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Plastic waste: the need to act quickly before we are submerged

par Isabelle Méjean, Head of economics department at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris and Best young French economist 2020, Julien Martin, professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Quebec in Montréal (ESG-UQAM)

New Zealand: the first tobacco-free generation?

par Karine Gallopel-Morvan, Professor in Social Marketing at EHESP and member of the Haut conseil de santé publique

“Microplastic pollution in the ocean contributes to antibiotic resistance”

par Maria Belen Sathicq, Post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Water Research of the Italian National Research Council (CNR)

“Our desire for truthfulness makes us suspicious of institutions”

par Etienne Klein, Philosopher of science and Professor of Physics at CEA

“Controlled inflation will help to boost growth”

par Jean-Baptiste Michau, Professor of Economics at École Polytechnique - CREST (IP Paris)

Can we know if our universe is a simulation?

par David Kipping, Assistant Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University

Why the European Central Bank wants to digitize the euro

par Marc-Olivier Strauss-Kahn, Director General of Banque de France (BDF)

Miraculous Red Sea corals that are resisting climate change

par Romain Savary, Researcher in genetics at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and AXA post-doctoral research fellow

“World population growth could slow from 2065 onwards”

par Hervé Le Bras, Research director in demographics at EHESS and Emeritus research director at Ined

Earthquakes: a force of nature that can be tamed?

par Jean-François Semblat, Professor at at ENSTA Paris, Head of mechanics and energy department at IP Paris