“Enlightenment Now” is the title of the latest book by the Canadian-American Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, and author of the best-selling “The
To Brexit or not to Brexit, that is not the question: science at its best laughs in the face of political protocol and carries on working across the board. So
Last week Cédric Villani, the mathematician, Fields Medal winner, and French MP, presented a report to Emmanuel Macron entitled “For a meaningful artificial intelligence: towards a French and European strategy”.
The last few days have seen open season on Facebook. As a result of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social network has been under fire from its critics. The group’s
In November 2017, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, or Centre international de recherche sur le cancer in the original French) announced it is looking for a new Director. The posting
At a time when science is increasingly challenged by pressure groups who would like to impose other paradigms on humanity, the death of Stephen Hawking is an opportunity for reflection,
A fortnight ago Virginie Tournay, of CEVIPOF, a scientific research institute at the famous Science Po [Paris Institute of Political Studies] published the following article on her Huffingtonpost blog “Reconquering
A recent controversy in France has centred on the teaching of mathematics. According to Luc Ferry, former Minister of Education, it has been reduced to a pure tool for student
At the AAAS Annual Convention this weekend in Austin, Pablo Ross of the University of California announced in a presentation “Towards Xenogeneic Generation of Human Organs” that he had managed
Last week, Elon Musk astonished planet Earth again by successfully launching his Falcon Heavy, the most powerful reusable rocket in current use. This exploit has been viewed by some unkind