Terms of Use

Operator and scope

FutureSciences is operated by CORESIS SAS. Identification and contact: Contact and Operator Identification. These terms govern the free editorial service, accounts, comments and proposals. Privacy information and the specific Contribution Terms form part of the participation information provided before registration.

Reading and accounts

Public reading requires no account. Accounts start at 13. All participants aged 13–17 require a reviewed authorization from a legal representative, taking their views and maturity into account. Do not misrepresent age or identity. Use an alias and protect your credentials. Existing users must complete the current participation declaration before making new contributions. Reading, account recovery and rights requests remain available.

Scientific information and responsibilities

Our purpose is scientific education and exploration. Evidence classifications distinguish established science, emerging research, experimental work, hypotheses, speculation and fictional scenarios, as detailed in Evidence Classification. Editorial admission, popularity or a vote does not validate a discovery. Content may contain errors or become outdated. It is not individualized medical, legal, financial or professional advice; consequential decisions require appropriate professional assessment. We remain responsible for our own editorial conduct under applicable law, described further in Editorial Standards and, where artificial intelligence assists our editorial process, in AI-Assisted Content Policy.

Your contributions

You retain your rights and must have the authority to submit each text, image and other work. Attribution alone is not permission. The specific license, evidence requirements and withdrawal procedure appear in Contribution Terms and Content Rights. Do not publish confidential information, unnecessary personal data, unlawful material, impersonation, threats, harassment, fabricated sources or undisclosed commercial promotion. Follow Community and Moderation Rules.

Review and restrictions

We may review, correct, label, restrict or remove material and limit accounts for a legal or policy reason. Measures should be proportionate. We normally communicate the reasons and available review channel, except where prohibited by law or where doing so would compromise safety or an investigation. Report errors, unlawful content or a disputed decision through Private requests. A report does not itself prove an infringement. We do not promise continuous availability or a particular editorial outcome.

Funding

The free service is funded in part by clearly identified Google AdSense advertising and may also receive sponsorship or affiliate revenue. Anonymous visitors may see ads on selected editorial pages; Google may select them using the page context and, where the visitor’s region and choices permit, prior activity. Payment does not purchase scientific validation or editorial admission. GA4 counts anonymous public visits with first-party _ga cookies by default outside the EEA, United Kingdom and Switzerland. In those regions, or when the region cannot be verified, analytics cookies require your explicit choice. A saved rejection is respected everywhere. Google Tag Manager and the former Visitors collector remain disabled. See Advertising, Sponsorship and Affiliate Disclosure and Cookies and Tracking.

Liability and disputes

Each party answers for its own conduct as provided by applicable law. The service and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranty of uninterrupted availability or fitness for a particular purpose, without limiting the editorial commitments described above. Except for liability that cannot lawfully be limited, our aggregate liability for a claim arising from the service is capped at a nominal amount not exceeding 100 euros, or the equivalent in the user’s currency, excluding indirect or consequential loss. These terms do not exclude mandatory consumer, data protection or child protection rights, or liability that cannot lawfully be excluded. If an adult user’s contribution or breach of these terms causes us to face a substantiated third-party claim, the user agrees to reasonably cooperate with us and cover our resulting documented losses to the extent the law allows; this indemnity does not apply to adolescent accounts, to our own fault, or to liability that cannot lawfully be shifted to a user. They do not impose an automatic indemnity on adolescents or transfer the operator’s own legal duties to users. Applicable law governs, without removing mandatory protections applicable in a user’s country. There is no mandatory arbitration or class-action waiver. Courts and authorities with legally competent jurisdiction remain available. Contacting us is optional and does not waive remedies or interrupt legal deadlines automatically.

Changes and ending participation

We publish dated revisions. A change to participation policies requires a new recorded acceptance for new contributions. It does not retroactively grant new rights over past uploads. You may withdraw participation authorization through Participation choices and request closure, erasure or review of published content through Private requests. Retention and legal exceptions are explained in Privacy Notice and Data Processing Policy.

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