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Can beauty be quantified?

Samy Lakhal, PhD student of the Econophysics & Complex Systems Chair (LadHyX) at École Polytechnique (IP Paris), Michael Benzaquen, Researcher at INSIS-CNRS and holder of the “Econophysics & Complex Systems” chair at École Polytechnique (IP Paris)

Tax inheritance more to reduce income tax?

Bertrand Garbinti, Lecturer at CREST/ENSAE (IP Paris)

Salt caverns: the key to storing hydrogen?

Pierre Bérest, Emeritus Professor at École Polytechnique (IP Paris)

“Benefits of planting trees are grossly overestimated”

Julia Pongratz, Professor of Physical Geography at LMU Munich, Stephen Woroniecki, Post-doctoral researcher in sustainability science at Linköping University

Will there be a “post-covid” economy?

Patrick Artus, Head Economist at Natixis

“Tomorrow, roads will produce energy for vehicles”

Bernard Jacob, Professor at the ENTPE and ESIEE (Gustave Eiffel University)

“Green finance” still a long way from the Paris Agreement

Peter Tankov, Professor of quantitative finance at ENSAE (IP Paris)

Three keys to making good decisions

Patrice Georget, Lecturer in Psychosociology at the University School of Management IAE Caen

CRISPR : can we reach a global consensus on genetic modification?

Hervé Chneiweiss, CNRS Research Director, Neurobiologist and Chair of Inserm Ethics Committee

Collagen: a key to preserving historical parchments

Marie-Claire Schanne-Klein, CNRS research director at the Optics and Biosciences Laboratory (LOB*), IP Paris, Gaël Latour, Senior lecturer, University of Paris-Saclay, Researcher at the Optics and Biosciences Laboratory (LOB*), IP Paris