Evolution
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2026.03.25
Try this mental exercise for a moment: imagine what our world looked like 1.2 billion years ago. At that time, all land masses formed a single continent, the...
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2026.03.12
Since its emergence, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has not stopped evolving. Each new variant accumulates mutations in its spike protein, the 'key' enabling it to...
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2026.02.26
Salmonella enterica serovar Panama, one of the most common causative agents of non-typhoidal Salmonella disease in France's overseas territories, is...
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2025.12.18
Updated on December 31, 2025.
Influenza remains present across all French regions. Between December 22 and 28, 2025 (week #52), flu indicators kept rising...
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2025.12.18
Every winter, viruses affect millions of people in France, placing huge pressure on healthcare facilities. Given the diverse nature of these viruses and...
Vidéo
2025.11.12
Invisible to the naked eye... and yet, this tiny organism is your closest cousin!
Choanoflagellates are marine microorganisms that often live alone... but...
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2025.11.06
Phages, or bacteriophages, are viruses that infect bacteria and play a central role in the dynamics, evolution and adaptation of microbial communities....
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2025.10.15
In 1965, Jacques Monod, Jeffries Wyman and Jean-Pierre Changeux published an article(1) that would transform molecular biology. It described their discovery...
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2025.10.03
According to Santé publique France, suspected cases of COVID increased by 37% in adults during the week of September 15-21, 2025 in mainland France, down...
Vidéo
2025.09.23
What if the history of leprosy had to be rewritten?
Nicolás Rascovan, a researcher at the Institut Pasteur, reveals a discovery that challenges everything we...