Research suggests that some volcanoes on Venus may still be active today. Eruptions could even have occurred just a few days ago. Besides Earth, Io (Jupiter’s moon) is the only known object in the solar system to host active volcanoes. However, there are indications that Venus may also be affected. It would not be so […]
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Researchers studied small T-Rex fossils and finally concluded that they were young dinosaurs. It all started in 1946 with the discovery of the skull of a small T-Rex in the Hell Creek formation, in Montana (United States). Some believed it to be a previously unknown pygmy species and others argued that it was a young […]
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The researcher behind the “creation” of the world’s first “genetically modified” babies has just been sentenced to three years in prison by a Chinese court. In November 2018, Chinese geneticist He Jiankui announced that he had modified the genome of two newborn twins. Its goal: to make them resistant to the AIDS virus. To do […]
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A team of astronomers announces the discovery of a rocky exoplanet in our cosmic quarter, just 66 light years from Earth. More than 24 years after 51 Pegasi B, the first extrasolar world discovered and confirmed in 1995, our cosmic address book now has more than 4,100 exoplanets. However, the vast majority are gas or […]
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The rapid increase in CO2 levels in the air threatens to severely degrade the cognitive abilities of students in the classroom. Results recently presented at the American Geophysical Union Meeting and which extend those obtained by previous work. In particular, they invite to take a more serious interest in this direct effect of CO2 in […]
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Everyone admitted, nations have failed to make serious climate commitments. Between disappointment and anger, observers believe that this is a totally missed opportunity, an important missed opportunity to display the ambition to respond to the climate crisis. A bitter-tasting COP25 COP25, whose slogan was “Time for Action”, took place from December 2 to 13 in […]
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A report from IUCN suggests that the oceans have lost a lot of oxygen since the 1960s. In addition, there are now fifteen times more “dead zones” than sixty years ago. Terrestrial species need oxygen to live, but let’s not forget that marine species also. You and I do not run out of oxygen. In […]
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At this 25th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP25), no less than 70 CEOs and unions issued a joint statement, calling on the United States not to leave the Paris Agreement. This text, which is supposed to regulate global warming, has put some brands such as Google, Apple, Tesla and Microsoft on the edge, […]
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In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given a surprising authorization to a Swedish tobacco manufacturer. Indeed, the latter can say that snus (or tobacco to suck) is less harmful than smoking. What is snus? Snus is a wet tobacco powder consumed mainly in the countries of northern Europe. It should […]
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US researchers have developed a gel to make trees fire resistant. It is then a question of anticipating the fires of seasons and facilitating the work of the firemen. This is a unique prevention tool that could be applied soon. A spray gel According to a statement released on September 30, 2019, this freeze was […]
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