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In this edition, we tell you how startups are trying to find new ways of harnessing the power of the wind and waves. Some are even using biomimicry, or how to emulate nature's patterns and strategies…

As we celebrate the third anniversary of the adoption and enforcement of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we look back at how much this new law has raised expectations in terms of…

In this edition we speak to best-selling French author Marc Levy. In the last 25 years, he has sold more than 50 million books and his work has been translated into 49 languages. He's just come out w…

Oxygen shortage: India gasping for air as Covid-19 cases surge Issued on: Dr Shrikant Raje, Julia Sieger and Peter OBrien © FRANCE 24 14 min In this edition, we speak to Dr Shrikant Raje, the head of a hospital in Hyderabad. He tells us how his hospital is now using oxygen concentrators as an alternative to liquid medical oxygen (LMO). This as India battles a deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Advertising Ami...

Covid-19 vaccine apps: Connecting people with doses Issued on: 12/04/2021 - 12:04 Julia Sieger, Peter OBrien and Elias Orphelin © FRANCE 24 14 min In this edition, we tell you how individuals in France are taking matters into their own hands and developing apps to make sure no Covid-19 vaccine doses are wasted and that people can get an appointment with their doctors. This comes as many citizens are complaining about a slow roll...

Have you ever heard of NFTs or non-fungible tokens? The virtual market of collectibles is booming, ushering in a new world in which people are ready to pay millions of dollars for short clips that ca…

In this edition, we look at how the global pandemic has accelerated research around mRNA technology, giving way to two vaccines against Covid-19 but also opening up new possibilities for cancer treat…

This week, we speak to Guillaume Rozier. The 24-year-old Frenchman has created an innovative data visualisation concept that is now helping decision makers and health workers mitigate the Covid-19 ou…

February 2021 is a month dedicated to Mars. Both the UAE and China have reached orbit around the red planet and NASA has launched its own mission which should arrive on Mars soon. We take a closer lo…

This week, we're talking about space exploration and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Were we really visited by aliens in 2017, like a Harvard professor is suggesting? What could be the…