The Local France

12 world-changing inventions that came from France

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 14:23:13 +0200

From technology to medicine, transport to fashion, French inventors are responsible for many of the things that shape the modern world (even if they didn't invent the croissant).

French research groups urged to welcome scientists fleeing US

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 19:00:46 +0100

French officials are urging their country's research institutions to consider welcoming scientists abandoning the United States due to President Donald Trump's funding cuts, AFP learned last Sunday.

CERN plans giant underground site between France and Switzerland

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:09:17 +0200

The world-leading scientific institute CERN is planning to create a giant underground experiment site situated between France and Switzerland.

French astronomer apologises for 'planet' photo that was really . . . chorizo

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 16:12:50 +0200

A red ball of spicy fire with luminous patches glowing menacingly against a black background. This, prominent French scientist Etienne Klein declared, was the latest astonishing picture taken by the James Webb Space Telescope of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Sun.

What you need to know about the hundreds of dead dolphins washing up on French beaches

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 18:57:36 +0200

Since the beginning of the year alone, a record number of up just over 1,000 dolphins have washed up on France's Atlantic coast. So what's going on?

Giant hammerhead worms from Asia have invaded French gardens

Wed, 23 May 2018 13:58:34 +0200

Giant tropical worms from Asia have been conducting a stealthy takeover of French gardens, putting local wildlife at risk, a new scientific study has revealed.

'Stop all the conspiracy theories about Hitler': French researchers confirm death

Sat, 19 May 2018 16:17:09 +0200

Adolf Hitler definitely died in 1945 in Berlin, from taking cyanide and a bullet, according to French researchers who were given rare access to fragments of the dictator's teeth held in Moscow.

Scientists in France say they've found a cause of dyslexia

Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:09:30 +0200

Two French scientists from Brittany say they've made a breakthrough in the search to find the cause of dyslexia.

French lab produces first in vitro human sperm

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 16:00:57 +0200

French researchers may have made a huge breakthrough in tackling male infertility by becoming the first in the world to create human sperm outside of the body.

'Jellyfish-lamb' ends up on French plates by error

Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:19:02 +0200

A fluorescent lamb that had been genetically modified with jellyfish protein to give it transparent skin ended up mistakenly being eaten in France, even though it was only meant to be used in research, reports said on Tuesday.

French gene study offers breast cancer hope

Fri, 07 Feb 2014 09:59:00 +0100

French doctors revealed this week they hacarried out the bigest gene testing study of its kind which could offer women with advanced breast cancer a better chance of treating their disease.

Too much reality TV 'harms pupils' grades'

Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:13:00 +0100

Have you ever been worried that too much reality TV might be frying your brain or more to the point your kids’ brains? Well you better read on.

French polar chief derides Antarctic 'jaunt'

Sat, 04 Jan 2014 09:56:00 +0100

The head of France's polar science institute voiced fury on Friday at the misadventures of a Russian ship trapped in Antarctic ice, deriding what he called a tourists' trip that had diverted resources from real science.

Scientists win prize for 'drunk sex appeal' study

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:56:00 +0200

A team of scientists based in the French city of Grenoble were honoured with a unique award at Harvard university this week for their psychological study, which found that people are convinced they are more sexually attractive when drunk.

French worms colonise Irish farm

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:32:28 +0200

A community of French earthworms has been unearthed trying to eat their way through the soil on an Irish farm, some 1,000 kilometres north of their natural habitat.

People with tattoos 'more likely to be boozers'

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:01:00 +0200

French scientists said on Monday they have found evidence proving the stereotype that people who sport tattoos and piercings are heavier drinkers.

Men stare at breasts, women at wedding rings: study

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:28:28 +0100

An eye tracking study by a French laboratory, conducted in seven countries, presented an image of an attractive woman to both men and women to discover where their eyes went.