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Animals are no strangers to death
11.24.2025
A male zebra trying to wake a dead pregnant female zebra
Given that animals are sentient, as established by recent research, what is their attitude towards death? In a recently-published book, the biologist Emmanuelle Pouydebat sheds light on the complex...
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The enduring mystery of consciousness
06.02.2025
Wooden dummy looks at its reflection in the mirror © GIOIA Photo / Shutterstock.com
What is consciousness? When does it begin? How can it be measured? Does AI have it? An update on an intimate, universal yet mysterious phenomenon that the neurosciences are only just starting to...
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Neanderthals were artists too 
06.29.2023
© UGC YM - France 2 Cinéma / «AO le dernier Neandertal» de Jacques Malaterre (2010) / Collection ChristopheL
Engravings discovered in France, in the Loire valley, are the work of Neanderthals, confirming that our distant cousins were not cognitively inferior to modern humans of that period.
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Memorising the passing of time
11.10.2021
A team from the CNRS, working in partnership with scientists from The Netherlands, has managed to identify neurons that can encode the passing of time. An important advance in our understanding of so...
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