoes also transmit the Usutu virus
Published: June 18, 2018
It happened two years ago, but scientists have only just discovered...
A "queer match": ordinary homophobia and enforced heterosexuality
Published on: June 12, 2018
Do you know how many footballers in the world embrace their homosexuality? And how were they...
The secrets of tardigrades, those cosmic Pokémons
Published on: 08 June 2018
They're clawed and mythologically beautiful. Tardigrades, microscopic invertebrates with...
A French "Windrush"? What France has done to its overseas populations
Published on: 07 June 2018
The "Windrush" scandal continues to make headlines in the UK. The...
Ticks and their bacteria: a criminal syndicate
Published on: 06 June 2018
Ticks get a bad press, and this reputation is often justified. These animals...
Russia, the promised land of the French far right?
Published on: May 28, 2018
Emmanuel Macron's first trip to Russia is a real reminder of a strategy of influence...
Chronic pain: why it persists even when the cause has disappeared
Published on: April 18, 2018
Certain types of pain, caused by an accident, a fall or surgery,...
In the face of fuel poverty, energy cheques must evolve rapidly
Published on: April 18, 2018
As of January 1, 2018, the social tariffs for gas and electricity, known as first...
Defining "radicalism" to combat it more effectively
Published on: April 16, 2018
The notion of "political radicality" is plural and subject to many...
Why do men ask more questions than women in scientific seminars?
Published on: March 28, 2018
The world of work is a man's world: women are paid almost 20% less than men...
Sport doesn't cure cancer, but it can help.
Published on: March 26, 2018
Today, everything is said and written about the benefits of sport against cancer -...
Dietary supplements, meditation, osteopathy: how effective can alternative medicine be?
Published on: March 14, 2018
Today, alternative medicine is in great demand. A diet here. A supplement...
"Stealthing": when criminal law freezes on the doorstep of intimacy...
Published on: February 12, 2018
In this digital age, with the considerable development of social networks, the...
From Facebook to plant development: when networks get involved
Published on: February 08, 2018
Telephone network, social network, road network, professional network... The term...
Is it relevant to rank animal species?
Published on: February 01, 2018
The word specieism, proposed by the British psychologist Ryder (1970) and taken up by the philosopher...