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Colonialism in green camouflage
The myth of Africa as a wild, enchanting continent conceals a reality of nature under glass orchestrated by Western experts, to the detriment of…
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Cervantes, an influencer of his time
A previously unpublished sonnet by Cervantes, recently discovered in an account of Neapolitan festivals, reveals the exceptional socio-professional…
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The myth of energy transition
The concept of an “energy transition” is misleading, states the CNRS science historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz. He explains why coal and oil never…
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The Arabian desert reveals long-hidden jewels
Oil isn't the only treasure hidden in the Arabian desert. French-Saudi archaeological teams are gradually unearthing a hitherto unsuspected heritage,…
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AIDS, globalisation's first pandemic
Forty-four years after the earliest cases of AIDS were identified, the historian Marion Aballéa retraces the social, economic, cultural, scientific…
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Sharks fall prey to "Jaws"
Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws" is back in cinemas worldwide 50 years after its original release. The specialist Éric Clua talks about the negative image…
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Summer programme: ‘Breizh, ur bed da zizoloiñ pe da adzizoloiñ’ — Brittany, a world to (re)discover
Wind-swept cliffs, ancient forests, coastlines shaped by the tides... Through this selection of films, Brittany is revealed in a new light.
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Dying with the times
Digital cemeteries, deadbots… Is the development of digital tools changing the way we cope with death and mourning, as depicted in David Cronenberg’s…
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The tribulations of the chihuahua in America
Researchers have shown that dogs had a place in the first agricultural societies of Central and South America more than 5,000 years ago. But the…
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