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Report: Climate geoengineering: a call for caution and rigorous supervision
02.10.2025
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[PRESS RELEASE] To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Académie des Sciences is going feminine!

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11.02.2026
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Science is not an opinion: the French Academy of Sciences reaffirms its values

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10.02.2026
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[Video recording] – Keys to Understanding – Can we modify the human genome?

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20.10.2025
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On October 9, under the Coupole of the Institut de France, a new edition of Keys to Understanding was held, devoted to human evolution.


 

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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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The Academy's scientific journals are freely accessible to all. Among them, Vie des sciences is aimed more specifically at the general public, and strives to encourage dialogue between disciplines, as well as between science and any interested reader.

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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".
26.03.2025
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"PFAS pollution: state of knowledge and social issues".
25.03.2025
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