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How Jurassic Park changed the image of dinosaurs
Are the dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park” realistic? How does the film franchise explore the impact and applications of science? These are some of the…
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"Protecting democratic debate against hatred and lies"
Ten years after the terrorist attack against Charlie Hebdo, the legal expert Thomas Hochmann points out the difficulty of regulating freedom of…
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Telescopes face down-to-earth challenges
Astronomical observatories can yield exceptional discoveries, but they are sometimes built with little regard for the environment and local people,…
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Vampires combine fear, laughter and entertainment
As a remake of the 1922 film Nosferatu was recently released, the sociologist Arnaud Esquerre takes a new look at the vampire – a figure that, from…
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Notre Dame: restoring eternity
In the aftermath of the fire, the French Ministry of Culture and the CNRS implemented a vast scientific effort to support the restoration of Notre…
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Covid-19: how the pandemic disrupted our way of life
At a conference held last November 18th and 19th, researchers from the ' Du monde d’avant au monde d’après ' research programme presented…
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“Magnificence” on stage: Rome 1644-1740
At the head of a major research programme, Anne-Madeleine Goulet has unearthed a buried treasure from Roman archives: one hundred years of prolific…
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Who was Caracalla, the cruel emperor of Gladiator II?
After Commodus in Gladiator, Caracalla plays the new crazy and cruel emperor in Gladiator II. A very dark image of this ancient sovereign, with…
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When science enters the Chauvet Cave
Thirty years after its discovery, an exhibition at the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie in Paris is featuring the “scientific adventure” behind…
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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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