Inserm launches free kit to teach young people to spot fake health news
The French medical research institute has created a module for schools that teaches pupils to check health information circulating online.
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Thomas Pesquet begins training to return to the International Space Station
The French astronaut is due to command the Vast-PAM-1 mission in 2027, the first with three ESA astronauts in the same crew.
Mistral unveils new European AI model that speaks more than 160 languages
The French company has revealed ML4, a model trained from scratch in European data centres, whose weights will be made openly available.
Child vaccination doubles in Nigeria thanks to French-backed strategy
A trial led by Inserm showed that offering nutritional supplements on vaccination days doubled measles coverage in northern Nigeria.
New species of freshwater mosasaur discovered in Aix-en-Provence
French palaeontologists have identified a reptile around 85 million years old showing that mosasaurs did not live only in the seas.
2,000-year-old wall beneath the Hôtel-Dieu may reveal the origins of Paris
Archaeologists have discovered a Gallic wall on the Île de la Cité suggesting that the first Lutetia lay at the heart of present-day Paris.
Leisure sailing boats to help French scientists observe the ocean
The VELA LAB project aims to turn pleasure boats into small floating laboratories that collect oceanographic data.
Menstrual blood could help diagnose endometriosis faster
Researchers from Inserm and the Institut Pasteur have identified genetic markers linked to endometriosis in menstrual blood.
Squirrels hibernate for nine months and wake up without forgetting the way, CNRS study shows
French researchers have shown that Columbian ground squirrels keep their spatial memory intact after nine months of hibernation.
Vega-C rocket places two European Earth-monitoring satellites in orbit
Sentinel-3C and FLEX, a mission dedicated to measuring plant photosynthesis, were successfully launched from Kourou.