The Geometry of Shadows and Light
Can a solid be built that casts various shadows such as the letters of your name or the profiles of your friends? Yes if, visually, nothing
Should We Revise Bioethics Laws, and at What Speed?
Unlike the moral rules, the major laws of bioethics anticipate their own senescence because they must confront a permanent change.
Towards an Immortal Brain
Why do we age? Work on the underlying biological process suggests that, without necessarily becoming eternal, we could limit the consequence
Transport, Still Too Dependent on Petrol
We collectively failed to put in place sufficient economic incentives to initiate the necessary transformation of our transport. Despite som
”Digital Humanities” in school
The humanities become digital in labs and businesses, blurring a harmful barrier between human and social sciences, and so-called hard scien
Lennon, McCartney? Statisticians Identify Who Composed In My Life
Statisticians identify who, from Lennon or McCartney, is the composer of In My Life, applying to music data analysis techniques commonly use
Ethics or Scientific Integrity Committees: What’s the Difference?
Life in the laboratory is what is now referred to as scientific integrity, while the role of the scientist in the world is the ethic of rese
A Question of Taste
The taste determines a specific behavior. The goal of systems neuroscience is to understand how neural activity and circuits connecting brai
Reinventing the Smart City
The digitization of the city should not be an opportunity for a loss of control over policies. The city is, and must remain, primarily at th
Anonymity, Confidentiality, Transparency: Which to Choose?
Despite the misdeeds of opacity, total transparency is harmful when people are being judged. Anonymity is also not desirable, one can not de
