In French baccalaureate, women’s work programming remains marginal despite “minor progress”

Olympe de Gouges, Madame de Lafayette, Marguerite Yourcenar: this year there are three women on the program for the French baccalaureate, whose written test will take place on Thursday, June 16. The place of the authors is progressing slowly, but we have started from afar and their presence is still much lower than that of … Read more

Lyme disease: 14% of the world’s population is infected with the virus

Lyme disease: 14% of the world's population is infected with the virus

More than 14% of the world’s population has had Lyme disease, according to a meta-analysis, which compiles studies on the subject, published on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Lyme borreliosis, more commonly known as Lyme disease, is an infectious disease caused by a bacteria of the complex Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato transmitted to humans through the … Read more

Climate: These ocean bacteria can promote carbon storage at the bottom of the oceans

Climate: These ocean bacteria can promote carbon storage at the bottom of the oceans

Just like on dry land, seawaters are populated by bacteria. Some of them carry viruses, but many of them could promote carbon storage at the bottom of the oceans. This astonishing discovery was made by American scientists at Ohio State University and reported in the journal Science† The researchers conducted an in-depth analysis of as … Read more

INTERVIEW: Menstrual leave in the workplace: a boss explains why he made the decision

INTERVIEW: Menstrual leave in the workplace: a boss explains why he made the decision

Is there (finally!) a wind of revolution in the business world? The topic largely confined to the realm of intimacy invites menstruation in HR skills with the media spotlight on an unprecedented problem: menstrual leave. Just over a year after the initiative of “La Collective”, a cooperative based in Montpellier, other French structures have adopted … Read more