Artificial intelligence (AI) is marking a before and after in the history of technology, and 2025 will bring more surprises. It is not easy to predict what awaits us, but it is easy to highlight trends and challenges that will define the immediate future of AI for the coming year. Among them, the challenge of […] … learn more→
What artificial intelligence awaits us in 2025
Mentors and confidants, these grandparents who help young people grow
Grandparents are rarely at the heart of studies on family relationships even though their discreet presence remains essential in the lives of their grandchildren. Generation Z (which includes people born between 1997 and 2012) would be the generation furthest removed from their grandparents with only 18% of this generation feeling very close to their grandparents, compared to […] … learn more→
Good sex and relationships education can help teens understand when behaviour is abusive or controlling
Nearly half of young people aged between 13 and 17 who have been in a relationship in the past year have experienced violent or controlling behaviour, according to a recent survey from charity the Youth Endowment Fund. The finding comes from a survey of 10,000 young people in England and Wales, of which 27% had been in […] … learn more→
The four-day week: a deceptive progress?
The four-day week has attracted growing interest since the health crisis, and this on an international scale. In France, some management representatives and political leaders have become real promoters of this system, like Laurent de la Clergerie, founding president of the LDLC group, in which all employees have 3 days off per week. Moreover, as […] … learn more→
Is frustration inevitable? How to teach children and teenagers to accept limits
Mario throws himself on the ground, kicking and screaming “like a man possessed.” His father, embarrassed, tries to coax him to get up, first with soft, persuasive words, then more firmly. Around them, in the supermarket queue, people look on with little or no surprise, depending on their previous experience with children of Mario’s age: […] … learn more→
Children of parents not in a romantic relationship are just as happy as those in nuclear families – new research
It’s become completely normal to find a romantic partner through a bit of swiping on your phone. But could the same be about to happen for parenting? “Elective co-parenting” involves two or more people choosing to have and raise a child together outside of a romantic relationship. And if this becomes commonplace, would it be […] … learn more→
Video games for the advancement of biomedicine
What if video games could help scientists research genes and diseases? The video game industry has continued to grow over the past decade. Although many consider them simple entertainment, citizen science has taken it a step further. They can dive into genomics, for example, the discipline that has revolutionized medicine since the early 2000s, when the human genome was sequenced […] … learn more→
How to avoid post-dissertation doldrums
A well-known motivational truism proclaims that the most dangerous time is when you’ve reached a goal. This maxim may explain why many doctoral candidates experience post-dissertation doldrums. You’ve been pushing so hard for so long. You’ve been preoccupied with the intensity and innumerable details of the work itself. After graduation, you no longer have to […] … learn more→
Digital presentations and screens in universities: are we learning and teaching better?
We don’t have to go too far back in time to remember university classrooms where the only working materials were a blackboard, chalk, pens and paper. It is likely that many of today’s university teachers attended classes in similar conditions, because although they are omnipresent today, screens and internet connections everywhere are novelties from a […] … learn more→
Distance learning: how to support learners you don’t meet?
Is distance learning becoming the new norm in the world of adult education? In 2024, 60% of companies would have offered a training offer that is mainly distance learning (FAD) or hybrid. Even if this percentage shows a trend towards the digitalization of training, it should be noted that it is down compared to last year (64% […] … learn more→