Migration: the effects of climate change

Katrin Millock, CNRS research director at Paris School of Economics, and lecturer at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On January 22nd, 2025 4 min reading time

Climate change has direct and indirect effects on migration: destruction of property, reduced agricultural productivity, etc.

Extreme rainfall: can we anticipate the risk of flooding?

Jan Polcher, Research Director at the Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory (CNRS) and lecturer at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On January 22nd, 2025 3 min reading time

With global warming, periods of extreme rainfall are intensifying, but it remains difficult to predict future flood risks with any accuracy.

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How to manage children's relationship with screens

Grégoire Borst, Professor of Psychology at Université Paris Cité

On January 22nd, 2025 4 min reading time

Mars: how studying earthquakes changed our vision of the red planet

Philippe Lognonné, Professor at Université Paris Cité and at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

On January 15th, 2025 5 min reading time

Scientists are reporting on the first seismic signals measured on the planet Mars following NASA's InSight mission, launched in 2018.

Renewable energy: the growing need for storage solutions

Didier Dalmazzone, Professor of Chemistry and Processes at ENSTA (IP Paris)

On January 15th, 2025 4 min reading time

Renewable energies present storage challenges, particularly because of the intermittent and decentralised nature of their production.

Christophe Gaie

Cybersecurity: why protecting public data is critical

Christophe Gaie, Head of the Engineering and Digital Innovation Division at the Prime Minister's Office, Jean Langlois-Berthelot, Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Head of Division in the French Army

On January 15th, 2025 5 min reading time

EU-Mercosur agreement: sorting the true from false

Charlotte Emlinger , Economist at CEPII and Doctor in Economics at Montpellier SupAgro, Mathieu Parenti, Professor at Paris School of Economics and Researcher at INRAE

On January 8th, 2025 7 min reading time

The EU-Mercosur free trade agreement has been fuelling public debate for several weeks now: how can we sort out the real from the fake?

Why did it rain so much in 2024?

Simon Mittelberger, Climatologist at Météo-France specialising in Water Resources, Bertrand Decharme, CNRS Research Director at Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM), Eric Sauquet, Research Director in Hydrology at INRAE

On January 8th, 2025 3 min reading time

In France, the spring of 2024 was the 4th wettest on record since 1959, raising questions about the link between rainfall and climate change caused by human activities.

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Drug use and abuse of medicines are on the rise

Guillaume Airagnes, Lecturer at Université Paris Cité, Amine Benyamina, Professor at Paris Saclay Faculty of Medicine

On January 8th, 2025 4 min reading time

Inequalities in the face of cancer: who are the most vulnerable?

Gwenn Menvielle, Research Director in Post-Cancer at Inserm, Aurore Loretti, Lecturer at ETHICS Laboratory's Medical Ethics Centre at Université Catholique de Lille

On December 10th, 2024 5 min reading time

Cancer is the leading cause of death in France, and more often affects people from poorer social backgrounds than advantaged ones.

How scientists are studying the deep sea floor

Laurent Mortier, Professor at ENSTA (IP Paris)

On December 10th, 2024 5 min reading time

Against a backdrop of climate and biodiversity crises, ocean observation is of vital importance today.

Pierre-Alexis Geoffroy

Towards digitally-enhanced psychiatry

Pierre-Alexis Geoffroy, Professor of Medicine at Université Paris-Cité, Jean-Baptiste Masson, Laboratory Director and Researcher at Institut Pasteur and INRIA

On December 10th, 2024 6 min reading time

Are schools reinforcing social inequalities?

Guillaume Hollard, Professor of Economics at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Camille Peugny, Professor of Sociology at Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

On November 29th, 2024 5 min reading time

In France, inequalities in education are increasing throughout the schooling process and are fuelling social inequality.

Blue and green water: why they affect us all

Pilar Acosta, Professor in Management of Innovation at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Juan Diego Avila Hurtado, Master's Student at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Hector Bonnel, Master's Student at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Alexander Bracklo, Master's Student at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On November 29th, 2024 5 min reading time

Green water is the world's largest contributor of freshwater, and is necessary for terrestrial ecosystems.

