The magazine of the european research area European Commission Copenhagen, a missed chance?

 17   “All scientists must be sceptics”

What are the arguments of the ‘climate 

sceptics’, these scientists who oppose 

the majority of the climate experts?  

Portrait

 34   The algorithm of the gods

An outstanding researcher and 

accomplished businessman, 

Stephen Wolfram has overturned 

the world of science with his theories 

and working methods.

Prisons

 36   The cancer of prisons

Prison overcrowding, social divide, new 

forms of delinquency… Welfare state or 

penal state? Most criminologists are in 

no doubt.

Human science 

 38   Where does religious thought come from? 

EXREL, or how european scientists are 

studying the origins of religion and 

attempting to forecast future trends.

 40   In brief

Science at your fingertips. 

Teaching corner. 

Publications. 

Young researchers. 

Opinion.

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