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What will the orbital spacecraft of tomorrow look like? If Dassault Aviation has its way, it could be similar to its Véhicule Orbital Réutilisable de Transport et d’Exploration (VORTEX) reusable spaceplane unveiled at the recent Paris Air Show.

France has upped the ante in the quest for fusion power by maintaining a plasma reaction for over 22 minutes – a new record. The milestone was reached on Feb. 12 at the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives WEST Tokamak reactor.

The world’s most powerful MRI machine has scanned its first living human brains. The resulting images give an ultra high resolution glimpse into the brain, to help us better understand the nature of consciousness and treat neurodegenerative diseases.

Anthropologists have assembled the most complete Stone Age family tree, spanning 7 generations. Genetic studies of the remains of dozens of people in a burial site in France reveal some surprising insights into family and social dynamics of the time.

The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has announced that France launched its first hypersonic missile on June 26, 2023 at 10.00 pm CET from the DGA Biscarrosse site on the southwest coast of France near Bordeaux.

Following the completion of its award-winning Valley development comes another project by MVRDV that’s defined by an impressive mountain-like exterior. Ascension Paysagère is part-built to the Passivhaus standard, and features significant greenery.

EasyMile has been developing and testing its driverless shuttle at various locations around the world, and has now added another feather to its cap, becoming the first vehicle authorized to operate without a human driver on public roads in France.

We often associate high-profile firm Foster + Partners with massive projects, but its most recent work is very modest in comparison. Le Dôme Winery is designed to take its place unobtrusively among the beautiful landscape in Bordeaux, France.

Your chance to own one of the most iconic dinosaurs is about to come up – provided you have a spare few million and an empty ballroom on hand. The largest known specimen of Triceratops, nicknamed “Big John,” will go up for auction in October.

Vincent Callebaut has unveiled a proposal for a new mixed-use residential development made primarily from timber. Named Archiborescence, it would include lots of greenery and boast sustainability features like solar and wind power.

Work is now complete on Richard Rogers' final project for the firm he founded back in 1977, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. The Pritzker Prize-winning architect has gone out on a high with an art gallery that extends out of a hill in France.

Any unsuspecting swimmers diving off the coast of Cannes may think they've stumbled onto some kind of ancient Easter Island-type civilization swept into the sea, but they'd actually be seeing the work of underwater artist Jason deCaires Taylor.