The True Story of Pirates

The True Story of Pirates

Thanks to new excavations in Mauritius and Madagascar, as well as archival and museum research in France, Spain, England and Canada, a group of...

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Nazi Death Marches

Nazi Death Marches

Faced with the relentless and unstoppable advance of the Soviet Red Army, from the spring of 1944 until the capitulation of the Third Reich in May...

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Stopping the Next Pandemic

Stopping the Next Pandemic

How can we prevent epidemics? Why do viruses and bacteria move? Rather than trying to contain epidemics one after another, why not stop the...

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Leonardo: The Mystery of the Lost Portrait

Leonardo: The Mystery of the Lost Portrait

Leonardo da Vinci is not just the most famous and most admired of all painters - he is an icon, a superstar. Yet, the man himself remains elusive...

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When Multinationals Attack Nation States

When Multinationals Attack Nation States

In autumn 2016, demonstrations sprang up all over Europe against the CETA free-trade agreement between the European Union and Canada. The reason?...

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The Phoney War

The Phoney War

September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when...

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Un samouraï au Vatican

Un samouraï au Vatican

Cocottes et courtisanes dans l’œil des peintres

Cocottes et courtisanes dans l’œil des peintres

The Devil in the Flesh, by Raymond Radiguet: The Romance that Scandalised a Nation

The Devil in the Flesh, by Raymond Radiguet: The Romance that Scandalised a Nation

In 1923, the young French writer Raymond Radiguet (1903-23) published The Devil in the Flesh, a novel that caused a great scandal by telling the...

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Tricky Memory

Tricky Memory

The lastest neuroscience discoveries show surprising results: false memories, distortion, modification, déjà vus. Our memory is affected in many...

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Afrique : Sur la piste des premiers hommes

Afrique : Sur la piste des premiers hommes

The mysteries of Mont La Pérouse

The mysteries of Mont La Pérouse

160 km southwest of Reunion Island, just a few dozen metres beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean, lies the peak of an underwater volcanic...

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Losing Sleep

Losing Sleep

While our nights have never been shorter, an enlightening round-up of scientific discoveries around sleep disorders.

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Le clan des cachalots

Le clan des cachalots

Narbonne: The Second Rome

Narbonne: The Second Rome

More than 2.000 years ago, Narbonne in today's Département Aude was the capital of a huge Roman province in Southern Gaul - Gallia Narbonensis. It...

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Éthiopie, le mystère des mégalithes

Éthiopie, le mystère des mégalithes

The School of Tomorrow

The School of Tomorrow

The correlation between social class and school performance is a major issue across the world. This miniseries is an attempt to go beyond...

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Thomas Pesquet : Objectif Mars

Thomas Pesquet : Objectif Mars