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Report: Climate geoengineering: a call for caution and rigorous supervision
02.10.2025
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Clone of Christian Amatore's anecdotes

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24.10.2025
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The French Academy of Sciences calls for a change of course in French research funding plans

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10.12.2025
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Q&A: the Académie expresses itself through its Energy Foresight Committee

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05.12.2025
Mathieu Baumer

At a time when a great deal of erroneous or approximate information on major scientific issues is circulating on the internet, the Académie des sciences has chosen to make available a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) to provide reliable, rigorous and accessible insig

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The French Academy of sciences encourages, supports and protects the spirit of scientific research. It contributes to the progress of science and its applications, to the dissemination of science in France and abroad, and leads reflection on current and future political, ethical and societal issues.
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Report: Climate geoengineering: a call for caution and rigorous supervision
02.10.2025
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Report 2024 from the Committee for the Defense of Scientists (CODHOS)
11.09.2025
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"Evaluation of teachers-researchers, researchers, their teams and their scientific projects in the context of open science".
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"PFAS pollution: state of knowledge and social issues".
25.03.2025
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