On February 2, 1933, in Le Mans, two discreet maids massacre their employers in a bourgeois house on Rue Bruyère. A shared madness, forbidden love, or class hatred? A look back at a case that still fascinates.
Beneath your feet, between two train cars, the Paris metro hides 17th-century vaults, stones from the Bastille, and an entire neighborhood built on ancient quarries: here’s where to look and how to recognize them.
Apples are piling up in the crates, the last figs are finishing ripening, and the first chestnuts are falling from their husks... No doubt about it, autumn is the favorite season of Sunday bakers. And with the days getting shorter and the rainy afternoons, it's the perfect time to bring out the mixing bowl and get the whole family involved in the kitchen. I offer you 7 easy autumn cake recipes, made with seasonal fruits, that the kids can prepare with you (and almost without you, for the older ones).
Flying above the rooftops, passing through a wall, looking straight into the eyes of the monster that has been chasing you for weeks... all while knowing that you are dreaming. Does that sound utopian to you? In Germany, one in two adults surveyed has experienced at least one lucid dream. Here’s how it works, and especially how to learn to do it.
It welcomes you when you come home, purrs under your caresses, and rubs against your legs... But does your cat really love you, or is it pretending to fill its bowl? Stress hormone, purring inherited from the mother, caresses that mimic grooming: science provides rather reassuring elements, without sugarcoating everything. Explanations.
They appear unexpectedly, in broad daylight as well as in the middle of the night, leaving the face scarlet and the t-shirt soaked. Hot flashes affect the vast majority of women at the time of menopause. Here’s what happens in the body, what triggers them, and what helps to cope with them better.
Moving into a new home is not just about the first rent payment. Between entry fees, subscriptions, new equipment, and home insurance, expenses can quickly add up, and some are harder to quantify than others. Here’s how to identify them to prepare for your move calmly.
Trees have neither voice nor ears, yet they spend their lives exchanging messages: alert scents, electrical impulses, signals relayed by roots and vast networks of fungi. Here’s how this discreet language works, and what it changes for both the walker and the gardener.
They are born from the death of massive stars, consume matter, disrupt the flow of time, and, according to Stephen Hawking, even emit heat. We invite you to discover black holes, these cosmic objects where the laws of physics reach their limits.
The taxation of tobacco is largely decided at the national level, but within a framework set by the European Union. This framework, Directive 2011/64/EU, is based on minimums established in 2010 and has never been revised since. In July 2025, the European Commission proposed a comprehensive reform. What is the status of this file, and what could it change for Belgium? Preliminary reminder: tobacco products are harmful to health and are reserved for adults. This article only addresses the economic and regulatory framework.
