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Mosquitos and their costly sting
While very useful in ecosystems, mosquitos tend to ruin the lives of humans. A CNRS team has even recently calculated how much these dipterans cost…
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DNA fishermen
Decoding the genomes of 4,500 marine species is the goal of scientists working on the Atlasea programme. Join them on a fishing expedition in Dinard,…
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Halloween, time to choose
Trick or treat? The Haloween spirit is here, with witches and demons, and its more or less frightening bestiary. Never fear !
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How speech comes to children
Before going to school to learn how to read and write their language, children first manage to understand and then speak it. How are they able to do…
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Why birds do not fall while sleeping
The only permanent bipeds of the animal kingdom alongside humans, birds have an extraordinary sense of balance. How do these direct descendants of…
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Was Toumaï a biped?
The fossils of this primate, which were discovered in the early 2000s and date back 7 million years, remain the subject of intense debate, notably as…
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The ocean, guest star of the "Fête de la science"
From 4 to 14 October, the "Fête de la Science" invites you to immerse yourself in an ocean of knowledge.
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A nose for smell disorders
By depriving them more or less temporarily of their sense of smell, the Covid-19 pandemic made thousands of people abruptly realise the importance of…
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The call of the forest
Forests cover a third of the world's land surface. Although they provide us with invaluable services, they are now under so much pressure that we are…
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Sylvie Rétaux, the all-terrain biologist
For the past 20 years, this specialist in developmental and evolutionary biology has been passionately dedicated to studying a small fish that lives…
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