Generative AI: energy consumption soars

Anne-Laure Ligozat, Professor of Computer Science at ENSIIE and LISN, Alex De Vries , PhD Student at the School of Business and Economics at the University of Amsterdam

On November 13th, 2024 4 min reading time

With the popularity of generative AI, the energy consumption of artificial intelligence is exploding.

Quantum: the second revolution unfolds

On June 5th, 2024 1 min reading time

What is quantum physics? What are the applications of quantum technologies? Dive into the universe of the infinitely small with this issue of 3.14.

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“Nearly 80% of women put their loved ones' health before their own”

Claire Mounier-Vehier, Professor of Vascular Medicine and Head of Department at CHU of Lille, Heart-Lung Institute

On November 29th, 2024 6 min reading time

What does the future hold for energy storage and decentralised networks?

Patricia Crifo, Professor of Economics at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Ao Li, Master's Student at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Wenrui Dai, Master's Student at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Inès Glangeaud, Master's Student at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On November 28th, 2024 5 min reading time

At COP29, the urgent need to increase energy storage capacity and modernise grid infrastructure was highlighted.

Are major communication systems vulnerable?

Jannik Dreier, Associate Professor at Université de Lorraine

On November 28th, 2024 4 min reading time

Communications networks are vulnerable to computer attacks, despite the trust placed in operators.

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The future of brain-machine synchronisation

Hamilton Mann, Group Vice President of Digital Marketing and Digital Transformation at Thales and Senior Lecturer a... , Cornelia C. Walther, Senior Visiting Scientist at Wharton Initiative for Neuroscience (WiN) , Michael Platt, Director of the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative and a Professor of Marketing, Neuroscience, and Psyc...

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Machine Learning: can we correct biases?

Stephan Clémençon, Professor of Applied Mathematics at Télécom Paris (IP Paris)

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“Decisions made by algorithms must be justified”

Isabelle Bloch, Professor at Sorbonne University (Chair in Artificial Intelligence)

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Artificial intelligence: a tool for domination or emancipation?

Lê Nguyên Hoang, Co-founder and President of Tournesol.app , Victor Berger, Post-doctoral researcher at CEA Saclay , Giada Pistilli, PhD student at Sorbonne University affiliated with the CNRS Science, Norms, Democracy laboratory

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When algorithms replace humans, what is at stake? 

Véronique Steyer, Associate Professor in Innovation Management at École Polytechnique (IP Paris) , Milie Taing, Founder and CEO of Lili.ai

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Are artificial intelligence and human intelligence comparable?

Daniel Andler, Professor emeritus in Philosophy of Science at Sorbonne Université , Maxime Amblard, Professor of Computer Science at Université de Lorraine , Annabelle Blangero, PhD in Neuroscience and Data Science Manager at Ekimetrics

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Water at the heart of global geopolitical issues

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What future can we expect for water resources in France?

Eric Sauquet, Research Director in Hydrology at INRAE

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Water security: a local issue with international impact

Patricia Crifo, Professor of Economics at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris) , Maxime Elkington, Masters student in "Economics for smart cities and climate policy" at École Polytechnique (IP Paris)

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Water, a growing source of global tension

Hervé Douville, Researcher at Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM) , Bertrand Decharme, CNRS Research Director at Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM)

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Access to water: inequalities reinforced by climate change

Marine Colon, Lecturer at AgroParisTech and Researcher in Public Management , Stéphanie Dos Santos, Sociologist and demographer at IRD Population Environment Development Laboratory

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Securing water resources: a global necessity

Éric Servat, Director of UNESCO International Centre for Water

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Hard choices must be made for universal access to water

Nassim Ait Mouheb, Researcher at INRAE , Corinne Cabassud , Professor emeritus at INSA Toulouse and Researcher at Toulouse Biotechnology Institute (TBI)

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