La ciencia en los medios

Uppsala Unibertsitateak gidatutako nazioarteko ikerketa-talde batek frogatu duenez, gaurko euskaldunen jatorri genetikoa Iberiar penintsulako nekazari zaharrenekin erlazionatuta dago. Hain zuzen ere, duela 3.500-5.500 urte Atapuercan bizi ziren zortzi gizakiren genomak aztertu dituzte, eta ondorioztatu dute euskaldunena dela haiekin ahaidetza estuena duen gaur egungo populazioa.

Why shower precious resources on rescuing individual animals while habitats are destroyed and whole species disappear?

When an international team of researchers CT-scanned a 100-million-year-old sea urchin fossil (Clypeaster), they made a surprising discovery. It was choc-a-block with around 50 fossilised bivalves (a class of molluscs).

The queen of crime is known for her obscure plots and fiendish clues, but her expertise with poisons often goes unnoticed

¿Sabías que cantar ‘Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena que tu cuerpo es pa’ darle alegría y cosa buena’ mejora tu tránsito intestinal? ¿Cómo, no te lo crees? Pues… haces bien.

Un equipo de científicos encuentra una proporción entre depredadores y presas que se repite en todos los ecosistemas. A medida que aumenta la población de posibles presas, el número de depredadores desciende de forma notable respecto al conjunto.

Duela hamahiru urte, British Medical Journal medikuntza-aldizkari ospetsuak izenburu argigarri hau zuen artikulua argitaratu zuen: “Gaitza saltzen: industria farmazeutikoa eta gaixotasunen salmenta” (Selling sickness: the pharmaceutical industry and disease mongering). Artikuluaren lehen esaldia izenburua bezain argia zen: “Diru pila bat lor daiteke gaixo daudela uste duten pertsona osasuntsuei esker”.

Researchers say they could build a prototype of a molten salt reactor, a safer, cleaner nuclear power option, in 10 years.

WHEN I WAS kid, I had Star Wars toys—but they weren’t “smart” and most of them weren’t even battery powered. But kids these days have access to awesome toys like this remote controlled BB-8 (by Sphero) from the Star Wars VII movie. It looks pretty cool. Gizmodo has lots of details if you are looking…