There is currently very little publicly available data on cases of filicide-suicide—that is, the killing of a child by one of its parents, followed by that parent’s suicide or attempted suicide...
A crisis within an organization can create conditions conducive to the emergence of toxic leadership. It can even lead to the establishment of a “caïdat”—an organizational system in which the rules of operation...
The high-security prison in Vendin-le-Vieil (Pas-de-Calais) is affected by a hunger strike among inmates. A look back at the history of high-security wings and at initiatives undertaken abroad.
While family solidarity with the elderly is very real, many stereotypes about the selfishness of their loved ones have been circulating for two centuries. Why is that?
The plan to double the number of places in semi-open detention announced by Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of Justice, raises questions. Will a rehabilitation policy be implemented, or is this merely an effort to relieve overcrowding in prisons?
Why is there such a craze for gyms? For people who grew up in a world in crisis, shaping one’s body helps combat feelings of vulnerability and powerlessness.
The same volume of matter can take on an infinite variety of shapes and colors. César, through his compressions and expansions, teaches us about the physics of matter.
“Education can overturn sociology,” said Education Minister Gabriel Attal in an interview with *Le Monde* in early October. What are we to make of this?
Teachers have become a target precisely because they are also a bulwark—a bulwark against the obscurantism that characterizes and drives their attackers, and threatens society as a whole.
"Ambush marketing": a branding strategy that involves promoting a brand by capitalizing on an event without being an official partner—a trend that has been evident since the start of the Rugby World Cup.
Although little known in France, Hamad Butt will soon be featured in a special exhibition at Tate Britain. The artist’s work from the 1990s offers a fresh perspective on the dangers of our technological age.
Kremlin propaganda frames the war in Ukraine as a clash of civilizations against the West, in which the West’s attitude toward LGBT people is said to be a central element.
Our transportation choices influence those around us. Policymakers could leverage this to improve the effectiveness of policies aimed at changing behavior.
Certain medications can be (de)activated by light. This is a promising area of research that could help limit the negative effects of certain treatments.
A recent article "exposes" the pseudonym system used by a forum where economists, confident in the site's security, would sometimes make inappropriate comments.
While it may seem easy to understand a written sentence, how does our brain parse information when it’s spoken? A new model helps explain this phenomenon.
Dark matter remains a mystery; yet it is believed to be six times more abundant than “ordinary” matter. Several laboratories around the world are working to unravel this mystery.
While EU countries are capable of taking strong joint action, a divide is emerging between member states with very different—and even conflicting—decarbonization strategies.
Even if the right to end-of-life care were to become a legal reality, other challenges to its implementation would remain. A closer look at advance directives: Why are they not very effective?
The aging process is complex, heterogeneous, and dynamic. This reality struggles to find its place in public discourse, where an overly simplistic, age-based approach still predominates.
More than 120 years ago, female factory workers in Glasgow, Scotland, worked to advance women’s rights. By asserting themselves in the factory, they broke with Victorian norms of femininity.
The protest movement that began in late 2021 to oppose development projects near the Haute-Savoie ski resort is proposing alternatives to the “all-ski” approach.
Anyone who experiences power finds themselves in a particular state of mind that can lead to behavior that is more self-centered, less civil, and more uninhibited.
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