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02.17.2016
Looking back at the Battle of Verdun, during which 300,000 French and German soldiers were killed. Over the past century, the legacy of this battle, a symbol of the horror and absurdity of war,...
01.05.2016
What if we could improve diagnosis and treatment of a disease by revisiting how our understanding of it—or lack of—evolved over time? This strategy is at the heart of the SILICOSIS project, which by...
Opinion
11.11.2015
From wide usage of machine guns to poison gas attacks, World War I was the first conflict that showed the importance of scientific leadership, for the best and for the worst.
Article
11.11.2015
The war left Europe devastated and bankrupt. It radically changed the world, giving rise to a new economic, political, and cultural order.
11.11.2015
Between 1914 and 1918, the military conflict that set Europe ablaze was of unprecedented intensity. This First World War, which would have wide-ranging consequences—demographic, political, economic,...
Article
10.23.2015
The 70th anniversary of the Liberation of France provides the opportunity to remember the victims of Nazi persecution, including those, long-overlooked, who were deported for being homosexual. It is...