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42 galaxias aleatoriamente escogidas del Siena Galaxy Atlas. Las imágenes ilustran la diversidad de colores y morfologías.
CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA/J. Moustakas
Un estudio basado en datos de Euclid cuestiona la división entre galaxias “azules” y “rojas” y muestra que la mayoría envejece de forma gradual. Solo una minoría parece haber sufrido un frenazo reciente en la formación de estrellas.
L’Antarctique attire chaque année davantage de touristes. Mais pour certains guides, voir les glaciers fondre et les colonies de manchots se remplir de visiteurs est devenu moralement insupportable. Ils racontent pourquoi ils ont décidé de partir.
Africans are often sold as physically strong with raw talent, but lacking in discipline and technical refinement.
Cette étude a recueilli les points de vue de footballeurs migrants d'Afrique de l'Ouest à travers l'Europe, ainsi que ceux d'intermédiaires.
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La Coupe du monde présente le football comme un sport inclusif et diversifié. Ce n'est pas le cas pour les joueurs africains qui partent jouer à l'étranger.
The study recorded the views of migrant west African footballers across Europe, as well as intermediaries.
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Zimbabwe has large lithium deposits but most is extracted by multinational companies and exported raw. The country doesn’t benefit from lithium battery sales.
O projeto DESI criou o maior mapa 3D do nosso Universo, em que cada ponto é uma galáxia: combinação com observações da radiação cósmica de fundo e de supernovas sugere uma energia escura que evoluiu ao longo do tempo cósmico.
DESI collaboration and KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor
A expansão do Universo está acelerando, não desacelerando, e com isso nossa compreensão de como o Universo funciona pode precisar de uma atualização.
DESI ha realizado el mayor mapa en 3D de nuestro universo. La Tierra está en el vértice central, y cada punto es una galaxia.
DESI/ KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor
La expansión del universo se acelera, pero quizá no lo hace de manera constante. Nuestra comprensión de cómo funciona el cosmos puede necesitar una actualización.
DESI has made the largest 3D map of our universe. The Earth is at the central vertex, and every dot is a galaxy.
DESI collaboration and KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor
Anne-Sophie Fernandez, Université de Montpellier; European Academy of Management (EURAM); Audrey Rouyre, Montpellier Business School; European Academy of Management (EURAM), and Isabel Estrada, University of Groningen; European Academy of Management (EURAM)
The Galileo satellite project brought major players in the European space industry into “coopetitive” relationships. Effective governance is key to managing the tensions inherent in such undertakings.
Trump’s ‘dark play’ energises his voter base, but it also dangerously blurs the line between joke and reality.
Many young women and girls report facing gender-based violence online. Appropriate responses need to be created within this dire landscape.
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Everyone — from academics to policymakers to the public — needs to think about how we can address toxic beliefs to create long-lasting change and foster safer online communities.
Les représentations racistes de l'Afrique comme continent noir abondent dans l'histoire. Ici, des cinéastes américains posent avec des Africains en 1925.
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Les médias africains ont conservé un grand nombre des normes préjudiciables qui régissent la manière dont les médias occidentaux rendent compte de la situation sur le continent.
Racist depictions of Africa as a dark continent abound in history. Here US filmmakers pose with Africans in 1925.
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