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This star in the constellation Libra, 190 light years from us, contains extremely few elements heavier than hydrogen and helium. From which scientists concluded that she …
The star HD 140283, which has the unofficial name of Methuselah, was born in those distant times when the Universe was not yet enriched with the heavy elements produced in the stars.
… is the oldest of all stars whose age has been reliably determined
… is the youngest of all stars whose age has been reliably determined
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The results – eagerly awaited – of the first analyzes of deposits and concentrations of toxins in the air following the fire at the Lubrizol factory on September 26 in Rouen were made public Saturday afternoon by the prefect of the department during a press conference. These analyzes, which are available on the prefecture’s website, were carried out by the National Institute for the Industrial Environment and Risks (Ineris).
Pierre-André Durand wanted to be reassuring by announcing that the air quality in Rouen was in its “usual state”, even if he recognized that the “persistent and uncomfortable” smell was “anxiety-provoking”. “Tonight we have most of the analysis results which are encouraging in the sense that they translate to a normal situation for air quality,” insisted the prefect, who said that “the only exception” concerned the site itself, “where there is a presence of benzene”.
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“We note the presence of lead in certain places, it being specified that it may be a historic source which is not due to the fire because the company does not use or had no device for lead whereas in urban areas there can be traces of lead right away, ”explained the prefect. Pierre-André Durand also confirmed “the presence of asbestos in the roofs of buildings” of the factory, ensuring that “the subject was identified and followed up”.
Published in the evening on the prefecture site, the results of the soot fallout analyzes generated by the thick cloud of smoke “do not highlight significant differences between the control sample and the five other sites located under the plume for PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) ”.
Rouen: confirmation “of asbestos in the roof of buildings” of the factory – Watch on Figaro Live
The prefect of the Normandy region has also announced a “production and harvest freeze”: vegetables, fruits, milk, eggs, honey … will “be kept under the responsibility of the operator until health guarantees are obtained” . Another announcement: “It is possible” that some schools, those that did not have time to do a cleaning, are closed on Monday. Pierre-André Durand then answered questions from the press at length, stating in particular that 34 firefighters and 12 fire engines were still mobilized on the Lubrizol site.
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Earlier in the afternoon, the prosecution announced that the investigation was expanding to the endangerment of others. “Complaints have been brought to the attention of the prosecution, within the jurisdiction of the tribunal de grande instance of Rouen or outside jurisdiction, and are addressed to it as and when. In view of these elements, the investigation is henceforth also carried out on the count of endangering others, “said the prosecutor of the Republic of Rouen Pascal Prache in a press release. Me Jonas Haddad, a lawyer in Rouen, said that he had been approached by several people, but also by companies, and expected “a hundred complaints”. “We can compare this to an oil spill in the air, it does not calm down,” he said.
Rouen: the Lubrizol factory fire filmed by a drone – Watch on Figaro Live
These first analyzes take place in a tense context, many residents of Rouen, associations and political figures expressing their impatience at the lack of information on the potential harmfulness of the plume of smoke that stretched over 22 kilometers during the fire. of the Seveso classified site, and thick oily fallout that covered the area.
On the Internet, many have expressed distrust of the authorities’ first statements on September 26 and 27. Posted on change.org, a petition calling for an investigation into the health and environmental consequences of the disaster has already collected more than 22,000 signatures. Elsewhere, on Facebook, a group offering free support and accommodation to Rouennais wishing to leave the city attracted more than 2,500 people.
Several left-wing MPs have demanded the opening of a parliamentary commission of inquiry. “We need the whole truth about #Lubrizol. As with #AZF 17 years ago, a parliamentary commission of inquiry must be opened as of next week “, argued Olivier Faure, number one of the PS, on Twitter. “We are asking for a parliamentary inquiry and an administrative inquiry!” This site has already experienced several accidents (2013, 2015, 2019) “, tweeted LFI MP Eric Coquerel, saying” angry “.
