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| La Recherche | |
|---|---|
| Title | La Recherche |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Category | Science magazine |
| Firstdate | 1946 |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
La Recherche
La Recherche is a French monthly magazine devoted to science, technology, and culture, founded in 1946 and based in Paris. It has chronicled developments across physics, biology, chemistry, astronomy, medicine, and environmental studies, reporting on figures, institutions, and events ranging from Marie Curie and Albert Einstein to CERN and NASA. The magazine bridges reporting on research from laboratories such as Institut Pasteur, CNRS, Max Planck Society, and MIT with coverage of policy debates involving European Union, United Nations, and French ministries.
Founded in the aftermath of World War II, the magazine emerged amid reconstruction involving Charles de Gaulle, Fourth Republic institutions, and scientific revival linked to Pierre Mendès France initiatives. Early decades featured reportage on nuclear research at CEA and discussions shaped by figures like Irène Joliot-Curie and Joliot-Curie family. During the Cold War era, coverage intersected with events such as the Sputnik 1 launch, debates around Manhattan Project legacies, and exchanges between Western laboratories and Eastern Bloc academies like the Academy of Sciences (USSR). The magazine documented French projects including TGV technological spin-offs and participated in public discourse during episodes such as the Chernobyl disaster and the development of the Human Genome Project. In the 21st century its pages tracked breakthroughs from CRISPR-Cas9 research to discoveries at Large Hadron Collider and collaborations involving European Space Agency and Roscosmos.
The editorial line blends investigative journalism and popularization, featuring long-form essays on researchers at places such as Collège de France, Sorbonne University, Harvard University, and Stanford University. Regular sections analyze work by Nobel laureates like Marie Curie (linked historically), François Englert, Peter Higgs, Emmanuelle Charpentier, and Jennifer Doudna, and profile innovators from Google and IBM research labs. Topics often include climate science referencing IPCC reports, biodiversity conversations invoking Charles Darwin legacy, and medical advances tied to institutions like WHO and Johns Hopkins University. Feature articles have examined artificial intelligence linked to Alan Turing heritage, robotics developments at ETH Zurich, space missions from Voyager 2 to Mars Science Laboratory, and neuroscience trends connected to Alzheimer's disease research at Université de Montréal and Massachusetts General Hospital. The magazine runs debates engaging intellectuals from Jacques Monod-inspired molecular biology to philosophers in the vein of Michel Foucault.
Published monthly, the magazine is distributed through national outlets including stores in Paris, Lyon, and Marseille, and via subscriptions in francophone regions such as Québec and Belgium. Circulation figures have fluctuated with print trends observed across publications like Nature, Science, Scientific American, and New Scientist. It has coordinated special issues timed with events like the COP21 summit and international gatherings at venues such as Palais des Nations and UNESCO headquarters. Institutional subscribers include university libraries at Université Pierre et Marie Curie and research centers like INRIA.
Contributors have included scientists and public intellectuals connected to institutions such as Institut Pasteur, CNRS, Collège de France, École Normale Supérieure, California Institute of Technology, and Max Planck Institute for Biology. Interviews have featured personalities associated with André Brahic-style astrophysics, Nobel Prize winners like François Jacob-related biologists, climate scientists from James Hansen-linked networks, and engineering leaders from Airbus and Thales Group. The magazine has published conversations with explorers and astronauts from European Space Agency and NASA programs, as well as profiles of mathematicians in the lineage of Évariste Galois and Henri Poincaré.
The magazine and its contributors have received accolades comparable to prizes granted by organizations such as Académie des sciences, journalism awards like the Albert Londres Prize-style recognition, and science communication honors associated with museums such as Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Its investigative pieces on public health and technology have been cited in policy discussions at French Ministry of Health and referenced in reports by European Commission panels. Special issues have been shortlisted for prizes presented by foundations like Fondation de France.
The magazine maintains an online platform hosting articles, multimedia dossiers, and archives of past issues accessible to subscribers and institutions such as Bibliothèque nationale de France collections. Digital strategies echo those of peers like The New York Times science section and BBC science pages, including podcasts, video interviews with researchers from Institut Curie and Salk Institute, and searchable databases referencing bibliographic resources from CrossRef and academic repositories such as HAL (open archive). Archival holdings are cataloged in library networks including WorldCat and preserved in national collections alongside journals like Le Monde cultural supplements.
Category:French science magazines