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Having an elder brother is associated with slower language development

Several studies had already demonstrated that children who have an elder sibling have poorer linguistic performance than those who have none. Now a…

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Similar information rates across languages, despite divergent speech rates

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Virtual reconstruction of fifth distal phalanx from Denisova Cave. © Photo of distal fragment of phalanx: Eva-Maria Geigl, Institut Jacques Monod (CNRS / Université de Paris). Micro-CT scan and virtual reconstruction: Bence Viola, Department of Anthropolo
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Society
Life

Newfound phalanx fragment shows Denisovans closer to modern humans than Neanderthals

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Matter

Secret messages hidden in light-sensitive polymers

Scientists from the CNRS and Aix-Marseille Université have recently shown how valuable light-sensitive macromolecules are: when exposed to the right…

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Life
Environment

Female gorillas detect and avoid sick groups

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Even scientists have gender stereotypes … which can hamper the career of women researchers

However convinced we may be that science is not just for men, the concept of science remains much more strongly associated with masculinity than with…

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Digital

Online voting test in Moscow: a security flaw discovered by a CNRS researcher

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Space

Estimating the size of Mercury’s core

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Life
Matter

Embryology: a sequence of reflexive contractions triggers the formation of the limbs

It normally takes about 21 days for chicken embryos to develop into chicks. By observing chicken hindlimb formation, a CNRS / Université de Paris…

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Space

A second planet in the Beta Pictoris system

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