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- A physical model consistent with the history of the Earth-Moon system https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/first-ever-physical-model-consistent-with-the-history-of-the-earth-moon-system 5 comments
- The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has obtained the very first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the heart of our Galaxy https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/black-hole-sgr-a-unmasked 1116 comments science
- Edgar Morin, France’s best-known intellectual, just celebrated his hundredth birthday – and eight decades of an exceptional scientific career, driven by a keen ambition to build bridges between disciplines. https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/edgar-morin-turns-100-and-continues-his-journey 24 comments philosophy
- Researchers from a leading European science agency have been discussing the Covid lab-leak hypothesis since November https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/the-origin-of-sars-cov-2-is-being-seriously-questioned 22 comments europe
- Franco-German kickoff conference today for the MakeOurPlanetGreatAgain climate research program, launched in 2017 by French President Emmanuel Macron. 43 projects selected and a €60 million budget. https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/make-our-planet-great-again-they-chose-france 6 comments europe
- The Framework of Notre-Dame: Putting an End to Stereotypes https://news.cnrs.fr/opinions/the-framework-of-notre-dame-putting-an-end-to-stereotypes 3 comments europe
- Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history, with one million species at risk of extinction, says landmark assessment by the IPBES published today https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/nature-declining-globally-at-alarming-rate 13 comments europe
- This is the first-ever picture of a black hole. An international collaboration partly funded by the European Research Council, has transformed the Earth into a gigantic telescope to capture this image of the M87 galaxy's supermassive black hole. https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/this-is-the-first-ever-image-of-a-black-hole 154 comments europe
- 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 https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/a-historical-treasure-bordering-ancient-mesopotamia 29 comments worldnews
- European researchers are training artificial intelligence to fight cyberbullying, with prototypes deployed in select schools in Italy this year https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/training-ai-to-detect-cyberbullying 5 comments europe
- Overfishing is triggering the collapse of seabird populations, says a new global study that trawled through 40 years of worldwide data https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/seabirds-starve-while-fisheries-fill-up 7 comments science
- French researchers create a bionic arm that requires no surgical attachment or extensive training, using instead a phenomenon called "phantom limb mobility" to control it https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/from-phantom-limb-to-bionic-arm 29 comments europe
- This new bionic arm requires no surgery or extensive training, using instead a phenomenon called "phantom limb mobility" to control it https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/from-phantom-limb-to-bionic-arm 3 comments science
- A century after the end of World War I, the root causes of the conflict are still the subject of debate https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/wwi-origins-of-a-conflict 11 comments history
- Vincent Lafforgue wins 3 million dollar Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics for his research on the Langlands program https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/vincent-lafforgue-wins-the-breakthrough-prize-in-mathematics?fbclid=iwar3kah2oj5wwboj7laonlzxj09sttagrlwtftt0fufs1npv09dr1h2pckcu 12 comments math
- Europe is about to launch an ambitious space mission to Mercury: two orbiters to study the surface and magnetic field of the closest planet to the Sun https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/bepicolombo-two-orbiters-head-to-mercury 17 comments europe
- Ancient Mayan civilization's rural areas were highly populated and "extremely" antropized, says an international study based on this year's LiDAR discovery of a "Megalopolis" below the Guatemalan jungle https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/ancient-maya-resource-management-revealed 9 comments science
- Concrete realistic solutions to curb the current biodiversity crisis do exist, but are often not implemented, says a new study that reviewed 13,000 conservation biology publications over the past 15 years https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/solutions-exist-to-curb-biodiversity-loss 3 comments science
- Asylum seekers do not "burden" European economies, says a new macroeconomic study that examined 30 years of data https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/the-beneficial-effect-of-migration-on-the-economy 218 comments science
- Researchers believe they have identified the first-known asteroid currently orbiting the Sun to have immigrated from a neighboring star system https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/an-alien-asteroid-in-our-midst 20 comments science
- 250 year anniversary of the birth of Joseph Fourier, whose work is still transforming science today https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/joseph-fourier-is-still-transforming-science 65 comments math
- The oldest song known to date is 3800 years old. And you can listen to it right here. https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/the-music-of-antiquity 9 comments history
- Europe launches first cubesat dedicated to exoplanet observation https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/first-exoplanet-challenge-for-a-nanosatellite 3 comments europe
- Peter the Great, a Tsar who Loved Science https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/peter-the-great-a-tsar-who-loved-science 4 comments europe
- Peter the Great had an uncanny appetite for science https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/peter-the-great-a-tsar-who-loved-science 9 comments history
- The Palace of Versailles throughout the ages recreated in 3D https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/versailles-from-one-century-to-the-next 2 comments history
- Today’s domestic cat is a descendant of the wildcats that inhabited the Middle East during the Neolithic age, says new paleogenetic study conducted on the remains of 230 ancient animals over 10,000 years. https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/how-cats-conquered-the-world 8 comments science
- Whistled speech—over 70 varieties still exist today worldwide—is used to convey complex sentences over large distances. A new study shows how the a naive listener's language background can impact understanding. https://news.cnrs.fr/opinions/the-fascinating-art-of-whistled-speech 9 comments science
- European Fuel Cell Car Workshop 2017: Hydrogen Cars for All? https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/hydrogen-cars-for-all 3 comments europe
- Seven Earth-sized planets have been detected orbiting a small star just 40 light years away. Some of them could be habitable. https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/a-planetary-system-that-could-support-life 34 comments worldnews
- World War II diplomat Raoul Wallenberg—known as the "Swedish Schindler"—has just been declared officially dead 71 years after his disappearance https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/raoul-wallenberg-a-forgotten-hero 54 comments history
- Emperor Nero's rotating dining room really existed, and this is how it may have worked https://news.cnrs.fr/videos/neros-rotating-dining-room 418 comments history
- This is what Amarna—the lost city of Akhenaten—may have looked like https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/the-lost-city-of-akhenaten 8 comments history
- Fields Medalist Manjul Bhargava on the genius of Indian mathematician Ramanujan and the new biopic starring Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/ramanujan-the-man-who-knew-infinity 8 comments math
- Europe will launch a major space mission to Mars on Monday—these are its primary objectives https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/europe-heads-to-mars 21 comments europe
- Revisiting Verdun 100 years later—the longest and fiercest battle of World War I https://news.cnrs.fr/videos/wwi-revisiting-verdun-100-years-later 27 comments history
- This is what 18th-Century Paris sounded like https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/sound-18th-century-paris 22 comments history
- Researchers may have explained why sparrows are disappearing from European cities https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/are-city-sparrows-endangered 3 comments science
- “To fight Radicalization, Europe needs to unite and strengthen its efforts” https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/ces-jeunes-qui-se-radicalisent 30 comments europe
- Fermi’s Paradox and the Missing Aliens https://news.cnrs.fr/opinions/fermis-paradox-and-missing-aliens 12 comments space