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18 april 2013
Are babies endowed with consciousness ?
Babies have long been considered as beings with limited skills and behaviors that are principally automatic and of a reflex type, and are not accompanied by a subjective conscious experience. (...)
17 april 2013
Atomic-level characterization of the effects of alcohol on a major player of the central nervous system
Scientists at the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS and the University of Texas have been able to observe at atomic-level the effects of ethanol (the alcohol present in alcoholic beverages) on central (...)
11 april 2013
CNRS/sagascience issues a report on nuclear energy
Coinciding with France's ongoing debate on energy transition, the CNRS / sagascience collection releases a report on the current state of nuclear energy. This animation gives the public invaluable (...)
27 march 2013
Planck sheds new light on the Big Bang
After fifteen months of observation, the European Space Agency (ESA)'s spacecraft Planck, launched in 2009 to observe the cosmic microwave background (the relic radiation from the Big Bang), has (...)
22 march 2013
How evolution changes living beings' looks
From zebra stripes to butterflies' colorful wings to the red and white clownfish, animals' bodies are adorned with a wide variety of pigmentation patterns that are essential for their reproduction (...)