Edgar Morin passed away on 29 May. Back in 2021, on his 100th birthday, CNRS News published a portrait of France's most celebrated intellectual, retracing eight decades of an exceptional...
From industrial adhesives inspired by gecko feet to traditional dances imitating the movements of animals, humans have drawn an infinite number of ideas from nature. This biomimicry often reveals...
Cécile Asanuma-Brice, a sociologist and urbanist living in Japan, discusses how successive economic models have been transforming the country’s urban landscapes for more than a century.