Gard affected by an excess of brain tumors

Several cases of glioblastoma, a rare and very aggressive type of cancer of the central nervous system, have been observed in the municipalities of Salindres and Rousson. –This type of cancer is relatively uncommon: 3,481 cases were diagnosed in 2018 in France. CAVALLINI JAMES / BSIP / CAVALLINI JAMES / BSIP Salindres, an industrial town … Read more

The stage of the World Cup among Paralympic players will be seen live only by extreme Sakhalin residents

12:50 February 6, 2020. The Sakhalin 2020 World Cup Paralympic Skiing World Cup starts in just a few days, and on the eve of it, the organizers held a press conference with IPC winter sports director general Dimitrie Lazarovski and island sports minister Sergey Burenkov. Traditionally, officials began with opening speeches. Most of the information … Read more

is it so interesting to run on E85 bioethanol?

In France, we don’t have petroleum but we have bioethanol. As RTL revealed on Tuesday January 28, biofuel sales jumped 85% in 2019. E85, as it is called in service stations, is produced from cereals or beets in France. Shocking argument, this fuel costs less than 70 cents per liter on average. Bioethanol emits 50% … Read more

but by the way, what was SARS?

As a sign of the times, the first global epidemic of the 21st century was not made known by an organic name – plague or cholera – but by a threatening acronym: SARS. A name like an ophidian whistle that had spread via Internet channels emerging in the early 2000s. Since another coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, hatched … Read more

first three cases confirmed in France

So far, Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn has been reassuring about the potential introduction of the 2019-nCoV Chinese virus in France. “The risk is low but not excluded”, she assured Tuesday. After stays in Wuhan, the cradle of the disease, two suspected cases were in fact“Revealed negative”. The recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), … Read more

LIVE – Chinese coronavirus: ‘too early’ to declare an international emergency, says WHO

Here is the list of countries that have reported cases of illness due to SARS-like coronavirus since its spread from Wuhan, in the east-central China, where it first appeared in December. • Saudi ArabiaIndian nurse working in Saudi Arabia tested positive for Chinese coronavirus and hospitalized in this country, announced on 23 January authorities in … Read more

Alexander Verkhovsky made his first move at the World Chess Championship

10:17 January 22, 2020. Sports, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk – Women’s World Chess Championship in Vladivostok is nearing completion, the hottest days have come for lovers of intellectual games. Children and youth competitions ended on Sunday (Sakh.com about this told in detail), and on Monday, Sakhalin residents took part in the Vladivostok 2020 Grand Prix of Russia in … Read more

The sad “prize list” of the French regions where we drink the most alcohol

INFOGRAPHICS – The overall volume of alcohol drunk each year in France remains worrying and presents strong regional disparities. –French people over the age of 15 drink an average of 11.7 liters of alcohol per year. 190886345 / gray – stock.adobe.com National and regional figures, released on January 14, 2020 by Santé publique France through … Read more

Pesticides: the effectiveness of the protective equipment for farmers in question

Everyday, find the Green thread, the environment meeting of Release. Every Friday, an ecological question through the prism of research. Are farmers’ protective equipment effective? This is the question posed by a group of researchers from different disciplines. They propose a critical reading of scientific literature on the subject. “The effectiveness of personal protective equipment … Read more

NASA discovers a new Earth: is it really habitable?

DECRYPTION – Kepler’s successor, launched into orbit in April 2018, has uncovered an exoplanet that could harbor liquid water. –The first “habitable Earth” found, administratively named TOI-700d. HANDOUT / AFP This is what you could call the syndrome of the second. Since its launch into orbit in April 2018, the American satellite Tess, dedicated to … Read more