How to reckon with and on African research?

Published on : 10/10/2022 – 16:10 Why rely on African research? A look back at African Research Matters, a symposium held in March 2022, in Saint-Louis, Senegal for the launch of Global Africa: the first interdisciplinary and multilingual pan-African scientific journal. Let’s meet for a week dedicated to pan-African research, from Senegal. Today we offer … Read more

Waste electrical and electronic equipment: a plague for Africa

Published on : 11/03/2022 – 13:25 “Consume, consume, there will always be something left! Some 34 billion electronic objects circulate on the planet. Once broken, deemed obsolete or unused, they generate mountains of waste electrical and electronic equipment that is dangerous for the environment and health. These D3E, as they are called, now weigh nearly … Read more

“The uranium of anger”

Investigative journalist Martin Boudot has followed the uranium route: from Niger, where it is blasted from the mines of Arlit to Narbonne, in the south of France, where it is converted into fuel for nuclear power plants. The observation is the same: soaring levels of radioactivity, residents exposed, worried, victims of long-term poisoning and who … Read more

How does science infuse and spread? March 2022 scientific press review

Published on : 02/03/2022 – 16:10 What research, what discoveries caught the attention of our colleagues in the scientific press this month? With : – Philippe Henarejos, Sky and Space / The amateur and the historical supernova / The UN has started the revision of the Outer Space Treaty – Cecile Lestienne, Brain and Psycho … Read more

What do we know about turtles? – Around the question

Published on : 22/02/2022 – 15:10 Appearing on Earth more than 200 million years ago, these champions of adaptation have more than one trick up their sleeve. (Rebroadcast July 13, 2020). Symbols of longevity and for good reason, turtles have been present on land and at sea for more than 200 million years, adapting to … Read more