“People who are there and do not know whether or not they are exposed to a health risk, it is absurd”, indignant Olivier Blond, president of the association “Breathe” for air quality . “We are facing an oil spill in the air, in the heart of a city. You can’t wait days and days to find out what’s going on, hundreds of thousands of people are potentially exposed, it’s preposterous. “
“We can understand a form of psychosis that has taken hold in a Norman population, and particularly in Rouen”, declared Sunday September 29 the Minister of Action and Public Accounts Gérard Darmanin at the “Grand Rendez-Vous” Europe 1 -CNEWS-Les Echos. “I don’t think there is a transparency problem,” he said. “What is done and what will have to be done is to publish all of the studies and analyzes, so that everyone in the public domain can see.”
Contacted by Le Figaro, the Rouen University Hospital does not report any particular influx. “We have had 16 visits since yesterday, only one remained under observation for a few hours,” says an official. “Patients complain of itchy nose and throat, crying eyes, breathing problems, sometimes headache, symptoms of peak pollution. People are more anxious than severely affected, but there is no panic. “
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The danger that comes from space is a topic that has always fascinated me, and for this reason I followed all the films of science fiction. Over the years I have discovered, especially with the advent of the Internet, that the dangers from space were a real thing, other than science fiction!
The other one evening a fireball of about 15 meters passed near our planet, you think it really passed us very close, only 20 thousand kilometers. Yet we didn’t expect it. Such an object, should it impact with the Earth’s atmosphere, would generate a blast with one air displacement that would break the windows of thousands of buildings.
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UNEXPECTED Meteorite touches the Earth, what could happen
The fireball that of Chelyabinsk in February 2013 had an estimated diameter of 20 meters before it shattered in contact with the Earth’s atmosphere. The explosion occurred in the atmosphere, and generated an air movement that shattered the glass of thousands of buildings in an area that not even very populated, it caused the injury of about 2000 people from the splinters of glass.
We offer you a video of that incredible phenomenon, to get an idea of what we are talking about, with an interview with Giovanni Valsecchi, meteorite expert from INAF-IAPS in Rome (journalistic report by Marco Malaspina, Media INAF)
American Weather Center until 15 June: hot and stormy
or now we are talking about a giant meteorite, therefore of a real asteroid that will pass very far from the Earth several times as far as the Moon is. We talk about it because Space agencies consider these objects a danger to life on Earth, and above all because there are several in Space, with variable dimensions and orbits. They constitute an undefinable risk.
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Tunguska, it was 1908 when a large object impacted the Earth’s atmosphere. The meteorite explosion occurred at an estimated altitude between 5 and 10 kilometers from the Earth’s surface, and the explosion cut down tens of millions of trees, generating a visible glow about 700 km away. The roar of the explosion was felt thousands of miles away.
It was a disaster, but several of these have occurred in the last millennia, and it would seem even more relevant, according to geologists and astronomers.
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The meteor of 1908 had a diameter of about 60 meters. Yes, only 60 meters, and it caused damage to vegetation for over 2000 sq. Km.
Objects of that size, during the year several are detected, but predicting them with current tools is almost impossible.
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There NASA he asked for international collaboration to build a form of defense to hijack above all any larger Asteroids, which in case would devastate our Planet. But the will is above all that of intercept and destroy meteorites such as the one that fell in Tunguska in 1908.
If a meteor like that falls in a city like Paris or London, it could kill millions of people.
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More and more time passes, and we all observe that the number of events that could undermine the stability of earthly life increases. At this stage we are experiencing COVID-19, a pandemic that has already killed tens and tens of thousands of people, and for which there is no vaccine to date.
And here we are really helpless for numerous phenomena. Now we no longer speak of seismic, volcanic risk, yet Italy is in one of the areas at greatest risk.
The cost of these dangers is impossible to establish, but we have been paying for damages for millennia, and perhaps the time has come to finance science.
