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European Parliament Chamber with Empty Seats and Flags of Member States
π Economics π Industry

Omnibus Directive: a setback for the European Green Deal?

avec Phuc-Vinh Nguyen, Head of the Energy Centre at Institut Jacques Delors , Jacques Le Cacheux, Emeritus Professor of Economics at Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
On March 26th, 2025
5 min reading time
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π Planet π Space π Industry

Satellite images reveal the extent of methane leaks across the world

avec Marielle Saunois, Lecturer and Researcher at Université Versailles Saint Quentin and Member of Climate and Environmental Sciences Laboratory
On March 19th, 2025
4 min reading time
Concept of circadian rhythms and their importance to human health, represented by a silhouette against mechanical gears and sunlight through a window. Generated AI.
π Neuroscience π Health and biotech

How do our bodies tune into the Sun's rhythm?

avec Claude Gronfier, Researcher in Chronobiology at Inserm's Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon
On March 19th, 2025
4 min reading time
Powerful gust of wind symbolized by dynamic, swirling lines enveloping an open laptop that displays lines of open-source code on the screen
π Digital π Society π Science and technology

How open-source AI could modernise public services

avec Christophe Gaie, Head of the Engineering and Digital Innovation Division at the Prime Minister's Office, Laurent Denis, Technical Architect in the Prime Minister's Office
On March 19th, 2025
6 min reading time
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π Industry π Space

IRIS2: everything you need to know about this new European constellation

avec Jean-Pierre Diris , Interministerial Coordinator for France on IRIS² and GOVSATCOM
On March 11th, 2025
5 min reading time
π Planet

Climate change increases the risk of landslides

avec Gilles Grandjean, Co-Director of France 2030 Scientific Program Risques (IRiMa)
On March 11th, 2025
4 min reading time
π Neuroscience π Health and biotech

What effect do screens have on our sleep?

avec Russel Foster , Director of the Sleep and Circadian Research Institute at the University of Oxford
On March 11th, 2025
5 min reading time
Two politicians negotiating at a conference table with flags in the background, diplomatic negotiation, international diplomacy
π Geopolitics π Society

How effective is nuclear deterrence today?

avec Paul Zajac, Director of Strategic Affairs at CEA
On March 5th, 2025
4 min reading time
Brain symbolizing circadian rhythms over a background split between dark starry night and bright cloudy day
π Neuroscience π Health and biotech

What do we really know about our dreams?

avec Delphine Oudiette, Inserm Research Director and Co-Director of DreamTeam at Institut du Cerveau in Paris, Claudia Picard-Deland, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Psychiatry and Addictology at Université de Montréal
On March 5th, 2025
5 min reading time
Mars planet with glowing sun on space
π Space

BepiColombo: revelations from the Mercury mission

avec Lina Hadid, Astrophysicist and Researcher at Plasma Physics Laboratory at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)
On March 5th, 2025
4 min reading time