Colonel Mustard, in the library, with the candlestick. Who has never uttered this solemn accusation over a Cluedo board on a rainy day? For more than seventy-five years, this board game has ruled family mystery nights without competition. We think we know everything about it, yet its history holds many surprises, including bombings, a forgotten patent, and an inventor who fell into complete anonymity. Here is the little-known story of the most famous crime game.

Your cat watches you, clearly understands, and doesn't move a muscle. No, it's not mocking you: its brain, its past as a solitary hunter, and its genetics dictate something entirely different than a dog's. Here is, concretely, why and how this changes the way to approach it.

Beneath the sidewalks of Paris lie filled ditches, 17th-century vaults, Gothic ossuaries, and tombstones transformed into cobblestones. Here’s how to find them, street by street, stair by stair.

Flamboyant statements impress less than a bouquet of good flowers or a word slipped at the right moment. Here, concretely, is how the details do all the work.

A word that appeared in the 16th century, a laboratory founded in Leipzig in 1879, dogs, children, and hysterics... This is how psychology left philosophy to enter the realm of sciences.

Breaking a nut, stripping a branch, shaping a piece of stone: the line between the animal that uses an object and the one that shapes it is finer - and more surprising - than one might think. A brief and concrete overview of the true tool makers in the living world.

The sun, a watch, a sewing needle, a piece of silk, and a starry sky: that's all you need to find north and get home. Here's how to do it, step by step.

Everyone has cursed at a success that refuses to happen. We keep drawing cards, turning them over one by one, and nothing works; the game closes like a trap. It's all the more frustrating when you feel like you've played well. The truth is that solitaire combines a bit of luck with a real element of strategy. You don't win every time, far from it, but you can significantly improve your chances with a few good reflexes. Here are our tips to turn your games into victories more often.

Snacking for two or three hours during your night may seem trivial? Think again: the brain and the entire body pay a heavy price, sometimes irreversibly.

ChatGPT changed the game at the end of 2022: an analysis of a phenomenon that has redefined our relationship with machines that write, draw, and reason (almost) like us.