Rare black rhino born A baby black rhino was born at Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, Michigan on December 24. Great news for this still very threatened species. “He’s a boy!” Said the caretakers in the announcement of his birth. A video stream published on the zoo’s Facebook page allowed us to experience his coming […]
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Deforestation continues in the Brazilian Amazon. In November, it even jumped 104% from the same month in 2018, according to official data released on Saturday. The Bolsonaro effect, the current Brazilian president, has been badly felt since his inauguration a year ago. In addition to the establishment of means to fight corruption and crime, the […]
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A team of MIT researchers is currently developing a contraceptive pill to be taken only once a month. Clinical trials may soon be scheduled. In France, the contraceptive pill is the first contraceptive method. It still has some disadvantages. Side effects – bloating, chest sensitivity, nausea or headache – are an example. Some women also […]
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The American magazine Time has just revealed its personality of the year. The choice fell on the young environmental activist Greta Thunberg. After Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, honored last year, is Greta Thunberg. Time magazine has just announced on Twitter that it has elected the young Swedish “personality of the year 2019”. She is ahead […]
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Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men, with more than 50,000 new cases in France each year. Even if urinary disorders, erectile dysfunction or a feeling of heaviness in the lower abdomen can put the flea in the ear, this disease is characterized by its so-called “silent” symptoms. This is why, […]
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The United States and Europe will come together to launch a mission to measure one of the most obvious signs of global warming: rising sea levels. The oceans are an essential pillar of our ecosystem. They alone are able to absorb more than a quarter of our greenhouse gas emissions. The problem is that they […]
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This Monday, many amateur and professional astronomers celebrated the transit of Mercury, a rare phenomenon that will not happen again until 2032. Here are some of the most beautiful images of the event. A few hours ago, Mercury crossed the solar disk. His appearance was very discreet. Indeed, remember that the diameter of the planet […]
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GIF Adherent There are others: At the 2019 WCIT held in Yerevan, Armenia, GIPHY co-founder Alex Chung announced that his search engine was now behind Google. For several years, the “gifs” are becoming more democratic. You probably use them every day or so, like many Internet users. This form of visual and dynamic communication is […]
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A team of paleontologists has announced that they have identified the fossil remains of a new dinosaur in Thailand, a seven-meter-long predator that evolved 113 million years ago. Most of the land near Ban Saphan Hin in central Thailand is now covered with maize and tapioca. But during the Cretaceous, this region was home to […]
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Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov died on Friday at the age of 85, the Roscomos agency has announced.It is known to be the first man to make a spacewalk, it was in 1965. Yuri Gargarine is known to be the first man to have flown in space during the Vostok 1 mission on April 12, 1961. But […]
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