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The author, a scientist and university professor, draws on his personal notes, reading memories and professional, human and social experience. #photography #science #art #society web https://www.jeanpierrevarlenge.com https://jeanpierrelavergne.jimdofree.c
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L'assaut de Trump contre la science : comment se sont déroulés les 30 premiers jours et quelle est la suite ? #science www.nature.com/articles/d41...

U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard #science www.science.org/content/arti...

Bat-infecting merbecovirus HKU5-CoV lineage 2 can use human ACE2 as a cell entry receptor A distinct HKU5 coronavirus lineage (HKU5-CoV-2) is discovered in bats Bat HKU5-CoV-2 uses human ACE2 receptor and ACE2 orthologs from multiple species #science www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

Chinese researchers, led by virologist Shi Zhengli, have discovered a new coronavirus—HKU5-CoV-2. Their study indicates it could infect humans like SARS-CoV-2. But there's no need to panic yet.

Great Hermitage - Saint-Petersbourg #photography

Kasbah des Oudaya(s) - Rabat - Morocco #photography

La Samaritaine - Paris #photography

Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling #Trump #science www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/s...

An anti-Trump offensive in all Murdoch media #Trump

Sign up now! #Trump #science www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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An innate drive to save a life Reviving-like prosocial behavior in response to unconscious or dead conspecifics in rodents #science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

In the middle of a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the world's far-right mecca held near Washington, reactionary ideologue Steve Bannon gave a Nazi salute, a few weeks after Elon Musk's controversial gesture www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Donald Trump's United States, a threat to democracy in Europe "Le Monde" Faced with the American head of state's abandonment of Ukraine and the offensive against the rule of law led by his vice-president, J.D. Vance, Europeans urgently need to shake off their stupor. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Waiting for spring #photography

Home #spain #pueblo #village #urban #photooftheday

The trail #photography

Camargue - Flamingos #photography

The orchard #photography

Sunset over the Mediterranean #photography

A Bird Flu Pandemic Would Be One of the Most Foreseeable Catastrophes in History #science www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/o...

Praha - Charles Bridge #photography

Vintage Garonne riverbank - France - 1950s #photography

Il traite vos émotions, trie vos souvenirs et, parfois, vous prépare à la journée à venir grâce aux rêves. Chaque nuit, votre cerveau travaille d'arrache-pied sans que vous ne vous en rendiez compte.⁠ ➡️ l.franceculture.fr/OGJ

The new Bokassa ‘Long Live the King’: Trump Likens Himself to Royalty on Truth Social #Trump #madmandiary www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...

🪶 #waterwednesday Great blue heron at Pinion Creek Falls, #arkansas. #birds 📷 #photography

Diary of a madman Trump's orders sow chaos in scientific agencies Under the aegis of the AAAS journal Science, scientists are trying to get their act together. #science #Trump #madmandiary www.science.org/content/arti...

NBC News: USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them #Trump #science #madmandiary

U.S. reverses plan to shut down free covid test program The government had been preparing to shut down the program that ships free coronavirus tests to American households and was considering destroying 160 million tests. #science #madmandiary www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies White House dismissals and rationale challenged by dismissed scientists and lawsuits #science #madmandiary www.science.org/content/arti...

RACKET The United States is demanding $500 billion in compensation for the $175 billion in aid paid since 2022, payable in exclusive rights ‘in perpetuity’ over the mineral resources and infrastructure of a country ravaged by war. #Trump www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

BAIRRO DA RIBEIRA (Porto) #photography

Mýkonos - Greece #photography

Salamanca - Spain #photography

On 12 February, France, at Cadarache, on the CEA's WEST fusion reactor (tokamak), this plasma lasted at around 50 million degrees for 1,337 seconds, or more than 22 minutes. This is a new world record, breaking the 1,000-second barrier for only the second time. #science www.cea.fr/Pages/actual...

La maîtrise de la fusion nucléaire franchit une étape avec le CEA

Censored Science Can’t Save Lives #science www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/o...

Europe : Ultra moderne solitude #Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

The ultimate challenge to the machine: proving Fermat's Theorem, which took man more than 3 centuries to solve. #science www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...

Camargue - The marsh #photography

Porto - Portugal #photography

Porto - Portugal #photography

Porto - Portugal #photography

Porto - Portugal #photography

🔴 Un contributeur bénévole expérimenté de #Wikipédia a fait l'objet samedi de menaces directes de la part d'Erwan Seznec, journaliste à @lepoint.fr, pour avoir modifié l'article Wikipédia consacré au journal. Ces pressions à l'égard de bénévoles sont extrêmement graves et totalement inadmissibles.

Donald Trump attacks climate science and strikes fear into the hearts of researchers Removal of references to climate change, censorship of information on the state of the environment, threats to internationally recognised agencies... #Trump #climat www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...