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Alissa de Chassey

Alissa de Chassey

Alissa de Chassey is a French science journalist based in New York City. She previously worked for Le Figaro and covers biology, health, and AI.

A vista looking out over the Grand Canyon.

Near Grand Canyon National Park, a uranium mine raises fears of arsenic in the water

 Environment
• October 14, 2026

Arizona recently raised an arsenic limit at one monitoring well at Pinyon Plain Mine, where scientists are still trying to understand how water moves underground

From AI to AGI

 Tech
• April 16, 2026

What is artificial general intelligence, and how will we know when we’ve achieved it? Understanding the debate over engineered superintelligence

Early Screen Time May Hurt School Performance, Study Finds

 Health
• February 14, 2026

A new Canadian study suggests that more screen time in early childhood could hurt school performance years later

A child receives a vaccine in a clinic.

Millions of children still unvaccinated worldwide

 Health
• January 13, 2026

A new global analysis shows vaccination rates have stalled, leaving more than 15 million children with no immunizations in 2023

Illustration of Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai

Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize in Literature

 Blogs
• October 9, 2025

László Krasznahorkai has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature for his philosophical, apocalyptic and hallucinatory novels

 
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