Comment un virus envahit notre corps ( Animation 3.40)
Sur OpenCulture Robert Krulwich et David Bolinsky ont concocté une courte animation pour montrer les effets de la grippe sur le corps humain.
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L’histoire des «blurbs», les petits laïus sur le dos de la pochette
«The life of a blurb excerpted from a critic — a book review, say, from NPR — is a fairly simple one. A recognized critical institution writes a positive review; that review comes to the attention of a book’s publisher, who then puts a positive quote somewhere on the book.» NPR.org
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Les secrets des best-sellers
Sarah Weinman NPR […] But in his new book, Hit Lit, mystery writer James W. Hall makes a case that the biggest hits from the past hundred years share 12 features. Almost every one of the best-sellers engaged with the hot-button social issue of its time — race (Gone with the Wind, To Kill a…
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La Croix Rouge a reçu 500 millions de dollars de dons après le séisme de 2010. La principale interrogation: qu’a fait l’organisation humanitaire des 500 millions de dons reçus après le séisme?
Le site ProPublica et la radio publique américaine NPR ont enquêté sur les chantiers réalisés par l’organisation depuis quatre ans. Le Figaro
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The Salt: NPR
NPR’s The Salt is an extraordinarily entertaining food blog with an eye toward “food news from the farm to the plate and beyond.” The site updates daily. Recent articles have covered such topics as faux fish made from plants, an investment fund that is bankrolling environmentally sustainable fish farming, and a debate about whether…