Why Breathing Reduces Stress
How can such a simple and natural act as breathing affect our psychological state to such an extent? Breathing combines with other motor beh
Could Our Gut Be the Source of a New Generation of Drugs?
The anti-inflammatory role of the bacteria Faecalibacterium prausnitizii, present in the gut, has now been identified. We created a start-up
Prime Numbers Respect Parity
In mathematics, the magic lies in the contrast between our perception a priori and the evidence: if many can understand the statement and ha
“There’s Nothing Like an Observation that Confirms Einstein’s Ideas!”
Barry Barish played a key role in detecting gravitational waves, mobilising the scientific community in the international Ligo project, whic
Controversial Software Attempts to Read Homosexuality on Faces
The authors claim that the program is able to automatically recognise a homosexual from facial features with more than 91% accuracy. This id
Domestication Enabled Cats to Rule the World
Using analyses of ancient DNA, for the first time the rapprochement between cats and humans since Neolithic times has been reconstructed spa
Homage to Maurice Nivat, Pioneer in Theoretical IT
Maurice Nivat has just died shortly before his 80th birthday, after playing a fundamental role in organising and promoting theoretical compu
The Resistance of Insulators
Some materials are insulators on the inside, but conductors at the extremities. These surprising properties are due to the topological chara
“To cure AIDS one day, we need to eliminate cells’ viral reservoirs”
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 2008 for jointly discovering the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). She looks
The Brain Manufactures Neurons On Demand
Adults manufacture juvenile neurons, it could be interpreted as adaptation to the environment. Several studies underlines the idea of “on de
