The European Commission’s proposed EU KIDS Act would impose dedicated safeguards on AI companions and chatbots accessible to minors. Medical ethicist Theodoros Zarkos, who has mapped its Article 14 against
On 2 September 2026, the European Commission approved a German scheme worth more than €35 billion that will, among other things, fund new gas-fired power plants from 2031. Meanwhile, the
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As DNA sequencing becomes ever more sensitive, the challenge is increasingly not whether genetic material can be detected, but what the evidence can responsibly support. The better we get at
Marathon runners already have plenty to think about: pacing, hydration, the dreaded wall. Now a new study suggests they may need to pay attention to one more thing: the air
A self-taught entrepreneur with twenty years in finance, Christophe Hecker has long been passionate about energy. In 2015 he co-authored, with Alexandre Andlauer, Gaz et pétrole de schiste : rvolution
What keeps NMR metabolomics out of everyday medicine is not the magnet but the lack of shared standards, argues neuroscientist Dr Pinar Sengul.
In Why We Die, Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan untangles the science of longevity from the fantasies of immortality. A welcome antidote to Silicon Valley's transhumanist intoxication. If you are looking
Many women know the feeling: certain days of the menstrual cycle just come with a lower mood, more irritability, or a shorter emotional fuse. Now, a new study from the
By Thomas Lepeltier Whenever we point out that humanity’s living conditions keep improving, the prophets of doom reply that this comes at the cost of environmental degradation that risks compromising