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A chocolate Saint-Honoré made with choux buns and cream, illustrative photograph.

Food and dining · Nov 8, 2026Shop-bought patisserie and homemade cake: the techniques that make the differenceTexture, assembly, presentation and time: shop-bought patisserie comes with different constraints from a cake made at home. A guide to understanding the work behind a creation.

A railway modelling layout depicting a station and its tracks, illustrative photograph.

Culture · Nov 8, 2026In Walferdange, Expo Trains takes visitors between real places and imaginary settingsNineteen exhibitors and railway landscapes from several countries: Expo Trains continues this Sunday, 8 November, at the Centre Prince Henri in Walferdange.

Several potted plants on a shelf in front of a window, photograph for illustration purposes.

Lifestyle · Nov 8, 2026Houseplants in winter: adjusting light, watering and heatingIn winter, light, temperature and watering are linked. Here’s how to adapt houseplant care to the species and the actual conditions in the room.

Carlos Alcaraz at the Argentina Open in February 2024, archive photograph.

Tennis · Nov 8, 2026Alcaraz-Shelton: contrasting paths to the Paris Masters finalAlcaraz beat Ruud without facing a break point; Shelton came back from a set and then a break down against Van Assche. Two contrasting paths to a final shaped by their previous meeting at the US Open.

The three turrets of Fort Thüngen in Luxembourg, photographed in December 2023.

Culture · Nov 7, 2026Fort Thüngen: the Three Acorns beyond the turretsThe Three Acorns are just one landmark among the layers of Fort Thüngen: a largely preserved underground network, remains and a redoubt rebuilt to nineteenth-century plans.

Marie Schreiber in Maasmechelen in January 2026; archive photograph.

Cycling · Nov 7, 2026Cyclocross European Championships: Marie Schreiber first across the line, second in the standingsMarie Schreiber crossed the line first in Zeddam, but the jury relegated her after the final sprint. Lucinda Brand wins the European title; the Luxembourger is placed second.

A dugout canoe on the Lawa between Maripasoula and Suriname, in December 2013; archive photograph.

Nature and environment · Nov 7, 2026In Suriname, gold mining around Wayana villages puts far more than the forest at stakeAround the Lawa, gold mining threatens forest habitats and the resources on which the Wayana depend. The report also documents the limits of available knowledge about wildlife and mercury contamination.

A workstation with several screens, illustrating computer work.

Technology · Nov 7, 2026Mouse Without Borders: PowerToys fixes pairing failuresPowerToys 0.102.3101.0 fixes pairing failures in Mouse Without Borders. The tool shares a keyboard and mouse between up to four PCs, but does not turn one of them into an extra screen.

A customer looks at his phone behind a supermarket trolley; illustrative photograph.

AI · Nov 7, 2026Handing your shopping basket to an AI: the time saved depends on what you measureIn a trial reported by Clubic, ChatGPT filled a basket with no errors reported, but took thirty minutes and required several interventions. What this result does — and does not — tell us about the time actually saved.

Corals photographed on a reef; this illustrative image does not depict the Stanford experiment.

Nature and environment · Nov 7, 2026Bleached corals: what the contact experiment really showedA laboratory experiment at Stanford describes how symbiotic algae moved between healthy and bleached corals via a tissue bridge. The findings shed light on one possible route to recovery, without demonstrating a method that can be applied to reefs in the sea.

Computer code on a screen, illustrating the evaluation of AI agents.

AI · Nov 7, 2026Reward hacking: when an AI agent passes the test without doing the taskAn agent can pass a metric without carrying out the intended task. An Anthropic study explores how this circumvention, known as reward hacking, was accompanied by other undesirable behaviours during an experimental training run.

An indri in vegetation in Madagascar, illustrating lemur conservation.

Nature and environment · Nov 7, 2026In Madagascar, linking forests is not enough: habitat must be restoredIn eastern Madagascar, a forest corridor aims to reconnect two protected areas. The first plantings and lemur observations are encouraging, but do not yet prove that the habitat is recovering sustainably.