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Crowd in Pamplona’s town hall square at the start of the San Fermín festivalBasic science · Nov 10, 2026Why can a dense crowd start to sway?Crowd measurements in Pamplona reveal that a critical density can give rise to coordinated orbital movements. A model explains the role of confinement and a particular kind of friction.Pedestrians walking along a street in Nairobi, illustrative photograph.Science · Nov 8, 2026Why groups of walkers sometimes turn leftA study conducted in Spain and Japan finds an average bias towards the left in walking experiments. It links this to individual tendencies, without identifying their origin or presenting it as a universal rule.The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, beneath an orange sky at sunset.Space · Nov 2, 20262026 ED138: what the candidate for dwarf-planet status really revealsSpotted in Rubin data, this distant body also appears in TESS archives. Its orbit is becoming clearer, but its size and shape remain to be established.The façade of the National Assembly illuminated in the colours of the French flag, seen from Place de la ConcordePolitics · Oct 29, 20262026 is not 1789: what the word ‘revolution’ really measuresEmmanuel de Waresquiel compares the October demonstrations with 1789 while rejecting the equivalence. Institutions, sovereignty and presidential precedents provide a way to test the word ‘revolution’.Several people work around laptops; a generic illustration of consulting digital information.Media · Oct 27, 2026Protest videos: find the context before believing the captionAn old crowd or a scheduled military convoy can be given a misleading caption. Two documents show how to verify the date, place and context.Orchestra in the Radio France auditorium in Paris in 2014, an archive photograph illustrating orchestral work; this scene does not depict Carmen in Pontacq.Performing arts · Oct 27, 2026In Pontacq, learning Carmen before singing it on stageTaking part in Carmen through the chorus, learning the score and then working on performance with professionals: this is the programme announced in Pontacq for the first half of 2027.