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The news stories that fill the newspapers speak widely of Covid-19, the pandemic that affects the whole planet, where it has killed hundreds of thousands of people. This is a planetary catastrophe, also because we do not have a vaccine to eradicate the epidemic caused by a virus.
For some days there has been talk of the passage of a large Asteroid at a greater distance than that between Earth and Moon. The minimum distance will be reached on April 29, but it will not cause any disaster because it will pass at a safety distance of about 16 times that of the earth that separates the moon.
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CATASTROPHES missed last night, a large Meteorite touches the Earth
A “small” astronomical distance, however, with always possible margins of error. The latest data indicate that the size of the large Asteroid is around 1500 meters, but there is a possibility that it is also surrounded by debris. But at least this time we will escape.
But the Asteroid 2019S3 in 2084 is expected to get very close to Earth. This could be attracted to Earth’s gravity, but its size is just 14 meters.
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And if you make predictions about Asteroids approaching in the future, and there are many, what little has been said would seem to have escaped: the Asteroid (NEO) 2020 HF5.
The Asteroid went completely unnoticed, according to the Facebook page “ASTROFILI MONTELUPO GROUP”, where the director Maura Tombelli managed to take its orbital measurements.
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The news is surprising because there is a lot of talk about an Asteroid that will pass forever from our Planet, while the Meteorite that has touched us, it seems, on the evening of April 24 is not news. Yet its diameter was about 20 meters, quite similar to that which came into contact with the Earth in the Chelyabinsk area on the morning of February 15, 2013, in the region south of the Urals, Russia.
The diameter of that meteor was estimated at 15 meters, and was the cause of damage to the glass of the buildings, which exploded due to the shock wave caused by the explosion. Explosion occurred between 30 and 50 km high, while the residue of the meteorite was collected in 3 different points, one of this weighed over 570 kg and fell near the Čebarkul lake.
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A similar phenomenon happened, again in the Chelyabinsk region in 1949, when a meteor shower fell in the area. The inhabitants collected about 200 kg of space stones in total.
December 18, 2018, above the sea off the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, another meteorite falls on Earth, its size has never been established with certainty, but it seems they were between 10 and 15 meters. Its explosion was picked up by satellites. The deflagration energy was 10 times higher than that of the Hiroshima bomb.
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NASA and various World Bodies have long asked for the availability of more sources to study the dangers that come from the sky, which could sooner or later intercept the Earth’s orbit. These small 10-meter meteorites are also worrying if they were to explode on a metropolis, but in particular the giant ones, which in case should be diverted, under penalty of the extinction of life on Earth.
Such events could cause incalculable damage if they occur near a metropolitan area.
HISTORICAL SNOW of April 25 on Turin
On June 30, 1908, a large meteorite exploded at a height between 5 and 10 km from the ground generating a shock wave that devastated an area of about 2150 square km, cutting down between 60 and 80 million trees . The shock wave of the explosion generated a roar that was perceived even 10 thousand kilometers away.
In short, life on Earth we have discovered over the years that it can be put at risk, now by the remote possibility of impact of objects from the sky, while with a certain frequency from serious earthquakes (these devastate on a local scale), and Pandemics.
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If all the economic resources spent on armaments were directed to science, we would probably have had a super vaccine, or at least a drug that would quickly stop the virus without spreading all over the planet.
The cost of this pandemic is enormous, so it will be necessary to invest resources never spent on science.
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Scientists from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) have created the first-ever comprehensive map of the moon. The map shows all the named plains and craters of the Moon, as well as what they consist of and when and how they were formed.
The “United Geological Map of the Moon” is composed of data from decades of lunar research. These investigations were carried out by, for example, the Apollo astronauts, who were the only people who actually set foot on the celestial body in the 1960s and 1970s.
Data they collected was then supplemented with data collected by satellites, such as NASA’s Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter. In addition, previous maps of specific regions of the celestial body have been made. All this has been merged into one large map.
USGS made the map not only for enthusiasts and interested parties. For example, the map can also be used by NASA to choose locations for future moon landings, both for robots and humans.
