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Seven Nobel laureates urge France to adopt tax on 'ultra-rich'

Seven Nobel Prize-winning economists have called on France to implement a minimum tax on wealthiest households, endorsing a measure inspired by the so-called "Zucman tax" that was rejected by the French Senate last month. The proposal comes as the French government looks for new sources of public revenue to balance…

Radio France Internationale · Jul 7, 2025

‘The American system is being destroyed’: academics on leaving US for ‘scientific asylum’ in France

Almost 300 researchers have applied for positions at Aix-Marseille University after Trump unleashed his attack on academia

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2025

Online Memorial For Children Dead In Hiroshima, Nagasaki

A Nobel Prize-winning anti-nuclear group launched an online memorial Tuesday for the 38,000 children who died in the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ahead of the 80th anniversary next month.

International Business Times · Jul 1, 2025

Codebreaker Alan Turing’s scientific papers sell for ‘record’ £465,000

The archive of papers included a signed copy of Turing’s 1939 PhD dissertation Systems Of Logic Based On Ordinals.

Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2025

Wartime codebreaker Alan Turing’s scientific papers sell for £465,000 at auction

Cache of Turing’s work was almost shredded after being discovered in a house clearance in London last year

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2025

Why do so many slugs and snails appear after it rains? The kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2025

Gisèle Pélicot wins top human rights award for fight against rape culture

France’s Gisèle Pélicot, who became a global symbol in the fight against sexual violence after waiving anonymity during the Mazan rape trial, has been awarded the 2025 Freedom Prize by thousands of young people around the world.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 4, 2025

Von der Leyen calls for 'independent Europe' as she receives Charlemagne Prize

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has received one of Europe’s highest honours for her role in steering the European Union through turbulent times. In her acceptance speech she called for a more self-reliant Europe in the face of 'imperial ambitions'.

Radio France Internationale · May 29, 2025

‘Space travel is queer’: the unstoppable film-maker skewering Bezos and Musk’s macho fantasies

She founded Nasa’s orchestra and has bounced heartbeats off the moon. Now Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian has made a hilarious film taking issue with the tech bros’ dreams of celestial conquest

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2025

Nobel Prize author did not pick literature A-level as it did not feel ‘useful’

Abdulrazak Gurnah told the BBC’s Desert Island Discs that he concentrated on science courses.

Evening Standard · May 24, 2025