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Not all writing about the soulmate is positive – an expert in the philosophy of love explains the concept’s thorny history.
During the Middle Ages, women were steadily excluded from both the practice and the study of medicine by an overwhelmingly male-dominated, institutional and hierarchical system.
In a domino effect, earthquakes can cause others to strike: replicas, but also more distant ones.
Milk and its derivatives, meat products (especially fat), fish and seafood may be contaminated with PCBs, toxic substances that have been proven to accelerate cellular ageing.
Alternative food containers, such as those made of bioplastics, are being promoted as a way to reduce our exposure to plastic in food. But there is still a lack of knowledge around their impacts.
Black holes can have a mass equivalent to that of millions of suns. Other, smaller, black holes can combine the mass of Mount Everest into the size of an atom.
Ashkenazi Jews are significantly more susceptible to a rare genetic disorder known as Gaucher disease.
Using space imagery can help guide relief efforts to critical areas during a natural disaster.
While many countries have tested anti-satellite missiles, France has committed itself not to do so. For what reasons, and with what consequences?
Lateral reading, self-nudging and a persistent refusal to feed the trolls are some of the ways one can better manage information.
Evidence suggests that neither books nor electronic devices are directly to blame for the increase in myopia worldwide. Rather, they enhance this phenomenon by keeping children out of the sunlight.
Truth is fundamental to our lives. Human beings cannot exist without truth, but this concept is more complex than we think.
In 2015, 6,700 premature deaths were caused by urban heat – this can be reduced by a third by planting more trees.
What I’ve learned on the journey to happiness.
Organised crime gangs appear to have realised that committing fewer murders enables them to fly under the radar more easily.
Insider politics: why Germany needed US tanks to be offered to Ukraine.
Since ancient times, the stars have been set to music. Modern technology now enables scientists to convert images of space into real compositions.
French citizens have protested pension reform for the past 30 years. A historian explains why the evolving power struggle between the streets and the state does not bode well for today’s strikers.
Tobin’s q is perhaps the most used indicator in economic sciences. Economists use this indicator to identify growth prospects of firms and economies. But they may be interpreting it incorrectly.
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Anthropologue, Maîtresse de conférences à l'Université de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Científico titular CSIC, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC)
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Directeur de recherche émérite au CNRS, économiste de l’énergie, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
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Professor of Comparative Organised Crime and Corruption, University of Bath
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Liverpool
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Dean for Diversity Inclusion and Sustainability, Professor of Public Economics, Director of Axa Research Lab on Gender Equality, Bocconi University
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Professeur d'histoire ancienne, Université de Lorraine
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Profesor de ingeniería forestal y cambio global, Universitat de Lleida
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Chercheur postdoctoral sur les incendies de forêts, Inrae
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Archéologue, penseur et chercheur au CNRS, Université de Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier
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Géopoliticien, Sciences Po
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Historien, Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)
