École des hautes études en sciences sociales

THE VANGUARD FRAMEWORK Algorithmic Symbiosis and the End of Carbon-Based Homeostasis The Microbiome Civil War, Cyber-Biological Frustration, and the Arrival of Synthetic Harmony

Orthodox microbiology and modern medicine remain trapped in a Kuhnian dead-end, systematically misclassifying the exponential rise of chronic diseases, early-onset neurodegeneration, and spontaneous global pandemics as stochastic cellular mutations or random autoimmune failures....

Strict phonics instruction outperforms mixed phonics: Evidence from a large-scale study

Background Learning to read is a foundational milestone in formal education, and a large body of research supports the effectiveness of systematic phonics instruction in early literacy development. However, much less is known about whether different implementations of phonics ins...

‘No, it is a virus, your body will fight it.’ The value of diagnostic testing for managing respiratory viruses in primary care: an observational study from a post-COVID pilot programme

Introduction International studies suggest that advancing diagnostic technologies have the potential to reduce uncertainty and improve management of acute respiratory infections. Aim This study aimed to observe the impact that laboratory-based polymerase chain reaction testing fo...