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INFOGRAPHICS – The President of the Republic ruled out Thursday the possibility of segmenting deconfinement geographically. The Covid-19 crisis, however, hit the territories very unevenly. Here are all the maps to see clearly.
The appearance of the first centers of epidemic, the famous “clusters”, in Oise with the death of a first Frenchman on February 25 and in Haut-Rhin with the evangelical meeting of Mulhouse from March 3 to 5 surely explain the overrepresentation of the number of deaths in the three major regions of the northeast quarter of France.
This hypothesis of “clusters” acting as accelerators of the epidemic is also found at the subregional level. Thus Haute-Savoie (home of Balme-de-Sillingy) is distinguished from its Savoyard neighbor while Morbihan (home of Carnac) also stands out in Brittany. We will also note an over-representation of deaths in departments with large urban centers as well as along the Saône-Rhône axis.
These regional differences continue to persist over time since we find these same regions and departments if we look at the current number of people hospitalized. As if the pandemic had been limited to these territories. Without doubt one of the effects of confinement, which made it possible to limit interregional movements and therefore the circulation of the coronavirus.
The fact of having succeeded in preserving certain territories has allowed the overloaded hospitals of the Grand Est, Île-de-France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Corsica to be able to evacuate some of their most seriously ill patients and d ” thus absorb the peak of the epidemic.
Chance at the time of the peak of the epidemic, this heterogeneity may however be a problem at the time of deconfinement. In fact, according to the Institut Pasteur, we will find these disparities in the rate of people infected. Very high in the Grand Est and in Île-de-France, even if we are still far from group immunity, this rate is likely to frighten the inhabitants of the less affected regions. Regions which are for the most part large tourist regions (Atlantic coast and Mediterranean coast) and therefore particularly attractive for the millions of future unsettled. They will then have to choose between the desire to preserve themselves and the restarting of their tourism industry.
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This peculiarity could explain various symptoms such as poor oxygenation of the blood or certain brutal organ failures.
To say that we are going from surprise to surprise with the Covid-19 infection is an understatement. First presented as an atypical pneumonia, the disease continues to accumulate strangeness. Starting with the unexpected symptoms: skin lesions, loss of taste (ageusia) and / or smell (anosmia), transient or not, neurological disorders (read above), kidney and heart damage, etc.
The list of people at risk, too, presents some incongruities. Smokers, for example, are five times less likely to be infected than others (but are more likely to get worse when they get the disease). Men and the obese are very overrepresented, gender and weight being independent risk factors as shown by detailed statistical analyzes. Children on the contrary are not very infected, not very contagious, and present very little risk of being hospitalized. So much the better, of course, but it’s amazing for an infection
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Today, on this 39th day of confinement, as the date of deconfinement approaches, the French are wondering if their summer holidays will take place. In Europe, many countries opt for a national tourism even if Greece still hopes to attract foreign visitors. Nothing will be done without them masks essential in transport and soon available promises the government. On the side of the medical community, we are worried about possible neurological damage due to Covid-19 while an American study questions the resistance of the virus to heat and sunlight.
The coronavirus epidemic has killed 22,245 people in France since the beginning of March, including 389 new deaths recorded in 24 hours. In detail, 13,852 people died in hospitals and 8,393 in nursing homes and other medico-social establishments, said Jérôme Salomon, the director general of health, in his daily update this evening. Another 28,658 people are hospitalized but the number of patients in intensive care, 4,870 cases today, continues to decline, continuing for 16 days. 43,496 patients are now cured and discharged from the hospital.
“Virus circulation remains high“, However, recalled Jérôme Salomon. In total in France, 122,557 cases of contamination have been confirmed since the start of the epidemic.
