Françoise Combes, astrophysicist and standard-bearer for the scientific imperative in the face of political attacks on global research

President of the French Academy of Sciences since 2024, astrophysicist Françoise Combes defends a science that is rigorous, collective and engaged in public debate. Young people's disaffection for science, the place of women, distrust of knowledge, political attacks on research, she delivers her diagnosis in DeepTechs, the Challenges podcast produced in partnership with Mascaret.