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Edith Heard, the Epigenetics Revolution
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03.26.2019 |
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Biology
Each of our cells contains our entire genetic code. However, some become skin or muscle cells, or even neurons! This is what epigenetics can achieve. We met with Edith Heard, a global specialist in the discipline, who in January took over as director general of the prestigious European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg (Germany).
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A Historical Treasure Bordering Ancient Mesopotamia
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03.19.2019 |
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Archaeology
In Iraqi Kurdistan, excavations carried out by a French archaeological mission have revealed an ancient city on the site of Kunara. Towards the end of the 3rd millennium BC, this city stood in the heart of an unknown kingdom: that of the mountain people, who had until then remained in the shadow of their powerful Mesopotamian neighbours.
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Storm Chasers
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03.22.2019
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Physics
Flying an airplane into a thunderstorm may not sound like a good idea. Unless you are a physicist. Scientists from the Exaedre project have led an exceptional mission to study the physics of lightning from up close.
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Big Data Boosts Alzheimer’s Research
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03.26.2019 |
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Biology A cutting-edge web platform, fed by brain-scan data from thousands of persons of all ages and states of health, now pinpoints the changes in brain structure that mark the onset of Alzheimer’s in humans under 40, long before any signs of its characteristic memory disorders.
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Is Science in Crisis?
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03.08.2019 |
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Interview Conflicts of interest, merchants of doubt, the influence of private foundations... many factors can cloud scientific discourse. The philosopher Mathias Girel, a specialist in epistemology at the École Normale Supérieure, sheds light on the issue.
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When Jewish Scientists Fled Nazism
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03.18.2019 |
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history of science In his new book, the physicist Sébastien Balibar tells the story of the encounter in Paris of the Hungarian László Tisza and the German Fritz London, two scientists who fled Nazism, and their subsequent exile to the United States. He shows how scientific research was able to result in... |
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Next Stop: Uranus and Neptune
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02.25.2019 |
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Astronomy Will Europe take part in the next space mission to Uranus and Neptune? To discuss the issues and technical questions that such a mission entails, Olivier Mousis, a specialist in planetary formation, is bringing together experts from around the world in Marseille for an international workshop. |
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In the Heart of a Glacier
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03.14.2019
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Glaciology Due to climate change, the Argentière glacier in the French Alps has been losing a metre of thickness every year for the past 30 years. A team of scientists has equipped the icy giant with more than 100 sensors to listen to its inner workings for a month. |
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In Ethiopia, Lalibela's Mysteries
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03.12.2019 |
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Archaeology A complex of churches hewn directly into the rock, located in the centre of Ethiopia, is slowly yielding its secrets, thereby enabling a better grasp of the country’s history.
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Zinder Reconnects with its Past
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03.15.2019 |
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History Niger’s second-largest city is hosting a photographic exhibition on everyday life in the region at the turn of the twentieth century, in the initial stages of French colonisation. Camille Lefebvre, a historian at the Institute of African Worlds (IMAF), initiated this project, which sheds light on a... |
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