Will we go on vacation this summer? Beyond the date of May 11, many French people think about their summer vacation and worry that they will not be able to leave. During a meeting this morning with representatives of the catering and tourism sector, Emmanuel Macron and his ministers announced that the decision on the reopening date and the details of the support plan will be clarified in May. In the meantime, the outdoor accommodation is already working on a health charter. But faced with Covid-19, regional disparities are blatant. For the most attractive regions, “it will then be necessary to choose between the desire to preserve themselves and the restarting of their tourist industry“, Analyzes Guillaume Balavoine of the Infography department. Especially since the crossovers of the summer could reduce our efforts to nothing.
Traveling in Europe. To avoid chaos this summer, Brussels calls on European countries to coordinate in order to allow citizens to travel without health risks in the Schengen area. Tourism however will remain mainly national. This is what Italy is planning for its first summer without foreign tourists. Even if the German owners of “fincasIn Mallorca are unhappy, our neighbors across the Rhine are also getting used to the idea of staying within their borders. Greece, on the other hand, still hopes to welcome foreign tourists and is doing everything it can to carry out express tests at Athens airport.
Masks coming soon. The French will be able to start purchasing masks for the general public “from 4 may“Said the Secretary of State to the Minister of Economy, Agnès Pannier-Runacher. Town halls, pharmacies, supermarkets … Several distribution methods are envisaged. Once equipped, the French can then resume transport at the end of confinement. Metro, bus, train, plane, all are preparing for recovery. RATP President, Catherine Guillouard, plans to “relight 70% of its traffic on 11 may” But, like in China, aren’t the worried French going to favor the car? “After May 11, considers a transport specialist, there is an extremely high risk of the explosion of the private car, in contradiction with ecological requirements“
Still many questions about the coronavirus. The Sars CoV-2 never stops questioning the medical community, reports Cécile Thibert from the science department. In addition to the pulmonary and digestive symptoms, doctors suspect neurological damage due to viruses. Another question on the coronavirus: can the heat and the rays of the sun weaken it? This is what suggests an American study which has, moreover, led Donald Trump in new rantings on possible treatments based on UV and disinfectants. As for the debate on the infectious nature of the virus in the air, “it is far from settled ”, reminds our journalist Anne-Laure Frémont who looks at the role of ventilation and air conditioning systems in confined spaces.
Get dressed. Avoid the trap, do not abdicate. Jogging, old T-shirt, the temptation is great for the confined to let go on the dress level. “Without putting on your thirty-one, it is important to continue to dress carefully“Advises Marine de La Horie, Fashion journalist. For men, soft materials and bright colors are to be preferred. They preserve the mood and make the containment bearable. And above all, separate the hours of the day. According to stylist Caroline Vilstrup, “Dressing specifically for work in the morning signals to your brain that you are ready. Changing at the end of the day will also allow you to better disconnect“
Drink with moderation). Closed, some restaurateurs engage in take-out sales and take the opportunity to offer the vintages of the winemakers who supply it. “It is not a question of competing with the wine merchants but of making our customers profit from part of the stock of our cellar with, for us, a low margin“Explains chef Christian Constant in Paris. In the 9th arrondissement, Chez Gegeor, customers are there. For the young boss, “when they are still receiving a salary, people seek pleasure. They cook, buy good meat, good products and buy a good wine” “The goal is not to make money, but to try to save the house! ”, he specifies.
It is striking that the group, which started in London in the early 1960s, is as hard-hitting and responsive to the news.
Olivier Nuc, music critic about the Rolling Stones
Listen. The rock veterans took us by surprise. The Rolling Stones released a new song last night, a prelude to a new album. For our music critic Olivier Nuc who “feared the worst“, Living in a Ghost Town (“Living in a ghost town”) is ultimately “what we expected more: a good original Rolling Stones title” The song would even be “the most convincing single of the English veterans since Saint of Me, in 1997” With this premonitory text, written well before confinement, “it is striking that the group, which started in London in the early 1960s, is as hard-hitting and responsive to the news“Notes the journalist.
