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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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Llama antibodies: new therapeutic avenues against schizophrenia
Nanobodies were recently generated from llama antibodies to target a key brain receptor involved in schizophrenia.Injected peripherally, these…
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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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Iron and cancer, a balancing act
Treatments such as chemotherapy tend only to be effective against the most proliferative cancer cells. At the Institut Curie, Raphaël Rodriguez and…
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How aquatic plants changed the face of the Earth
Half a billion years ago, plants, until then exclusively aquatic, set out to colonise the land. This transition transformed the Earth and its…
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When the immune system goes haywire
Millions of people fear the onset of spring, because of the pollens that irritate their respiratory pathways and can trigger allergic reactions that…
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The enduring mystery of consciousness
What is consciousness? When does it begin? How can it be measured? Does AI have it? An update on an intimate, universal yet mysterious phenomenon…
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How plants conquered the land – and changed the face of the Earth
Half a billion years ago, plants, until then exclusively aquatic, set out to colonise the land. This transition transformed the Earth and its…
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Fukushima insects tested for cognition
In the contaminated area around Fukushima, Japan, scientists are studying the impact of radioactivity on the cognitive abilities of pollinating…
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