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Even scientists have gender stereotypes … which can hamper the career of women researchers

Women remain underrepresented in scientific research: at the CNRS, across all disciplines, the average percentage of female researchers is 35%. And the higher the scientific research…

10 rivers will be studied by the Tara Ocean Foundation to understand the origins on land of plastic pollution in the oceans

A new chapter of research about plastic at sea aboard Tara During several expeditions since 2010, the schooner collected microplastics (from 0.2 to < 5mm in diameter) in her nets. The…

Beyond words: The cognitive origins of linguistic meaning

Languages provide us with several means of conveying information. Take, for example, the following sentence: “Mark will finish writing his book.” And its negation: “Mark won’t finish…