Forty-four articles that, taken together, provide an exciting overview of science today in and around France.

Have you ever visited a nuclear waste treatment plant?
Have you observed the Big Bang in a gigantic particle accelerator?
Have you ever visited the workshite of a historic monument undergoing restoration?
No? Don't worry, usually the general public isn’t allowed into the places where these kinds of things happen. Some of them are even classified "Top Secret." Jean-Yves Duhoo gives us an insider's glimpse of all extraordinary places, guided by specialists who'll let us in on the secrets of their trades.