Les choses ne sont pas aussi terribles qu’elles en ont l’air.

Glass Half Full, fondée par Franziska Trautmann à Chalmette près de la Nouvelle-Orléans, collecte chaque semaine des dizaines de milliers de kilos de verre en Louisiane, Mississippi et Alabama, qu'elle broie en sable pour reconstruire les marais côtiers érodés. La Louisiane perd l'équivalent d'un terrain

Les bouteilles de fête de la Nouvelle-Orléans deviennent du sable pour la côte louisianaise

Les bouteilles de fête de la Nouvelle-Orléans deviennent du sable pour la côte louisianaise

20 juillet 2026

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Les bouteilles de fête de la Nouvelle-Orléans deviennent du sable pour la côte louisianaise

25 mai 2026

Le Vermont renforce les droits des détenus transgenres incarcérés

Vermont lawmakers approved a bill requiring prisons to respect transgender inmates’ identities, provide staff training and consider housing requests based on gender identity. The measure, passed as federal protections face legal battles, would expand safeguards against abuse and harassment in custody.

25 mai 2026

Les chiens d’hôpital s’imposent dans les soins pédiatriques aux États-Unis

More children's hospitals across the US are adding full-time facility dogs — specially trained working dogs embedded in care teams. Research shows they lower pain, blood pressure, and cortisol levels in young patients. One nonprofit, Canine Assistants in Georgia, has placed over 80 dogs nationally, and the annual Facility Dog Summit nearly doubled in attendance from 2024 to 2025.

25 mai 2026

Le pape reconnaît le rôle historique du Vatican dans l’esclavage

Pope Leo XIV issued the first papal apology, directly acknowledging the Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery and delaying its condemnation for centuries. In his first encyclical, the US-born pontiff linked that history to modern labor exploitation tied to artificial intelligence and mineral extraction.

25 mai 2026

L’ONU valide à 141 voix la décision historique sur le climat

The UN General Assembly voted 141 to 8 on May 20 to endorse last year's International Court of Justice opinion declaring climate inaction a violation of international law. The resolution — opposed by the US, Russia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia — calls for phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and requires states to provide reparations for climate damage.

25 mai 2026

La Colombie interdit par loi les cosmétiques testés sur les animaux

20 mai 2026

Peinture, concerts, théâtre — les arts ralentissent le vieillissement biologique

A study published in Innovation in Aging found that regular engagement with arts — whether crating or simply enjoying any form of it — is linked to a 4% slower rate of biological aging, equivalent to being around one year younger biologically. Crucially, the effect was comparable to the benefits of physical activity, and held for both creators and audience members alike.

20 mai 2026

Des photos de queues de baleines révèlent une traversée de 14 000 km

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20 mai 2026

La NASA vous permet d’épeler votre prénom avec des images satellites de la Terre

NASA's "Your Name in Landsat" generator uses real satellite imagery — river bends, mountain ridges, desert patterns — captured since 1972 by the Landsat Program to spell out any name. Each letter is a genuine landscape photographed from space. No sign-up needed, and it's free — five decades of Earth science made accessible.

20 mai 2026

AIE : 23 millions de VE vendus en 2026 — 1 voiture neuve sur 4 est désormais électrique

Global EV sales topped 20 million in 2025 — up 20% year on year — and are on track to hit 23 million in 2026, nearly 30% of all new cars sold worldwide, according to the IEA's Global EV Outlook. Europe's EV sales jumped 30% in Q1, Southeast Asia doubled, and Latin America grew 75%. The global EV fleet could reach 510 million vehicles by 2035.

20 mai 2026

Le Togo ouvre ses frontières aux 54 nations africaines — sans visa

As of this week, Togo — the small West African nation bordering Ghana, Benin, and Burkina Faso — grants visa-free entry to citizens of all African countries for up to 30 days. The government says it aims to position Togo as a regional hub for business, trade, and culture, joining Rwanda and other nations advancing continental free movement.

20 mai 2026

Un pont de canopée en Malaisie transforme le conflit urbain en coexistence

The Langur Project Penang in Malasya built "Numi's Crossing" — a canopy bridge made from old fire hoses — so endangered dusky langurs in can safely cross a busy road and reach more habitat. Complaints from residents dropped significantly, and Malaysia's deputy minister of natural resources has pledged to study expanding canopy bridges nationwide.

15 mai 2026

Condition reçoit un nouveau nom — une avancée pour 170 millions de femmes

After 11 years, surveys of 22,000 people, and collaboration across 56 organisations, PCOS has been officially renamed PMOS — polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome. The old name implied ovarian cysts that don't exist, delaying diagnosis in up to 70% of cases. The new name reflects the true hormonal and metabolic nature of the condition affecting 1 in 8 women worldwide.

15 mai 2026

Une Irlandaise remporte l’Earth Prize avec un bioplastique qui élimine les microplastiques

Ayra Satheesh from Ireland won the European Earth Prize 2026 — the world's largest youth environmental competition — for Eco Purge, a biodegradable plastic that releases enzymes as it breaks down, actively removing microplastics from soil, freshwater, and saltwater. She developed it while still in school, collaborating with researchers at UCD Dublin and ATU Letterkenny.

15 mai 2026

Le Nigeria réforme sa loi sur la faune pour démanteler les réseaux de trafic internationaux

Nigeria passed a sweeping new wildlife bill replacing outdated, contradictory laws with a single framework covering elephants, pangolins, sea turtles, and primates. Between 2012 and 2021, only 11 wildlife cases reached court and just 3 ended in convictions. The new law enables financial and phone record investigations to pursue trafficking network organizers, not just couriers.

15 mai 2026

Des scientifiques de Singapour créent des cellules solaires 10 000 fois plus fines qu’un cheveu

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have created perovskite solar cells that are 50 times thinner than conventional versions, semi-transparent, and color-neutral, so they can be integrated into windows, glass façades, and car windshields without changing their appearance, turning buildings into power generators.

15 mai 2026

Étude : les jeux vidéo favorisent le bien-être des enfants, pas seulement le temps d’écran

A UK study of 20 families published in Reading Research Quarterly found that children aged 7–12 use their whole bodies while gaming — expressing emotion, solving problems, and building connections. Researchers argue video games foster both pleasure and a sense of accomplishment, and should be recognised as a complex form of digital literacy that actively supports children's well-being.

15 mai 2026

La Haute Cour d’Osaka juge que les identités non binaires méritent une reconnaissance légale

In a landmark ruling, Japan's Osaka High Court found that the koseki — the national family registration system — violates constitutional equality by offering only "male" and "female" options. The court stated that gender identity is "directly linked to an individual's personal existence," setting a constitutional precedent that could drive nationwide reform.

11 mai 2026

Le « fantôme de la forêt » du Kenya est de retour, avec un plan pour atteindre 750 individus

The mountain bongo, absent from Kenya's forests since 1994, is being reintroduced at the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy in Nanyuki. The first 10 were released into the wild in 2022; the conservancy now holds 102, recently joined by four males from European zoos to diversify the gene pool. The target is 750 wild bongos by 2050.