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This month in science (April 2025)
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Downloading the human mind
04.14.2025
cognitive sciences In "Mickey 17", the latest film by the South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, the main character is recruited as an “Expendable” as part of a mission to colonise an exoplanet. Each time he dies, his memories are reloaded into a new body. Can this technique actually become a reality?
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life article
Antifungals and antibiotics have identical resistance mechanisms
04.10.2025
Health Mycoses resistant to antifungal drugs are on the increase. Not least because treatments against pathogenic fungi are used in agriculture as well as in human and animal health.
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digital article
Optimisation and ethics
04.22.2025
Ethics Navigation tools, sales optimisation software, higher education platforms…Algorithms are not immune to ethical bias. Well before the tsunami of generative artificial intelligence, specialists on decision support systems were pondering the issue.
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earth article
Meet Arthur, the first deep-sea robot archaeologist
04.16.2025
Archaeology Arthur is a new submersible ROV (remotely-operated vehicle) designed for underwater archaeology. Offering unprecedented performance and versatility, it is able to explore shipwrecks for treasure and the marine life they harbour, at depths as great as 2500 metres. CNRS News talks to roboticist...
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life article
The secret behind the scent of roses
04.28.2025
Biochemistry Why does a rose smell like a rose? Scientists have analysed the chemical composition of floral odours, whose volatile compounds serve not only to attract but also to repel.
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earth video
Alaska on shifting ground
04.09.2025
Climate

Alaska is hit hard by climate change. The...

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Climate change puts archaeological sites at threat
04.21.2025
Archaeology Prehistoric sites across France, such as the famous Chauvet Cave or L’Ile d’Yeu, are being closely monitored so as to understand how they are being endangered by climate change, and avoid the disappearance of rock paintings.
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