In 1878, the first complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered in a coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium. Iguanodon, first described by Gideon Mantell on the basis of fragments discovered in England in 1824, was initially reconstructed as an iguana-like reptile or a heavily built, horned quadruped. However, the Bernissart skeleton changed all that. The animal was displayed in an upright posture similar to a kangaroo, and later with its tail off the ground like the dinosaur we know of today. Focu...

Adam Smith est entré dans l’histoire comme le fondateur du capitalisme. Or, la politique économique développée par ce philosophe incite au contraire à y voir l’antidote. Alors que nombre d’économistes revendiquent son héritage en défendant des politiques néolibérales, d’autres voix, de plus en plus insistantes, dénoncent cette imposture intellectuelle.À l’origine de l’approche des capabilités développée par Amartya Sen et Martha Nussbaum, le capabilisme d’Adam Smith vise à rendre le...

Reviews advances in understanding how breeding and growth affects the development of quality attributes such as fat content and tenderness;Summarises recent research on how management of cattle and carcass handling affects sensory properties;Discusses current research on measuring and optimising quality traits such as colour, flavour and tenderness