Peut-on combattre le feu par le feu ?

Quand un bateau avance sur l’eau, il laisse derrière lui un étrange motif en forme de V. Ce phénomène paraît banal, mais il cache en réalité une loi physique fascinante : quel que soit l’objet qui se déplace à la surface de l’eau — un canard, une planche de surf ou un immense por ...  Show more

Pendant des décennies, les chercheurs ont observé un phénomène étonnant : le QI moyen de l’humanité augmentait régulièrement. C’est ce qu’on appelle “l’effet Flynn”, du nom du scientifique James R. Flynn. Mais une récente méta-analyse publiée en 2023, portant sur 300 000 personne ...  Show more

Year after year, wildfires have swept through Northern California’s wine and dairy country, threatening the region’s famed agricultural businesses. . Evacuation orders have become a way of life in places like Sonoma County, and so too have exemptions to those orders. Officials ...

Last year wildfires in the Amazon made headlines news. This year we've hardly heard about them - but that doesn't mean they're not happening. In fact the number of rainforest fires in Brazil rose by almost 20% in June, reaching a 13 year high, according to government data. Some e ...  Show more

We've all heard the saying "fight fire with fire," but could it actually work? Tune in as Robert and Allison break down the ways in which firefighters actually do use fire and explosives to fight fires in this episode.

After a prescribed burn became the largest wildfire in New Mexico history earlier this year, the U.S. Forest Service put a ninety day ban on controlled burns.But while these kinds of burns do carry risk, very few escape, and they are a crucial tool in reducing the risk of catastr ...  Show more