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Rediffusion - Pourquoi les astronautes ne peuvent-ils pas manger de pain dans l’espace ?

Les astronautes ne peuvent pas manger de pain dans l’espace en raison des conditions uniques de microgravité qui rendent les miettes de pain dangereuses et gênantes. Voici les principales raisons :

 

 1. Les miettes flottantes

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Rediffusion - Quel est le mot universellement compris ?

Une équipe de linguistes de l'institut Max-Planck de psycholinguistique aux Pays-Bas a fait une découverte remarquable en 2013 : l'existence d'un mot véritablement universel, "hein?" (ou ses équivalents), présent dans 31 langues différentes à travers le monde. Ce qui rend cett ...

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