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La sociologie est-elle une science ou une simple idéologie ? Accusée de biais politiques à gauche, la sociologie est régulièrement sous le feu des critiques. Mais l'orientation politique des chercheurs est-elle un bon critère pour juger de la scientificité d'un...

La sociologie, science ou idéologie ? www.scienceshumaines.com/la-sociologi...

Race, ethnicity don’t match genetic ancestry, according to a large U.S. study Data from the All of Us program confirm what many geneticists have long promoted

In case anyone needs a reminder, "geneticists have long established that race and ethnicity are sociocultural constructs and not good proxies to describe genetic differences in disease risks and traits among groups." www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org @rpocisv.bsky.social

AI Translations Are Adding ‘Hallucinations’ to Wikipedia Articles AI translated articles swapped sources or added unsourced sentences with no explanation, while others added paragraphs sourced from completely unrelated material.

"... a number of contributors who were paid to use AI to translate existing Wikipedia articles into other languages after they discovered these AI translations added AI “hallucinations,” or errors, to the resulting article."

www.404media.co/ai-translati...

Rights over regulation? The moral case against legalised snake oil - The Skeptic Whenever regulating pseudoscience is raised, we can expect to hear the same objections – none of which justifies deceiving vulnerable people.

Snake oil is legal... but it shouldn't be.

This is an excellently argued piece by @etvpod.bsky.social for The Skeptic magazine.

www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/03/righ...

Crazy footage has emerged of a US submarine torpedoing Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka. At least 101 crew members are missing and 78 wounded following the attack. #Iran

La p’tite vite de Donald Trump Trump fait la guerre comme on l’imagine faire l’amour: pas de préliminaires, Wham Bam Thank you m’am, tu entres, tu sors, merci bonsoir.

[OPINION] La p’tite vite de Donald Trump (Richard Martineau)

Microbes might be able to planet hop on asteroid shrapnel Experiment confirms bacteria could survive being blasted off world by impact

To simulate an asteroid impact in the lab, researchers put bacterial cells on a membrane and shot them with a gas-fired projectile that struck the microbes at up to 480 kilometers per hour. The bacteria largely shrugged off the cataclysm. Cool story by @jakebuehler.bsky.social at @science.org

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US and Israeli attacks on Iran this week have triggered retaliatory strikes across the Middle East, sparking the spread of misinformation around the world.

Here are some of the claims that our global team has debunked so far 🧵

Academics Need to Wake Up on AI Ten theses for folks who haven't noticed the ground shifting under their feet

Sorry, Bluesky, but I have to say it: AI can already do social science research better than most professors with PhDs. And, for the first time in my life, I really have no idea what happens in five years.

Things are changing already, we just need to wake up.

I give the point!

#satire

Are prime numbers hiding inside black holes? The strange case for prime numbers at the heart of physics

Are prime numbers hiding inside black holes? www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-...

Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text Discovery sheds new light on how famed astronomer came to lead a scientific revolution

🤓 Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text

“Bombs will fall Everywhere”: The American, Israeli and Iranian Weapons Being Deployed in Middle East - bellingcat Bellingcat has been monitoring strikes across the Middle East and has identified a wide variety of weapons that have been used in the conflict so far, including missiles and drones.

Israel used 2,000+ bombs in the first 30 hours of the Iran war; the US struck 1,000+ targets in the first 24 hours. Iran responded with at least 390 missiles and 830 drones in the first two days. Bellingcat has tracked the munitions used by all sides so far: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

Going ‘beyond GDP’ should not mean sidelining the SDGs The UN Sustainable Development Goals represent a carefully-crafted road map for future human and planetary prosperity.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals represent a carefully-crafted road map for future human and planetary prosperity

go.nature.com/4cYcAfa

X Will Stop Paying People for Sharing Unlabeled AI-Generated War Footage Fake war footage is a problem as old as social media. AI has just supercharged it.

AI-generated war footage is becoming a problem, X is taking a stand against it by *checks notes* demonetizing bluechecks for 90 days when they share it without a label?

Soldier Details Chilling Messaging From Higher-Ups About ‘God’s Plan’ In Iran: ‘It Shocked Many Of Us’ One commander had a “big grin” on his face while saying Donald Trump “has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran," a service member said.

"'We started getting calls Saturday from people saying their commanders were jubilant about [a US-Israeli Iran war] and trying to tell people, ‘Don't worry, it’s all part of God’s plan' for the End Times.
www.huffpost.com/entry/troops...

Is this bad? It seems bad.

La réduction drastique de l'éclairage en France en dix ans

Entre 2015 et 2024, de nombreuses communes en France ont éteint leurs éclairages publics la nuit. Une évolution impressionnante sur dix ans !

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

C'est pas mal la même compréhension à Québec. Le problème n'est pas tant le retour au bureau, mais le fait que l'on a coupé dans les espaces pour faire des économies. Sans compter la question des travailleurs délocalisés.

Are AI Tools Killing Review Articles? Two Failure Modes Suggest Otherwise arXiv recently restricted review article submissions in computer science, requiring journal or conference acceptance before deposit. They noted specifically that the change was driven by an…

Are AI Tools Killing Review Articles? Two Failure Modes Suggest Otherwise buff.ly/h2GS1Xj

❗️Russia has lost a helicopter in the Rostov region that was tasked with defending against incoming Ukrainian drones, Russian sources reported. Waiting for confirmation. #Ukraine

A large fiery trail observed in the sky over Russia’s Rostov region. According to local Russian sources in the Rostov region: “As a result of the UAV attack, unfortunately one of our Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) assets was destroyed. Eternal memory to the fighters.”

Can we tell if an earthquake is going to be a foreshock? A recent study says yes, but we find otherwise.

Will a large earthquake be followed by an even larger event? A 2025 paper proposed a new method for classifying foreshocks in advance, with an apparent success rate above 90%.

But does it work?

Our deep-dive analysis found serious problems that we believe invalidate the result. Read more:

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The numbers are staggering:

Rent is now unaffordable for a record *half* of U.S. renters.

Some 30 million jobs pay less than $15 an hour. The average wage needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment has climbed to $28.17 — nearly four times the federal minimum wage, which hasn't gone up in 16 years.

www.canada.ca/fr/femmes-eg...

Regardez les féminicides au Québec.

Si vous n'êtes pas au courant que les entreprises quêtent tout le temps de l'argent, tout en se lamentant qu'ils y a trop de règles et qu'elles payent trop d'impôts, vous vivez sous une roche.