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InformationVideo published by WIRED In this 8-minute video, Daniel Rozin shows us his unique art, which attracts quite a lot of interest.  He assembles panels made of many small plates mounted on one or two axes of rotation. A camera films the whole piece from the front, and reproduces the image through the tilt angles of each plate,...

InformationVideo published by Stop Autonomous Weapons In this “unreal” video (with a Black Mirror atmosphere), a staged scene projects us into a dark future where drones capable of killing through facial recognition would be used. The idea is probably to send chills down our spines. However, let’s be honest, it would probably not be well...

A dictionary is not just a list: it is a landscape. By stacking words in alphabetical order, it unintentionally draws records, symmetries and oddities that nobody notices. I wanted to flush them out by sifting through nearly 197,000 French words. Here are my four favorite finds. 1. « oiseau », champion of concision French has five vowels — a,...

InformationsVidéo publiée par BBC Earth Cette vidéo nous montre la réaction très particulière des dauphins capables de se reconnaître dans un miroir. Depuis un certain temps, le niveau de conscience de soi des animaux est mesuré avec ce test, permettant de vérifier si un animal arrive...

InformationVideo published by Jason Martin This video offers a cute little sequence of a kitten discovering the concept of reflection. It does not seem to understand that it is alone, which is pretty funny. For several decades, psychologists have defined the level of self-awareness using the mirror test.  The test consists in making sure...