Preto’s paradox or the greater resistance of large animals to cancer

Le paradoxe de Preto ou la plus grande résistance des grands animaux au cancer

In humans or pets, large size is associated with an increased likelihood of cancer. The general idea is therefore that cancer results from a large number of cell divisions associated with genetic mutations which will reduce/break down the protective mechanisms which prevent anarchic division and the formation of tumors. However, an English statistician had shown … Read more

When an amateur is right and the great Jussieu and Réumur are wrong: is coral an animal or a plant?

Quand un amateur a raison et les grands Jussieu, Réumur ont tort: le corail est-il un animal ou une plante?

Coral has always been considered a plant. Logically it looks like a tree with roots. The ancients Aristotle, or Pliny the elder had classified it like a plant. In 1726, a coral-loving doctor, living in Gadeloupe- Jean-André Peyssonnel submitted an iconoclastic article suggesting that it is an animal. The academy refused its publication and Réaumur, … Read more

Even the World Bank says we need to reorient the agri-food system

Même la banque mondiale dit qu'il faut réorienter le système agroalimentaire

It just goes to show that reason ends up convincing the most recalcitrant! the world bank, certainly not a leftist and environmentalist Huber lulu environment, finally supports the need to completely review the agri-food system. The exorbitant ecological cost of intensive agriculture and the food that results from it would be enough to fail to … Read more

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