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Première peine adaptée aux criminels racisés | Un rapport vaguement ésotérique Je résume la nouvelle de La Presse qui a fait sourciller beaucoup de gens, mercredi : un homme noir a reçu une peine plus légère parce que les Noirs font l’objet d’obstacles systémiques qui n’affligen...

Voici un exemple de la pseudo élite.

Un rapport vaguement ésotérique www.lapresse.ca/actualites/c...

How to miss the opportunity of the century.

Peut-on échapper à la gueule de bois? Les vendeurs de remèdes miracles contre la gueule de bois nous assurent qu'ils nous permettront de boire sans payer l'addition. Mais ces promesses séduisantes ne reposent sur aucune preuve scientifiqu...

Une fois n'est pas coutume, la science nous nous sauvera pas dans ce cas!
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The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system Journals and funders are trying to boost the speed and effectiveness of review processes that are under strain.

The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Nuclear-weapons risks are back — and we need to act like it Far from being relics of the past, atomic bombs must be managed as the embodiments of human-made catastrophe that they are.

Nuclear-weapons risks are back — and we need to act like it www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Sexual harassment is rife at US Antarctic research bases, fresh survey finds More than two-thirds of people polled had witnessed sexual harassment or assault on the ice.

Sexual harassment is rife at US Antarctic research bases, fresh survey finds www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Fear Of AGI Is Driving Harvard And MIT Students To Drop Out AGI — a theoretical AI that can do many of the same tasks as humans can — could come within a decade. College students, including from elite universities, are abandoning school now to work full-time o...

Fear Of Super Intelligent AI Is Driving Harvard And MIT Students To Drop Out www.forbes.com/sites/victor...

Montreal’s leaky pipes could accidentally be keeping trees lush and green Maple trees drink about 50 litres of water every day, and it seems some of their hydration is coming from Montreal’s crumbling infrastructure.

Montreal’s leaky pipes could accidentally be keeping trees lush and green
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From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisis Who bears responsibility when false information leads to real harm?

From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisis
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GPT-5 arrives imminently. Here's what the hype won't tell you. Curb your enthusiasm: OpenAI's latest model is said to be smarter than GPT-4, but not by much.

GPT-5 arrives imminently. Here's what the hype won't tell you. mashable.com/article/gpt5...

A graph showing agreement with various statements about science as well as conspiracy theories

Snapshot of US beliefs about science and flat-earthy stuff. [1000+ people surveyed, +/- 3%] carsey.unh.edu/publication/...

Canada plans a 15% budget cut. Scientists are alarmed Cuts could erase promised boost, researchers fear

Canada plans a 15% budget cut. Scientists are alarmed
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Effectivement. Il semblerait que l'avantage des Pakistanais venait d'un Saab 2000 Erieye.

Ok, for each retweet I’ll provide one insight, fact, or opinion on unconventional naval warfare, like submarines, explosive boats, special forces or crazy ideas

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80 ans après la frappe atomique, le souvenir d’Hiroshima a éclipsé Nagasaki Le souvenir du bombardement a été étouffé par celui d’Hiroshima, ciblée trois jours plus tôt.

Pendant longtemps au Québec, c'était le contraire en raison de l'importante population catholique et de la présence de missionnaires québécois.
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Indian Rafale Downed in Largest Air Battle in Decades Due to Intel Failure on PL-15 Range – Reports Kill chain and long-range missile gave Pakistan the edge in Rafale shootdown, according to a recent report by Reuters. On Aug. 2, 2025, an interesting

Indian Rafale Downed in Largest Air Battle in Decades Due to Intel Failure on PL-15 Range – Reports theaviationist.com/2025/08/03/i...

The real reason the West is warmongering against China China’s spectacular economic development has brought up the price of its labour and dwindled Western corporate profits.

The real reason the West is warmongering against China aje.io/hax6qz

Hausse spectaculaire du chômage chez les jeunes. Comment l’expliquer ? La croissance du chômage chez les moins de 25 ans est trois fois plus forte que chez les adultes de 25 à 64 ans. Il y a tout simplement trop de concurrence sur le marché du travail.

Hausse spectaculaire du chômage chez les jeunes. Comment l’expliquer ?
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Gerrymandering Project
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Québec prévoit de diminuer les investissements pour les routes, s’alarme un comité d’experts Un comité d’experts indépendants est «extrêmement préoccupé» par la baisse des investissements du gouvernement du Québec.

Çà va bien aller!

Québec prévoit de diminuer les investissements pour les routes, s’alarme un comité d’experts

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Effectivement, c'est plus performant. C'était aussi une obligation avec le plutonium. Car avec les Pu-239, il se forme du Pu-240 qui émet des neutrons. Si on veut éviter une pré-détonation, il faut assembler la masse critique super-rapidement.

The surprising science of fighting crime with...trees A growing body of research suggests greenery may make cities safer.

Buildings surrounded by lots of foliage saw 56 percent fewer violent crimes.

Cela manque de curées et de chasseurs-ceuilleurs aussi.

Effectivement!

Oui, mais c'était une sphère creuse.

Orange Herald - Wikipedia

Pas pour les Britanniques. 117 kg d'uranium hautement enrichi pour une bombe! Un de ses défauts était que l'on ne pouvait pas en mettre plusieurs dans la même pièce.

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Lithium deficiency and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Lithium has an essential role in the brain and is deficient early in Alzheimer’s disease, which can be recapitulated in mice and treated with a novel lithium salt that restores the physiological level.

New @nature.com
The possibility that lithium deficiency is a driver of Alzheimer's disease. Experimental model shows Li depletion impedes amyloid clearance, and repletion in humans could be achieved with low doses
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80 ans d’Hiroshima et Nagasaki: le bilan nucléaire Avec la course au nucléaire qui s’intensifie, des experts mettent en garde contre le risque de nouvelles catastrophes

Petit erreur ici. Ce n'est pas 61.7 kg de plutonium pour Fat Man, mais 6,1 kg.
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The stench of death and a cloud of flies alone were alone enough the make it feel like doing tourism in Hell.