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Discover the new cultural offering of the Palais de la Découverte for its reopening in 2025.

Currently closed for renovations, the Palais de la Découverte has announced its new cultural offering for its reopening in 2025, featuring scientific experiments and laboratories for the whole family to learn while having fun!

Delayed lockdown: the executive’s perilous gamble

As Covid-19 and its latest variants keep on spreading across France and everywhere else in Europe, in the evening of Friday January 29, 2021 the government confirmed they want to wait for a few more days before making a firm decision in the fight against the epidemic in order to study any other leads that can still be considered. Scientists and doctors consider the lockdown scenario remains more than ever inevitable in light of the seriousness of the health situation.

Coronavirus: stroke, hallucinations… Covid-19 affects the brain too

Would the novel coronavirus have severe consequences on the brain? If a British study released on July 8, 2020 is to be believed, Covid-19 would lead to serious affections on the brain such as strokes or sort of hallucinations, including in cases showing mild symptoms. Let’s take stock.

Coronavirus: scientist warns the WHO coronavirus could be airborne

Over 200 scientists from 32 different countries have written an open letter to the World Health Organization: according to their research, coronavirus could be airborne more than we first thought. Minuscule droplets could be airborne through an entire room.

Coronavirus: no supporters in stadium before Fall 2021, scientists recommend

While the coronavirus epidemic is slightly slowing down and governments are getting ready for gradual deconfinement, scientists think the public should return to stadiums not before Fall 2021. A hypothesis that is not an option now for the world soccer governing bodies.