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Guillaume Pitron: why the oceans are becoming a new arena for rivalryIn *Océans. Le nouveau partage du monde*, published on 14 October 2026, the journalist examines the scramble for undersea resources. The law of the sea and ecological risks shed light on what is at stake.
Autumn garden: why you don’t need to cut everything back before winterA bare-looking plant may still be alive, while dry stems provide shelter. The right time to prune depends on the species and the plant’s condition.
BUFO in Alsace: why the green toad also frequents developed sitesQuarry ponds, retention basins and terrestrial areas: this amphibian’s needs are not limited to landscapes that appear natural.
Why does your cat knead? What we know about the behaviourThe gesture stems from suckling, but its persistence into adulthood has several possible explanations. How to observe it and protect your knees without punishing your cat.
Thomas Ospital: why every organ demands a new process of adaptationKeyboards, tonal possibilities and preparation time: the organist’s documented career sheds light on what happens before a recital.
Should you put a spider back outside? The answer depends on its habitatSpiders found in a house do not all live there in the same way. Two natural history museums explain why one-size-fits-all advice is not enough.
Winter time: beneath the sea, animals follow different clocksOur clocks change, but the ocean does not. Yet fish, plankton and corals set their activity by the light, the tides, the Moon and the seasons.
What Gödel’s incompleteness theorems really proveThey do not make mathematics uncertain: Gödel’s theorems set a precise limit on formal systems powerful enough to describe arithmetic.
Georges Kars at the mahJ: looking at a painter between Prague and ParisA scene of women packing lemons opens a window onto Georges Kars. Key details about the painter and the mahJ exhibition, open until 14 March 2027.
Ibn Khaldûn: reading history by questioning accounts of powerThe Muqaddima examines the social conditions behind events. An essay by Cédric Molino-Machetto, published by Brill in 2026, offers a contextualised reading.
Netflix: profits rise after announcement of 1,000 job cutsThird-quarter 2026 results show revenue and profits growing. The reorganisation announced in October and advertising targets shed light on the group’s decisions.
‘Oceans’ by Guillaume Pitron: understanding the division of marine resourcesThe journalist’s new book explores the industrialisation of the seas. A useful starting point: rights over the seabed are not the same as rights over the waters.