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Selon une étude OpinionWay pour le think tank La villa numeris, publiée le 15 octobre 2025, les Français sont 8 % à préférer l’IA aux médias pour s’informer. Matúš Gocman/Unsplash

Quand les IA cadrent l’information et façonnent notre vision du monde

L’IA sélectionne les informations, influençant subtilement l’opinion des individus (que les informations présentées soient vraies ou fausses). Comment régulier ce problème ?
When a bot brings you the news, who built it and how it presents the information matter. Zentangle/iStock via Getty Images

People are getting their news from AI – and it’s altering their views

Even when information is factually accurate, how it’s presented can introduce subtle biases. As large language models increasingly bring people the news, this bias is a looming problem.
A Royal Canadian Air Force member helps evacuees board a flight at northern Manitoba’s Norway House Airport in June as crews fought wildfires in the region. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski

Canadian cities are unprepared for climate‑driven migration — here’s what they can do

As climate change worsens extreme weather events, people in rural areas will increasingly seek refuge in urban areas. Cities must prepare to host and care for them.
L'expression de la douleur ne dépend pas de la langue. KitohodkA/Shutterstock

« Aïe ! Ouille ! Ouch ! » : les cris de douleur se ressemblent dans toutes les langues

De « aïe » à « ouch », les expressions humaines de la douleur sont similaires dans le monde entier, ce qui laisse entrevoir quelque chose de fondamental sur la façon dont les humains forment le langage.
Planting trees to offset carbon is meaningless if the trees are lost to fire. A new way of understanding carbon storage based on both time and quantity stored is required to fully utilize carbon storage in climate change mitigation strategies. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Temporary carbon storage in forests has climate value — but we need to get the accounting right

Tracking both the amount of carbon and the time that it remains stored is key to unlocking the potential of nature-based carbon storage as a climate mitigation strategy.
Ada banyak semut yang hidup di Bumi.

Berapa jumlah semut di dunia? Ini jawaban peneliti: 20 kuadriliun

Semut adalah makhluk kecil yang menguasai dunia. Jadi, para peneliti memutuskan untuk menghitung jumlah semua semut di Bumi.
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Earth harbours 20,000,000,000,000,000 ants – and they weigh more than wild birds and mammals combined

Invertebrates are “the little things that run the world”. So researchers decided to count all the ants on Earth, to help monitor how they’re coping with environmental challenges.
La impresión de Wilhem Berrouet de la llegada de Colón a América. Museo Ogier-Fombrun (Museo Colonial de Haiti). Salon de la Mappemonde/Flickr

La colonización de América acabó con el 10% de la población mundial y provocó un enfriamiento global

La llegada de los europeos a América costó la vida a 60 millones de nativos y produjo una pequeña edad de hielo. Sin embargo, supuso el primer contacto de América con el resto del mundo, dando paso a una nueva era.
Very wet weather is likely to persuade many regular cyclists and walkers to travel instead by car if they can. This is Bondi Junction after a storm hit Sydney. David Moir/AAP

Too wet? Too cold? Too hot? This is how weather affects the trips we make

The relationship between weather and our travel choices is complicated. We can’t change the weather, but, with many other factors in play, good policy and design can reduce its impacts.

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