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The Economist : science and technology
24  janvier     17h50
Should you worry about microplastics?
   Little is known about the effects on humans but limiting exposure to them seems prudent
22  janvier     19h07
Wasps stole genes from viruses
   That probably assisted their evolutionary diversification
    18h40
America’s departure from the WHO would harm everyone
   Whether it is a negotiating ploy remains to be seen
    18h35
Genetic engineering could help rid Australia of toxic cane toads
   It is better than freezing them to death
21  janvier     18h13
High-tech antidotes for snake bites
   Genetic engineering and AI are powering the search for antivenins
17  janvier     19h23
Can you breathe stress away?
   It won’t hurt to try. But scientists are only beginning to understand the links between the breath and the mind
    11h39
The Economist’s science and technology internship
   We invite applications for the Richard Casement internship
16  janvier     16h00
A better understanding of Huntington’s disease brings hope
   Previous research seems to have misinterpreted what is going on
15  janvier     17h54
Is obesity a disease?
   It wasn’t. But it is now
    17h50
Volunteers with Down’s syndrome could help find Alzheimer’s drugs
   Those with the syndrome have more of a protein implicated in dementia
10  janvier     19h12
Should you start lifting weights?
   You’ll stay healthier for longer if you’re strong
08  janvier     18h53
Does melatonin work for jet lag?
   It can help. But it depends where you’re going
    18h52
Training AI models might not need enormous data centres
   Eventually, models could be trained without any dedicated hardware at all
07  janvier     19h56
How the Gulf’s rulers want to harness the power of science
   A stronger R D base, they hope, will transform their countries’ economies. Will their plan work
01  janvier     17h53
Cancer vaccines are showing promise at last
   Trials are under way against skin, brain and lung tumours
    17h51
New firefighting tech is being trialled in Sardinia’s ancient forests
   It could sniff out blazes long before they spread out of control
    17h50
Can Jeff Bezos match Elon Musk in space?
   After years, Blue Origin finally heads to orbit, and hopes to become a contender in the private space race
28  décembre     15h41
Why some doctors are reassessing hypnosis
   There is growing evidence that it can help with pain, depression and more
18  décembre     18h04
Academic writing is getting harder to read the humanities most of all
   We analyse two centuries of scholarly work
    18h00
Giving children the wrong (or not enough) toys may doom a society
   Survival is a case of child’s play
16  décembre     18h15
Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why
   Paradoxically, cleaner emissions from ships and power plants are playing a role
12  décembre     19h01
Humans and Neanderthals met often, but only one event matters
   The mystery of exactly how people left Africa deepens
11  décembre     19h23
Machine translation is almost a solved problem
   But interpreting meanings, rather than just words and sentences, will be a daunting task
    19h21
AI can bring back a person’s own voice
   And it can generate sentences trained on their own writing
    18h57
Carbon emissions from tourism are rising disproportionately fast
   The industry is failing to make itself greener
06  décembre     15h06
Why China is building a Starlink system of its own
   When it is finished, Qianfan could number , satellites, rivalling Elon Musk’s system
04  décembre     19h01
Lots of hunting. Not much gathering. The diet of early Americans
   What they ate is given away by the isotopes in their bodies
    18h54
Stimulating parts of the brain can help the paralysed to walk again
   Implanted electrodes allowed one man to climb stairs unaided
    18h54
Can anyone realistically challenge SpaceX’s launch supremacy?
   And if its boss now tries to kill NASA’s own heavy lifter, will that matter
03  décembre     17h33
Dreams of asteroid mining, orbital manufacturing and much more
   Ideas for making money in orbit that seemed mad in the s now look sane
28  novembre     13h53
Elon Musk is causing problems for the Royal Society
   His continued membership has led to a high profile resignation
27  novembre     18h51
Deforestation is costing Brazilian farmers millions
   Without trees to circulate moisture, the land is getting hotter and drier
    18h15
Robots can learn new actions faster thanks to AI techniques
   They could soon show their moves in settings from car factories to care homes
25  novembre     20h40
Scientists are learning why ultra-processed foods are bad for you
   A mystery is finally being solved
20  novembre     18h17
Scientific publishers are producing more papers than ever
   Concerns about some of their business models are building
    17h47
The two types of human laugh
   One is caused by tickling; the other by everything else
    17h45
Scientists are building a catalogue of every type of cell in our bodies
   It has thus far shed light on everything from organ formation to the causes of inflammation
    17h41
How squid could help people get over their needle phobia
   Cephalopod ink propulsion is inspiring an alternative to syringes
13  novembre     18h16
Norway’s Atlantic salmon risks going the way of the panda
   Climate change and fish farming are endangering its future
    18h15
Artificial intelligence is helping improve climate models
   More accurate predictions will lead to better policy making
    18h15
Physics reveals the best design for a badminton arena
   The key is minimising the disruptive effects of ventilation
11  novembre     17h24
There’s lots of gold in urban waste dumps
   The pay dirt could be times richer than natural deposits
06  novembre     17h40
A battle is raging over the definition of open-source AI
   Companies that bet on the right one could win big
    17h34
As wellness trends take off, iodine deficiency makes a quiet comeback
   Levels of the vital nutrient are falling rapidly in America
    17h21
How blood-sucking vampire bats get their energy
   They pull off a trick previously thought unique to a few insects
05  novembre     15h03
China plans to crash a spacecraft into a distant asteroid
   It will be only the second country to conduct such a planetary defence experiment
30  octobre     18h18
Researchers are questioning if ADHD should be seen as a disorder
   It should, instead, be seen as a different way of being normal
    17h41
Airships may finally prove useful for transporting cargo
   The problem of variable buoyancy is being overcome
    17h39
Space may be worse for humans than thought
   Why going into orbit sends cells haywire
28  octobre     15h45
Heart-cockle shells may work like fibre-optic cables
   Inbuilt lenses transmit sunlight to symbiotic algae