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Grand angle - The Impossible Rebellion

1. At the end of August, climate action group, Extinction Rebellion, launched the ‘Impossible Rebellion’, a two-week long protest at ...

On parle d'eux

1.~Joe Biden American President, Joe Biden, is currently facing his first major controversy, as his decisions over the ongoing Afghan ...

Dune: How a science fiction novel changed the world

1. In 1959, if you were walking the sand dunes near Florence, Oregon, you might have encountered a bearded extrovert, ...

Zoom sur Denis Villeneuve

1.~First success Denis Villeneuve was born in 1967 (age 53) in the province of Québec. He directed independent films before ...

Can Denis Villeneuve break the curse of Dune on the big screen?

1. It’s easy to imagine why Hollywood felt it might take a maverick genius to film Dune. The novel, and ...

The New Skaters of New York

1. Earlier this year, I knew for certain that spring was coming when I heard the scraping of wheels against ...

Focus

1.~Will school shootings ever end?   180 school shootings took place between 2009 and 2019, resulting in a total of ...

I’m Not Afraid of COVID-19. I’m Afraid of School Shootings.

1. As my virtual junior year of high school came to an end this past June, my Fremont, California, district ...

Sur le vif

1.~Synchronised surfing In spite of the moving tide, skilled surfers are capable of synchronising in order to create beautiful figures ...

The Republican anti-vax delusion

1. In early May, with the Food and Drug Administration expected to approve the first covid-19 vaccine for teens any ...

Trudeau Sets Canada on Path to Early Election

1. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Canada’s governor-general Sunday morning and set the country on a path to an ...

À 360°

1.~BRAZIL “Luta Pela Vida” 6,000 indigenous people from 173 ethnic groups gathered in Brasilia under the slogan “Luta Pela Vida,” ...

Rapper Little Simz: “I feel super free”

1. Little Simz, full name Simbiatu Ajikawo, doesn’t waste her words. When she talks, she is purposeful, precise, politely withholding. ...

Les échos

1.~Train wreck? Although this train wreck seems like a terrible disaster, no one was hurt. It is a picture taken ...

The long history of the electric car

1. Much of the early enthusiasm for the automobile stemmed from its promise to solve the problems associated with horse-drawn ...

Can trees and people communicate?

1. Why can’t we communicate with trees the same way we communicate with, say, elephants? Both live in social groups ...

Le dessin

1.~The case of Hawaii   People in Hawaii are currently particularly vulnerable to the Delta variant: as we close this ...