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Grand angle - Moonwalking

1. It took them four months to find the perfect spot. Two friends, one a photographer, the other a professional ...

On parle d'eux

1.~Ruth Bader Ginsburg The second woman ever to serve at the American Supreme Justice Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, died on ...

Escape to the country: will people leave cities behind post-pandemic?

1. For centuries, cities have been plagued by periodic crises. The Great Plague of 1665 killed 70,000 Londoners, and those who could ...

Is the office finished?

1. Around the world workers, bosses, landlords and governments are trying to work out if the office is obsolete—and are ...

Covid-19 seems to have changed lifestyles for good

1. Now that countries have eased restrictions, residents are venturing outside again—but not as much as before. Globally, they made ...

Sur le vif

1.~Happy Halloween! This pumpkin, grown in southern England, weighs 1,194 kilos (the weight of a rhinoceros), needs 500 litres of ...

The Ghosts of New York

1. New York state and the city that bears its name are steeped in centuries’ worth of supernatural lore. In ...

Why does California have so many wildfires?

1. Fires have spread all across the West Coast during California's fire season. High temperatures and strong winds have made ...

À 360°

1.~JAPAN Haunted drive-ins If you are looking for a spooky, yet coronavirus safe, Halloween experience, this Japanese haunted drive-in may ...

Younger Americans feel their voting weight

1. This has been a year of the young. The protesters against racial injustice have mostly been in their 20s. The ...

Focus

1.~What is Qanon?   • Qanon is an evidence-free, far right internet conspiracy theory. Its main belief is that the ...

Zoom

1. ~Audre Lorde ''black, lesbian, mother, poet, warrior''~   Born in 1934 in New York City, Audre Lorde self-described as ...

How ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Changed Everything

1. The Kardashian-Jenner family recently announced that after 20 seasons, their namesake reality TV show, “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” ...

John Steinbeck: A flawed genius

1. “I have left a lot of tracks in my life,” said John Steinbeck, a giant of 20th-century literature, who ...

Les échos

1.~ And...the Oscar goes to... diversity! From 2024 onwards, films competing for the Oscars will have to fulfill a range ...

Picture of a cauliflower could help us unravel the mysteries of the universe

1. The world’s biggest photograph – of a cauliflower – could help humanity unravel some of the universe's deepest mysteries. The image ...

Can we escape information overload?

1. One day in December 2016 a 37-year-old British artist named Sam Winston equipped himself with a step-ladder, a pair ...

Le dessin

1.~Climate change and the Republican Party Two elephants, symbols of the American Republican Party, are holding a sign with the ...