Science

The outbreak studied by the WHO may have begun before boarding, during a land exposure in South America in an area frequented by rodents. This hypothesis separates the initial case from transmissions later suspected aboard the MV Hondius. It also reminds us that the origin of the situation is not in the Netherlands.

Debate

WHO and ECDC track the MV Hondius hantavirus cluster as Rotterdam arrival keeps wider public risk low now

2026-05-18

Automated driving sparks debate through its technical imagination. Between innovation, political concern, and industrial rivalry, the issue becomes a test of sovereignty.

AI

Clément Beaune warns Europe that self-driving cars are now a sovereignty test against US and Chinese rivals

2026-05-11

A white, branched lightning bolt splits a sky nearly swallowed by night. The scene conveys the visual power of the phenomenon before the film patiently dissects its mechanisms. It opens the documentary with a tension that is both spectacular and silent.

News

Lightning on France 5 : how prime-time television turns a spectacular storm into a promise of knowledge

2026-04-16

An almost erased horizon blends into white light, giving the ocean a calm, abstract presence. Nothing here suggests the spectacular, which is precisely why the image suits the subject: a peaceful surface can hide a deep anomaly. The photograph thus supports the article’s central idea of a subtle but measurable upheaval.

Climate

Oceans at 20.97 C in March: the near-record heat putting climate scientists on alert for El Niño

2026-04-10

Thomas Pesquet today embodies French expectations around a possible European seat in the upcoming lunar phase. His name stands out not merely from fame but from a mix of deep experience, rare visibility, and a political moment when Europe’s place in Artemis is becoming clearer.

France

Thomas Pesquet and Europe’s path to a future lunar mission

2026-04-09

In this universe of screens, streams, and signals, Africa already appears fully engaged in the rise of artificial intelligence. This image supports the central idea of the text: the continent is part of this revolution but not yet on equal footing in designing its tools. Beneath the sleek aesthetics of innovation lies a more decisive question: who controls data, standards, and use.

AI

Adji Bousso Dieng warns of a new digital imbalance in Africa

2026-04-08

The setting Earth, photographed through an Orion porthole at 12:41 a.m. Paris time on April 7, 2026, during Artemis II’s lunar flyby. © NASA.

Digital

Artemis II breaks Apollo 13’s record, crosses the far side and sees a solar eclipse

2026-04-07

At Cape Canaveral, the Artemis II crew left Earth on April 1, 2026 aboard the Orion spacecraft, launched by the SLS from pad 39B. For the first time since Apollo 17, human beings are en route to the Moon.

News

Artemis II lifts off — humanity is heading back to the Moon after half a century

2026-04-01

Near Paris, the data center project led by Mistral AI brings artificial intelligence back to its material basis. Behind the models and applications are buildings, grid connections, chips, and electricity. The image summarizes this shift toward technological sovereignty, which is also played out in land and installed power.

AI

$830 million, 13,800 Nvidia chips, 44 megawatts: how Mistral AI is building Europe’s AI sovereignty

2026-03-31

‘In the gray plume from these industrial facilities is less a spectacular image than a stubborn truth. For decades the atmosphere has accumulated greenhouse gases and the ocean has absorbed a vast share of the excess heat.’

Climate

2025 ranks among the hottest years as Earth keeps storing heat

2026-03-26

Debate

Accutane for a thinner nose? The dangerous TikTok trend the ANSM wants to stop

2026-03-14

In Paris, Yann LeCun isn’t merely announcing another company: he’s turning a long-held scientific conviction into a global industrial wager. At 65, the Franco-American researcher is taking his critique of large language models out of the lab and turning it into a doctrine for action. Behind the $1.03 billion raised, this launch tells of an influence struggle over what artificial intelligence should become in the decade ahead. The scene is less an official portrait than a turning point: a respected scientist entering the economic arena with the ambition to redefine the next wave of AI.

AI

Yann LeCun launches AMI Labs in Paris with a $1.03 billion bet on world models

2026-03-10