An investigation has revealed that French tech firms, seeking to create an AI “à la française”, have turned to one of the country’s former colonies, Madagascar, for low-cost labour.
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When we are tired, bored or something is bothering us, children and adults behave worse. All because the brain’s control tower, the prefrontal cortex, is not working at full capacity.
Mirror neurons play a fundamental role in learning by imitation and observation or empathy. This is why we should take them into account when developing new educational tools.
The UK is now the only democracy where the children of formerly colonised people are running the country that colonised their parents’ and grandparents’ nations.
Certain immune cells acquired from a coronavirus that causes the common cold appear to react to COVID – but more so in children that adults.
A pioneering study has identified how public spaces are emotionally affected by gender.
No one would think of eating an endangered animal like the Iberian lynx. So why do we still eat eels?
Codex Sassoon 1053 is not exactly the oldest known complete Hebrew bible. So how can we explain its astronomical price?
Far from an exception, 16 March marked the 100th time under the Fifth Republic that France’s president chose to use a special constitutional measure to force through unpopular measures.
Octopuses are enigmatic beings whose experiences of industrial farming are likely to be profound.
Targeted income support could help tackle big social and ecological challenges.
To limit our impact on the planet, one solution could be to replace meat with insects. Children could set an example.
France’s trade unions have managed to galvanise the largest movement in decades in opposition to pension reform. What will happen to them once the bill has been passed or abandoned?
Many people think their destiny is written on the stars. It is not.
Spain is the only country in the world with the same length of maternity leave for mothers and fathers from 2021.
Psychology is in crisis and this new revelation only adds to the problem.
There are fears that Russia might try to compensate for its poor performance in Ukraine by upping its meddling in neighbouring countries.
In 2022 we detailed the discovery of 1,500 stone points in France’s Madrin cave. Experiments now show that they could were used as arrowheads, pushing back evidence of archery in Eurasia by 40,000 years.
The Erasmus programme has been investing in student mobility in Europe for more than 30 years, and Spain is the country that uses it the most. What do we know about its impact on students’ education and skills?
A study has reviewed 5,000 news stories about spiders published on the internet. Most of them contain false and sensationalist information. Spider infodemics has its poison.
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