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Abstract The lecture gives an introduction to biological condensates, their role and function. It presents the description of these condensates in terms of liquid phase transitions and the limitations of this description. References "Germline P Granules …

Abstract After a brief explanation of how language models work, we will explore their application to mathematical reasoning, in particular their ability to produce informal mathematical reasoning as well as formal proofs. We will discuss the trade-offs …

Résumé Le mot « je » fait partie d’une classe de mots – les indexicaux – dont la valeur sémantique (la « référence ») est fixée par une règle linguistique relativement à un repère variable. Le repère en question est fourni par l'acte d'énonciation, ce que …

Abstract Young galaxies, observed when the Universe was between 2 and 6 billion years old, have very different morphologies from today's galaxies. Images from the Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope show that most of these galaxies have …

Abstract What are the properties of distant galaxies ? Their morphology, gas content and star formation rates are just beginning to emerge after the Big Bang. These properties will be compared with the results of simulations. One of the main questions is …

The discovery of the Rosetta Stone in July 1789 and the subsequent translation of the Greek part, followed by the distribution of copies of its inscriptions, are signs of the importance of this trilingual decree in the history of hieroglyphic …

Abstract " La Marque jaune " is one of the most iconic stories in the history of Belgian comics. In this modern tale in thriller form, Edgar P. Jacobs uses visual rhetoric to impress his readers. Drawing on the sources of fantasy novels and Expressionist …

One of the fundamental challenges of comics is to link the images that make them up. Or, if you prefer, to transform contiguity into continuity : from one frame to the next, from one strip to the next and from one page to the next. In the words of Art …

Jonathan Culler Jonathan Culler was Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, and University Lecturer in France before taking up a chair in English and Comparative Literature at Cornell University, USA. A specialist in literary theory, he has published books …

In these two common nouns, the preposition " inter- " functions in different ways. In interdisciplinarity, it establishes contact while accepting and respecting the different traditions of the disciplines involved. The noun " internationalité " is not …

Abstract Mathematician Akshay Venkatesh recently wrote an essay on the possible effect on mathematical practice of advances in automatic theorem proving, and in particular on our value judgments about theorems. I will argue that if computers become …

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Abstract At a time when the long-awaited images from the James-Webb Space Telescope are being analyzed, I'll summarize some of the discoveries made over the last few decades about the invisible Universe, as observed in the infrared. We'll discuss how this …

Abstract The techniques used to identify distant galaxies will be described : Lyman break, fall in blue flux due to absorption on the line of sight. Our current knowledge of primordial galaxies comes from the Hubble Space Telescope and ALMA. We will show …

The Egyptian language coexisted with Greek from the time of Alexander the Great's conquest of Egypt (332 BC). This cohabitation had a decisive impact on the use of Egyptian scripts (hieroglyphics and their cursive versions, hieratic and demotic), leading …

Abstract Screening of the film It's About Time! Reflections on Urgency (31 minutes), spoken in Polish, followed by a short lecture on the characters of Cassandra and Aeneas at the mythical birth of Europe, the concepts of the semiosphere, fiction and …

The concept of the semiosphere establishes the principle of this first lecture. As a demonstration, I will discuss the minimal signs in the European semiosphere that enable understanding without knowledge of the languages concerned, as well as the …