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But for a single gene by Nigel Roth
In 1752, Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina, the only female ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy, decided that her love for animals...
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A smashed landscape by Nigel Roth
Lets head back to 1953. President Truman is telling the world the US has developed a hydrogen bomb, the CIA are meeting to discuss...
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Chinaworld by Sylvain Besson, journalist.
It is still early when the first notes of the March of the Volunteers ring out in Times Square: "Stand up, people who no longer want to...
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Rock on by Nigel Roth
By the time the first International Chemistry Congress was underway in Karlsruhe, and the French had begun searching for the mythical...
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What do robots dream of? by Katia Elkaim
Spot! This is the name of the robot dog developed by Boston Dynamics, now on sale on the company's website. All it takes is one click and...
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Pause For Thought by Nigel Roth
A few weeks ago I was reminded, on the anniversary of his death, of an American inventor called Eugene Polley. He died at ninety-six...
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The time I'm obsessed with by Rony Levy
It's June 2, 2020 and here I am again in front of my Mac keyboard about to type, for the umpteenth time, the word "time". I am definitely...
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Follow the Seam by Nigel Roth
As the USA finds itself fighting another civil war, this time to protect black citizens from institutional violence rather that to free...
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The futur of the improbable by Katia Elkaim
When I was a child, my parents took me to see a documentary that described, in the most burlesque way, totally crazy and useless...
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May 11, 20213 min read
If a tree falls in a forest by Nigel Roth
In 1710, the philosopher and cleric George Berkeley proposed in his most famous work that objects may only exist when they are actually...
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