How Democracies Fight Back, Part 8: The strongman’s favorite arena is one-on-one. America’s allies are learning to change the size of the table.

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Known for its showy plumes and used as an ornamental for decades, pampas grass, also known as Cortaderia selloana, is spreading, threatening biodiversity and raising vegetation management costs. Experts call for urgent action to halt its advance and reduce pollen exposure.

Les Brics (le Brésil, la Russie, l’Inde, la Chine et l’Afrique du Sud) représentent plus de la moitié de la population mondiale et 40% des richesses de la planète. Ils ont déjà leur propre banque, leurs propres médias, leurs entraînements militaires… Un passionnant état des lieux historique et géopolitique d’une coalition qui dit représenter le "Sud global".

Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.

Les deux lauréats ont été récompensés pour leurs travaux ayant permis « la découverte des effets non linéaires et de l’autocatalyse dans la synthèse organique asymétrique », a annoncé le comité Nobel,…

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The plastics treaty talks in Geneva ended without a deal. As negotiators weigh their options about the way forward, troubling questions are…

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Plus: Chile’s driest desert bursts into bloom, a dinosaur-age insect named after Noo-Noo, and an eagle that needed four baths

La détection d’un neutrino sous la calotte du pôle Sud a permis de remonter la piste de rayons cosmiques de haute énergie, dont l’origine défie les physiciens depuis un siècle.

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Vingt et une voitures récentes, trente applis de constructeurs, et une conclusion qui pique : presque tout ce petit monde arrose les géants de la pub avec vos données, position comprise.…

This year’s class hails from nine countries and was selected from more than 500 nominations with the help of several dozen expert judges. Through ingenuity and persistence, they’re already making their mark. 2026: Featured Innovators Yuancheng (Ryan) Lu Biotechnology This geneticist’s age-reversal tech could help restore sight Read more Hannah Earley Computing & robotics This…

The two former Max Planck researchers Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been honoured with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 for their discovery of light-sensitive ion channels, which e...

The world’s most prestigious prize is awarded each year for efforts towards world peace. But figuring out who gets it? That’s cause for strife.

Plus: river dolphins rebound in Pakistan, great whites head for Canada, unborn babies who catch yawns, and how to hang a 17-foot Pollock

Der 5. Oktober ist der internationale Tag der Lehrerin und des Lehrers. Ein Tag zu Ehren jener Menschen, die mit kleinen Gesten große Veränderungen im Leben anderer bewirken können. Eine Würdigung