The Perseverance robot, which landed on Mars on February 18, is loaded with cameras. As soon as day breaks on the red planet, he shoots non-stop photos. NASA, by associating 149 photos very exactly, managed to take a panoramic view…
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franceinfo junior. How are the astronauts selected?
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet during training at NASA in Houston (Texas), June 19, 2020 (BILL STAFFORD / NASA / AFP) The European space agency, ESA, is recruiting: the campaign to find new astronauts has just started. Applications are open from…
New world. Social networks want to strengthen monetization
Different social networks on a smartphone screen. Illustrative photo. (CHRISTOPHE MORIN / MAXPPP) If you have interesting things to say and want to get paid for it, you can do it on Twitter, thanks to a new feature called “super…
In Japan, the success of pet robots, reinforced by the context of the Covid-19 epidemic
Japanese people play with the Lovot robot in Kawasaki. (PHILIP FONG / AFP) In Japan, pet robots are very successful during this time of the Covid-19 pandemic. Artificial intelligence to fill our loneliness, it may seem sad … but we…
United States: Hayley Arceneaux, cancer survivor, will travel to space
AT the end of the year, Hayley Arceneaux, 29, will be the first cancer survivor to go to space. The young woman learned the incredible news over a phone call: “They just called me up and said ‘do you want…
Covid-19: thanks to the vaccine, cultural life resumes in some countries
Life is gradually picking up in some countries. In Israel, to cope with the Covid-19 epidemic, a third of the population has been vaccinated. It therefore becomes possible to attend certain events such as concerts. They had been stationary for…
New world. The medical data of 500,000 French people hacked
Dozens of Vitale cards containing medical records of patients. Illustrative photo. (MAXPPP) More than 490,000 names, first names, addresses, Social Security numbers, test prescriptions, and sometimes even information on the physical condition of patients (“deaf” or “pregnant”) as well as…
Detox. Mars: the fake video of the Perseverance robot
A desolate landscape, made of stones and orange earth, traversed over more than 180 degrees by a rotating camera. These impressive images were seen more than five million times last Friday on social networks, and in particular on Twitter. And…
NASA releases panoramic photo of Mars taken by Perseverance
The rover took 142 360-degree shots with the high-definition cameras installed on its mast. Article written by Posted the 02/25/2021 7:05 AM Update the 02/25/2021 7:23 AM Reading time : 1 min. A desert landscape. NASA released on Wednesday February…
Health: what is the recipe for happiness, according to scientists?
A study on happiness is currently being conducted by American scientists at Harvard University in the United States. “This is the oldest study in the world on the question. It was launched in 1938, initially on a panel of 724…