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Double exposure creative hologram of unfinished supertall building and Chinese flag
π Geopolitics

China's engineering state: the hidden machinery of speed and scale

with Dan Wang, Researcher at the Hoover History Lab at Stanford University
Statue of Liberty
π Digital

Immersive 3D experience at the CNAM: witness construction of the Statue of Liberty

with Marius Preda, Associate Professor at Institut MINES-Télécom, Hubert Naudeix, Founder of Aristeas
π Geopolitics π Economics

K-företag: how Sweden mobilises civilian businesses during war efforts

with Laure Colin, postdoctoral researcher at the Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation (i3-CRG) at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)
π Energy

Climate change is affecting power grids, here's what to expect

with Philippe Drobinski, CNRS Research Director, Professor at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris) and Director of Energy4Climate
Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and modern comput
π Digital

Are World Models set to transform AI?

with Jean Ponce, Professor at École normale supérieure-PSL and Global Distinguished Professor at New York University
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π Planet

Biodiversity credits and certificates: what's the difference?

with Alain Karsenty, Economist and Researcher at Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (Cirad)
π Health and biotech

Cadmium in food: true, false, uncertain

with Géraldine Carne, Toxicologist and Scientific Project Manager in the Food Risk Assessment Unit at ANSES, Yann Le Bodo, Project Manager in the Social Sciences, Economics, and Society Division (DiSSES) at ANSES, Sébastien Denys, Agricultural Engineer, Director of Health, Environment, and Occupational Safety at Santé publique France, Thibault Sterckeman, Research Engineer at INRAE, researcher at the Sols & Environnement laboratory at the University of Lorraine
π Neuroscience

Neither alive nor dead: disembodied human brains put to use in medicine

with Pierre-Marie Lledo, Research Director at CNRS, Head of Department at Institut Pasteur, and Member of the European Academy of Sciences
π Economics

Europe is falling behind, can it pick up the pace on innovation?

with Philippe Aghion, Nobel Prize in Economics 2025, Professor at Collège de France, London School of Economics, and INSEAD
π Science and technology

The reproducibility crisis: is science deceiving us?

with Florian Naudet, Psychiatrist, Professor of Clinical Medicine at Université de Rennes, and Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France, Larry Vernon Hedges, Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Education and Social Policy, Psychology, and Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University, Thomas Rhys Evans, Psychologist and Lecturer in Occupational Psychology and Open Research at the University of Greenwich