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Plastic recycling is counter-productive
In August 2025, the Geneva Summit on plastic pollution once again failed to reach agreement on an international treaty, due in particular to a lack…
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One air of quality
For French National Air Quality Day, come and take a look at the images of the scientists who study the atmospheric sciences.
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Seeing life in purple
The early 20th-century artist Robert Delaunay began painting at a pivotal moment in art history, namely during the chemical industry revolution, when…
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Science to the rescue of heritage
A historical legacy and an ‘irreplaceable source of life and inspiration’, our cultural heritage now constitutes a major part of our history…
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Photography, at the frontier between science and art
International Photography Day celebrates the first daguerreotype in 1839. Discover our archives on the first photographic processes, the diversity of…
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The secret of sand patches
Sand patches dot beaches and deserts, but their origin remains an enigma. Using measurements taken in the desert, physicists have created a model…
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Light in all its forms
Light is an invaluable resource, both for looking back into the past and for securing our future, and is celebrated on the International Day of Light…
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Space experiments aboard the ISS
The metabolism of astronauts, the behaviour of plants, the reactions of living beings to radiation and of foams to weightlessness… The International…
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