Chair of Scientific Culture of the University of the Basque Country

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[:es] A Key Property of Life Has Been Detected From High Altitude For The First Time [:]

[:es]Hold up your hands in front of your face. For most people, they will be mirrored copies of each other: You can hold them palm-to-palm and they will match up, but you cannot superimpose them.[:]
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[:es] Two Previously Unknown Brain Cell Types Have Been Discovered in Mouse Study [:]

[:es]Despite us having mapped and categorized so much of mammal biology already, there are still new surprises lying in wait. Now, scientists have found two new types of glia – a type of support cell – in mouse brains.[:]
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[:es] Humans Are Evolving Faster Than Ever. The Reason Is Not Genetic[:]

[:es]At the mercy of natural selection since the dawn of life, our ancestors adapted, mated and died, passing on tiny genetic mutations that eventually made humans what we are today. But evolution isn’t bound strictly to genes anymore, a new study suggests. Instead, human culture may be driving evolution faster than genetic mutations can work.[:]
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[:es] Humans Can Learn How to ‘Echolocate’ in Just 10 Weeks, Experiment Shows [:]

[:es]With enough training, most humans can learn how to echolocate, using their tongue to make clicking sounds, and interpreting the sounds of the echoes that come back, reflected from the surrounding environment. [:]
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[:es] China’s Advanced ‘Artificial Sun’ Fusion Reactor Just Broke a New World Record [:]

[:es]China has achieved a new milestone in humanity’s experiments to harness the power of the stars.[:]
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[:es] We’ve Detected the Closest Extragalactic FRB Yet, but It’s From an Unexpected Place [:]

[:es]A newly discovered repeating fast radio burst (FRB) named FRB 20200120E is deepening the mystery of these already deeply mysterious space signals.[:]
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[:es] Climate Change Likely Contributed to One of The Oldest Examples of Human Warfare [:]

[:es]One of the oldest known war cemeteries, discovered in the Nile River Valley, did not necessarily originate from a single epic battle like we once thought. [:]
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[:es] Enigmatic Designs Found in India May Be The Largest Images Ever Made by Human Hands [:]

[:es]Hidden in the vast, arid expanses of India’s Thar Desert lie mysterious old drawings carved into the land.[:]
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[:es] What if The Heart of The Milky Way Isn’t Actually a Black Hole Like We Thought? [:]

[:es]We sort-of take it for granted that there’s a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, but we can’t really go there and check. What if something else is actually lurking in this messy, dusty region?[:]