
Pilot episode of Fouloscopie: Mehdi Moussaïd's ten scientific tips to survive a crowd surge.

Why rumors and fake news spread so easily, and the cognitive mechanisms behind them.

Mehdi Moussaïd explores the three fundamental laws that govern social attraction between individuals.

Scientific study of crowd behaviors in extreme situations: panic, evacuations, density.

Social experiment around the ethical dilemma of the runaway train (trolley problem).

Mehdi Moussaïd explains the dynamics of fish schools at 5 progressively complex levels.

Real-world social experiment: Mehdi Moussaïd studies the behavior of train passengers.

Scientific study of mass-crowd management during the Hajj: algorithms and logistics.

Social science: how many individuals does it take to trigger major collective change?

Network analysis of 150 years of scientific discoveries: who cites whom, and how ideas spread.

Study of cooperative ant behaviors: human applications for work organization.

Massive experiment: 120 players simulate a Who Wants to Be a Millionaire game — can they win collectively?

Overview of the main cognitive biases that affect our everyday judgment.