Yves Sciama

Contributing writer

Yves Sciama is a freelance science writer, trained in biology and science journalism, who covers life and environmental sciences. His work has appeared in Science et Vie, Le Monde and other major French-language media, as well as in Science. He has won multiple prizes and fellowships, including a yearlong Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014, and is former president of AJSPI, the French association of science journalists.

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Sleep

By Yves Sciama

11 June 2024

18 min read

At the end of the earth with Paul-Antoine Libourel

The French researcher’s accomplishments working with chinstrap penguins in the Antarctic highlight the importance of recording sleep in the wild.

Sleep

At the end of the earth with Paul-Antoine Libourel

By Yves Sciama

11 June 2024 | 18 min read

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