The crime scene often offers an empirical understanding of a crime : from the weapon to the time and place, but what if a crime can also be solved by studying the killer’s psychology? What place should we give to the mind of the criminal in an investigation? Criminal profiling Robert Ressler, the father of …
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Ranked the most beautiful public park of Europe in 2022, the Luxembourg Garden would probably not be as successful without its olive green signature chairs. Now exported to different places around the world, let’s explore where they came from, and look at how these 400€ chairs became a global phenomenon. The Origins The chairs as …
Fake news is spreading more rapidly and massively than ever on the surface of the world, often feeding on our intellectual passivity and credulity. The acceleration of the phenomenon is largely due to Internet, especially as today nearly 50% of the world’s population uses social networks. And yet this drift of information is not limited …
Every year, during Pride Month, more and more companies try to show their support to the LGBTQ+ community by rebranding their logo to the colours of the rainbow, or by selling items smacked with a big rainbow. This practice is called “rainbow-washing”, but you can also find it under the name “pinkwashing”. The term was …
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“When I’m singing the blues, I’m singing life”, stated American singer Etta James. Singing Life Blues is a music genre born during the late 18th century in the United States. Although its precise history is not well known, it is said to have emerged amidst the enslaved populations in the Southern States between the 1890s …
“I saw (…) people talking without speaking, people hearing without listening (…) and no one dared disturb the sound of silence”. Simon and Garfunkel, “The Sound Of Silence”, 1964. 40 years ago, in January 1982, 16-year-old Marina Nemat was arrested and imprisoned for her views on the Iranian revolution. In 2007, exactly 25 years after …
“The pedestal of the Robert E. Lee monument might hold an amazing secret — a legendary and irreplaceable artifact related to President Abraham Lincoln worth upwards of a quarter-million dollars. Or it could be a fake.”. These are the opening lines of Dale Brumfield’s article for Richmond Magazine, in December 2017, referring to the possible …
In his movie Licorice Pizza (2021), the filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson decided to tackle a demanding task – filming a teenage romance without entertaining the clichés. This is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine, two young people living in California in the early 70s. They meet when Alana is working as an assistant …
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You may have heard or seen images of massive popular protests in Hong-Kong. For the past few years, the situation has been really tense in this area, especially regarding its relations with China. Alma Mater offers you a quick summary of Hong-Kong’s history and latest news to better understand the ongoing issues of the island. …
Based on true facts, this is the unbelievable story of a young boy from Malawi, born in 1987, who has decided to save his village and his family from starvation. Without scientific knowledge, his only resources were some books from the library and domestic waste. He would later become a respected engineer and a celebrity …
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The mysterious disappearances of the Bermuda Triangle are the subject of theories each one more zany than the others. The disappearances are supposedly linked to the presence of an alleged crystal pyramid 200 meters high at the bottom of the sea, to the existence of extraterrestrials or even to Atlantis, the mythical island mentioned by …
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As the cold season creeps in, Thanksgiving brings family and friends together to share a moment of warmth. Celebrated every 4th Thursday of November in the United States, it falls this year on Thursday the 25th. On a symbolic level, thanksgiving celebrates the little things, and asks everyone to acknowledge, and appreciate both the small …
« You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get » This motto by American swimmer Michael Phelps, one of the most decorated Olympians of all time, encourages us to dream big and always keep trying. The Paris 2024 Olympics aspire to make these dreams come true. Originality and revolutionary projects: …
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The French Dispatch is the 21st movie of the American filmmaker Wes Anderson. This comedy-drama was selected in the Official Competition at Cannes Film Festival this year and debuted in theaters on October 27, 2021. Critics designate this work as a real declaration of love to France and journalists in general. Composed of three stories, …
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From the great desert up north to the vast jungles southeast, Mexicain soil is among the most biodiverse in the entire world. Its diverse landscapes stuck between two oceans, Atlantic and Pacific, have always been at the core of the different civilisations installed in the territory. Before the arrival of the Europeans, the many Mesoamerican …
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