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It is everywhere . Not only in prehistoric human skeletons but also in mummies discovered in Egyptian pyramids or in Etruscan funerary monuments. We can say that it has accompanied humanity since its origin. Cancer has always been present, but it is affecting us more and more, mainly because we are living longer. The good news is that we are detecting it earlier and earlier and that medical advances are allowing us to treat it more and more effectively. The survival rate obviously differs depending on the type of cancer, but on average we have gained 9 years of survival...

For several years now, France is taking inspiration from Silicon Valley and more and more startups are emerging in the most diverse fields. In high technology, but also sometimes in sectors that are less imaginable, such as local groceries or urban farms, entrepreneurs are trying to leave their mark on society. It is in this context that the Marc Dorcel group (" The experience of lust ") launched the DorcelLab. Its objective is to put " innovation at the service of pleasure ". It thus offers sextech entrepreneurs to benefit from " the support, knowledge and network of the group". Progress...

"Who am I to judge her ?" This phrase shocked many Catholics when it was uttered by Pope Francis upon his return from World Youth Day in 2013 in Rio de Janeiro. The full sentence is: “ If a person is gay And seek the Lord with good will , who am I to judge her? It constitutes a public position on a subject which has long been very sensitive for many Christians in general and for the Catholic Church in particular: homosexuality . It is on this subject that Claire Lesegretain , a journalist at La Croix, conducted a detailed investigation. Are more men...

Do you remember George Orwell's amazing 1984 , where the Ministry of Truth is in charge of the propaganda of the totalitarian party in power, and the Ministry of Love mercilessly hunts down any romantic rapprochement? In real life, if we look closely, governments – is it out of cynicism or derision? – still use and abuse these offbeat names. For example, you find the Ministry of Human Rights in Burkina Faso, where “extrajudicial executions” are rife, and in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the ban on peaceful demonstrations, political detention and brutal repression instituted as a form of...

" It must have been a few minutes past 7:30 a.m. on March 11, 2004, when I received the message that would change my life; a text message from an unknown number that read: – Figure among the dead. There is nothing to regret. Still I love you. Long happy life. [...] Throughout the morning and afternoon I was unable to reach my fiancé. It was only in the early evening that I learned that he had been a victim of the Atocha bombs, that he had become a figure among the dead ." On 15 March 2004 at noon, three...