When we observe an hourglass, when we fix our gaze on the grains of sand falling, we have the feeling that time is flowing continuously. We think this has been the case since the birth of the world, ...

What if cancer cells became their own enemies? A team from Stanford seems to have found a way to achieve this goal. In our bodies, billions of cells are destroyed daily thanks to a process called ...

Is cryptography, the guardian of our digital security, crumbling in the face of quantum computers' power? A group of Chinese researchers appears to have reached a milestone by breaking RSA encryption ...

As they accumulate in the atmosphere, microplastics could influence weather and climate, as suggested by a recent study published in Environmental Science & Technology: Air. Their presence promotes ...

In March 2022, Russia invaded part of Ukrainian territory. As the world's fifth-largest wheat exporter, Ukraine's war amplified an already mounting global food crisis. However, the war's effects on ...

Berry-flavored vaping products could weaken the lungs' natural defense mechanisms, reducing the body's ability to fight infections. This is the finding of a study comparing the effects of flavored ...

What really happens in our brain when we think or move? This question, as old as it is fascinating, takes a new turn thanks to a recent study. Australian researchers have uncovered a principle of ...

For centuries, it lay peacefully in the crystal-clear waters of the Solomon Islands, hidden from view. What scientists believed to be a shipwreck turned out to be the largest coral ever discovered, an ...

It is hard to do our shopping without being offered products to protect our microflora! Our body is said to host ten times more bacteria than cells. Really? Our digestive system contains a huge number ...

The moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, have intrigued astronomers for decades with their strange shapes and surprisingly regular orbits. While they resemble captured asteroids, their orbital ...

A 2,200-year-old vase, bearing the intriguing effigy of the Egyptian dwarf god Bes, has just revealed an unexpected secret. Researchers have identified traces of a hallucinogenic beverage used during ...

The Siberian ice holds unsuspected secrets. In 2020, an exceptional discovery was made near the Badyarikha River: that of a baby saber-toothed tiger, frozen in time for nearly 36,000 years. A true ...