How did a mother turn from a helpless victim to a whistleblower in the Depakine health scandal? This anti-epileptic drug, produced by French Big Pharma giant Sanofi, is notoriously known to have ...

How can ecosystem monitoring be improved to respond quickly to the early stages of a new epidemic? How do scientists scrutinize the hot spots of contamination around the world? This investigation ...

More and more teenagers want get an Apollo body fast. They are inspired by models on the web and the social networks, from people who’ve increased their muscle mass fast, and they sometimes injure ...

Why has the number of caesareans exploded in the past ten years? Is medical necessity always at the origin of the surgeon's decision to operate? Today, the growing number of health conditions related ...

Does voluntourism do more harm than good? Teaching English in Nepal, counting elephants in Botswana; paid volunteer missions abroad are very popular with young people. Many of them, full of ...

Can you imagine that a thief, a rapist or any other criminal could be arrested today even before he commits his crime? This sci-fi scenario is already partly an established  reality in Los Angeles, ...

Thousands of babies were kidnapped or sold in Sri Lanka in the 1980s. The scandal affected Switzerland and involved private intermediaries, who were little concerned about the origin of the adopted ...

Can the wolf cohabit with man? In Switzerland, the summer has been deadly on the mountain pastures. Angry breeders lock horns with officials and are not satisfied with slain livestock indemnities. ...

The number of patients addicted to opioids is skyrocketing in Europe, even though their long-term effectiveness is much debated. The American crisis has raised awareness and many doctors are ...

Under the influence of global warming, mountains in the Alps are breaking up, threatening villages located in red zones. The people in charge of mountain security are voicing concerns and imagining ...