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Berolinahaus construction site and traffic on Alexanderplatz, Berlin, in 1931

Books · Nov 8, 2026‘The Childhood of Ruins’: ordinary lives on the brink of upheavalIn ‘The Childhood of Ruins’, Pascal Rabaté adapts a novel by Erich Kästner and places the ordinary lives of Berliners on the threshold of the political rupture of 1932.

Portrait of René Maran in a suit

Books · Nov 8, 2026René Maran’s « Batouala »: a Goncourt at the heart of the colonial contradictionWinner of the Goncourt in 1921, René Maran made « Batouala » a novel in which the African perspective shifts the colonial gaze. Its polemical preface and its fiction illuminate two distinct dimensions of his undertaking.

Researchers looking through a microscope in a laboratory at the National Cancer Institute

AI · Nov 8, 2026AI and research: behind the hours saved, the challenge of proofA study by Google and researchers affiliated with MIT reports time savings declared by scientists, but also hypotheses awaiting testing and a substantial need for verification. Speeding up tasks is not enough to validate discoveries.

Pastel portrait of Kaspar Hauser, by Johann Lorenz Kreul.

Culture · Nov 8, 2026Kaspar Hauser: what the mystery reveals about those who told his storyThe 2024 genetic analysis rules out maternal kinship with the House of Baden for the samples attributed to Kaspar Hauser. It does not resolve his entire story, whose legacy also reveals the ideas and narratives of those who interpreted it.

A great white shark underwater, off Guadalupe Island.

Nature and environment · Nov 8, 2026After ‘Jaws’: seeing sharks differentlySteven Spielberg’s film has left a lasting mark on the popular imagination of sharks. To distinguish this fear from reality, we need to separate cinematic storytelling, documented incidents and conservation data.

A BellaBot service robot in a restaurant, illustrative photograph.

Technology · Nov 8, 2026Robia and Jojo, the Pakistani robots serving dishes in KarachiIn Karachi, Robia and Jojo bring dishes to the tables, but taking orders and clearing plates remain human tasks. A concrete example of service robotics, distinct from functions announced for the future.

A purple sea urchin photographed underwater in Banyuls-sur-Mer.

Culture · Nov 8, 2026In Banyuls, ‘Tous sentinelles’ invites visitors to observe the coast more closelyFrom 11 to 15 November, Banyuls-sur-Mer will host the main events of the ‘Tous sentinelles’ festival. Workshops, discussions and outings will show how citizen observations can contribute to monitoring the coast, provided they are documented and verified.

Leonard Cohen on stage during his 2008 tour, archive photograph.

Music · Nov 8, 2026I’m Your Man: how Leonard Cohen renews his sonic settingReleased in February 1988, I’m Your Man gives synths a prominent place without eclipsing Leonard Cohen’s voice or songwriting. A look back at the context of this shift and a few pointers for listening to the album.

Jane Austen’s house in Chawton, a red-brick building in Hampshire, illustrative photograph.

Books · Nov 8, 2026In Sense and Sensibility, love also runs up against moneyIn Jane Austen’s novel, the contrast between Elinor and Marianne is not simply reason versus passion: inheritance, money and economic dependence also shape their choices.

Entrance to the ZChow cinema in Beijing, in August 2025, illustrating the Chinese cinema market.

AI · Nov 6, 2026Sanxingdui: AI cinema faces the test of public opinionThe difficult launch of “Sanxingdui: Future Past” highlights the limits of a technological promise, without summing up the future of AI in cinema.

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Books · Nov 1, 2026From ‘Rossignol’ to ‘Au-delà du ciel’: utopia still has stories to tellImagining a better world does not eliminate conflict. Three books offer ways to look differently at coexistence, progress and artificial intelligence.

A pipette dispenses a drop above tubes containing coloured liquids; illustrative photograph.

Innovation · Nov 1, 2026An ultrasound tube guides matter through the air: what the Helsinki prototype demonstratesEight centimetres, 256 emitters and 50 watts: a prototype guides matter without a wall. Its potential and the steps still needed before industrial use.