Marc Le Pape, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
Writing about Rwanda sometimes gives the impression of crossing a minefield. It is not a question of controversies between researchers but of denunciation and intimidation.
Starman takes a drive in his Tesla.
Peter Thoeny/Flickr
Elon Musk is a master of keeping investors believing in the dream of Tesla, but analysis of the company’s output and financials reveal a darker picture.
Servers hosting your favorite websites may be subject to denial-of-service attacks.
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The Internet provides us with many services thanks to sites hosted by servers. These may be the victims of denial-of-service attacks that paralyze the entire server.
A family crosses a flooded street in Pakistan.
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To address environmental degradation, including climate change, it is essential to take into account human rights and migration. Hybrid international law and regional thinking are both essential.
The movie Nour brings the issue of ‘child marriage’ on the front scene in Lebanon.
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Renewed attention is being given to the issue of child marriage in Lebanon as increasing numbers of young refugee girls are being married off as a response to the conflict and forced displacement.
Teaching in Paris in the 14th century (Grandes Chroniques de France).
Affirming that teaching is a science is tantamount to legitimating the forms of violence that are based on the affirmation of “truths”. Instead, it is a coupling of the activities of a subject-learner and a subject-intervener.
Saliha (left) and Alexia in 2012. Alexia no longer wears the veil.
Agnès De Feo
The London Interbank Offered Rates is one of the world’s key financial tools, but the 2008 rigging scandal has led to calls for its being phased out. Can we find better ways of building the LIBOR rate?
Renault Zoé is currently the best-selling electric vehicle in the European Union (15% market share) and leader in France (with 70% of market share).
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The overall analysis of the results of the new Energy Market Barometer confirms that the road to a change in the dominant mobility model is still long.
While France and the US both guarantee individual religious freedom, the two nations’ approach to religion in the public sphere and the separation between church and state are profoundly different.
Survivor of the mudslide are seen attending school on November 15, 2017 at the Old Skool Camp, in the mountain town of Regent on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown.
Saidu Bah/AFP
About 263 million children and youth worldwide are out of school. If some progress have been made, especially on school attendance, huge gaps remain on gender parity or equity in schooling choices.
Performance of « Sorcieres: dance together with smartphones » at ENSCI les Ateliers.
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Smartphones are new tools for body rehabilitation, sports training and motor development.
Members of the Iraqi police forces sit outside a building in the city of Fallujah on June 30, 2016 after they’ve recaptured the city from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists.
Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP
Was the early conception of IS a branching-out of the old Baath party? Or was it, as some argue, completely separate with no connection at all? Reality is probably a bit of a mix of both.
Pamphlets for participatory budgeting processes in New York , a system that does back to ancient Greece.
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Politicians assume that voters cannot face the financial truth. To democracy experts this is just wrong. Involving voters results in better budgets as shows history from ancient Greece.
Mukhar in Lebanon help citizens navigate the complex administration system.
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One way of improving e-government usage could be for the Lebanese government to work better the locally elected agent.
The South Korean go player Lee Sedol after a 2016 match against Google’s artificial-intelligence program AlphaGo. Sedol, ranked 9th in the world, lost 4-1.
Lee Jin-man/Flickr
The history of human-machine collaboration suggests that AI will evolve into a “cognitive partner” to humankind rather than as all-powerful, all-knowing, labour replacing robots.
The January 30 address at the State of the Union reveals a lot about the American leader’s excessive character.
Nicholas Kamm/AFP
The State of the Union address, a traditional exercise for US presidents was marked this year by a great divergence on tone and words, showing the clear dictatorial style of the American leader.
Paris “under water” and other European cities facing drastic climate change should trigger planners to think urban spaces differently.
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Dagmar Haase, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ
In the future, Europe will suffer from more heat waves as well as extreme rainfall, presenting new challenges for planners and health care services. Building resilient cities can help.
Message from the Unseen World, an installation of a Turing-inspired algorithm reciting a poem.
by Nick Drake.
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Today’s communications platforms and the algorithms that power them have led to a radical change in how public discourse is conducted and public opinion formed.
The record level of the price-to-earnings ratio for equities is increasingly worrying. But how do we determine whether the price of a stock – or an exchange – is valued at its fair price or overvalued?
The distribution of prime numbers from 1 to 76,800, from left to right and top to bottom. A black pixel means that the number is first, while a white pixel means that it is not.
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Avner Bar-Hen, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM)
The discovery of a new prime number – and it’s a big one – is a great opportunity to revisit Marin Mersenne, the French theologian who dreamed of a formula that could predict where they hide.
Support programme for basic education in Casamance (Paebca). Academie Sedhiou in Senegal.
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How to explore the pathways for an objective alliance between demographic dynamics and youth education in sub-Saharan Africa.
At COP23, members of the America’s Pledge network, which brings together those involved in the fight against climate change in the United States.
Patrik Stollarz/AFP
With the US announcement that it would withdrawl from the Paris Accord, several American states are mobilizing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
An Afghanistan national police officer helps a U.S. Army lieutenant, June 14, 2007. Can honour be restored in today’s international conflicts?
Michael Bracken/US Army/Flickr
On March 1, Donald Trump imposed a series of steel and aluminum tariffs. To understand their potential impact, it’s instructive to look at what happened after George W. Bush enacted similar measures in 2002.