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La durée de vie des dinosaures, ces créatures fascinantes ayant dominé la Terre pendant des millions d’années, varie considérablement en fonction des espèces. Contrairement à l'idée populaire selon laquelle les dinosaures vivaient tous des centaines d'années, leur espérance de ...

La Terre tourne sur elle-même, mais cette rotation ralentit progressivement. Environ 1,4 millisecondes s’ajoutent à la durée d’une journée tous les 100 ans. Bien que ce ralentissement soit imperceptible au quotidien, ses conséquences, sur le long terme, sont significatives pou ...

For centuries we've made sacrifices, sent prayers to gods and summoned witches, in an attempt to bend the weather to our will. Science suggests now we might actually be able to do it. Weather modifiers are employed to make it rain, suppress hail and enhance snow packs. It is big ...  عرض المزيد

Weather: wet, dry, cold, hot, sunny, windy or downright weird - there’s nothing quite like it as a conversation starter, from Austin to Jakarta. And judging from the large volume of emails about all things meteorological in the CrowdScience inbox, there’s plenty to talk about. ...

Geoengineering is already underway from Australia to the Arctic as scientists try to save places threatened by global heating. It’s time for a global conversation about how we research these powerful techniques, with agreements on how and where to deploy them. Global temperature ...  عرض المزيد

This week China hit a record high temperature, a scorching 52.2°C, while Death Valley in California measured 53.9°C. Elsewhere, Europe has been battling searing heat and raging wildfires. In previous editions of Inside Science we’ve explored the effects of heat on our health. Thi ...  عرض المزيد