To cook. Missing the sandwich? Swallowed at the corner of the office or enjoyed in a country picnic, it was a staple of our unconfined life. Fanny Rey offers you a very chic version: the smoked trout and rocket sandwich. Inspired by the mountain from which she returns, the Michelin-starred chef from Saint-Rémy de Provence, offers you a very delicious recipe which “allows you to escape the routine of the classic sandwich and renew the charms of the picnic while simply cooking with products that are easy to find” “The powerful and peppery flavor of arugula, she specifies, harmoniously balances the sweet and reassuring side of the dill cream. “
Go around a confined world. Le Figaro has mobilized its correspondents to show you around the capital every day at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. Discover Istanbul, the intrepid megalopolis that “turns each weekend into an urban ghost” Or Kiev, surrounded by massive forest fires. He breathes an air “apocalypse” In New Delhi, a city of striking contrasts between rich and poor, solidarity is organized while “Berlin, the hedonistCannot stop living. Santiago, Los Angeles… the journey continues.
Despite the containment measures, it is possible to leave your home in several cases:
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In the event of an inspection, you must present a certificate to the police. It can be downloaded here, on a smartphone or be written by hand. The document must be completed at each outing to justify the reason. Violators are liable to a fixed fine of 135 euros, or even 1500 euros in the event of a repeat offense.
A few simple gestures help limit the spread of the virus. Here they are :
Covid-19 is transmitted by saliva, through close contact with an infected person, especially when the person coughs or sneezes. The virus also remains viable for a few hours on different surfaces.
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The disease manifests itself in several symptoms. In 9 out of 10 cases, this results in a fever below 39 ° C. According to the World Health Organization, this fever is most often accompanied by a state of tired, of signs ofshortness of breath and a dry cough.
The most important thing is not to go immediately to a general practitioner or to the emergency room to avoid infecting more people. Wearing a mask is highly recommended. For the rest, the recommendations of the Ministry of Health differ from case to case.
Stay at home, if you don’t show up little or no symptoms, taking care not to contaminate your loved ones. If you have a fever, take paracetamol. Possibly plan a follow-up teleconsultation with your doctor.
Yes you feel a difficulty breathing, with feeling of suffocation, after having felt proud and a cough for several days, call 15. The centers 15 being overflowed, rhinitis and fever or cough well tolerated should not be the subject of a call.
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The White House has released a study showing that the virus has poor resistance to heat, humidity and direct sunlight. Could this be an indication of its seasonality, already invoked by Donald Trump?
THE QUESTION. At a White House press conference on Thursday, a senior official in the Department of Homeland Security, Bill Bryan, presented the elements of a study showing that the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was poorly resistant to an atmosphere very hot and humid, as well as direct sunlight.
Elements that support the statements made by President Donald Trump at the beginning of February. “The virus we are talking about, many people think it will go away in April as the heat arrives», He assured then. Could these new elements thus reinforce the hope that the virus could be less contagious with the arrival of summer?
CHECK. The study, carried out in a Maryland laboratory dedicated to bacteriological threats, has not been published or even posted online. But some boards of a presentation were made available by Yahoo News. We learn that two very different types of analysis
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The virus attacks a bacteria found in the body, according to an astonishing theory that flourishes on social networks. But is it even slightly founded?
THE QUESTION. Is the SARS-CoV-2 virus a bacteriophage? That is to say, it would act by infecting a bacteria, naturally present in the body: Prevotella. By becoming virulent, this bacterium would trigger the immune hyper-reaction causing complications.
This theory was developed by Sandeep Chakraborty, who presents himself as a bioinformatics researcher at the University of California at Davis and Bio moon, a French SVT teacher has been circulating on social networks for a few days. What is it exactly?
CHECK. And let’s face it: for the specialists interviewed by Le Figaro, this theory does not hold water: “She is attractive, but the problem is that she is based on false assumptions”, insists Professor Harry Sokol, gastroenterologist at Saint-Antoine hospital and specialist in microbiota. “I feel like I am facing an exquisite corpse. We put reasoning and hypotheses end to end
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