La ciencia en los medios

1,84 milioi urteko falange berezi bat aurkitu dute Olduvai Georgeko aztarnategian, Tanzanian. Izan ere, hatz-hezur horrek garai berean bizi ziren hominidoenak baino askoz ere itxura modernoagoa du. Hori aintzat hartuta, ikertzaileek iradoki dute orain arte aurkitu den gizaki modernoaren itxurako eskurik zaharrenaren aztarna dela iradoki dute ikertz

YOU GO TO sleep with a cool, fresh glass of tap water by your bed and wake up to it tasting decidedly…off. Ever so slightly more dirt-like, I’d say. Musty, heavy, or oily, others have said. The taste difference is subtle and hard to describe, in a way that leads people who haven’t noticed to…

A startup company says it is expanding the language of DNA to create new tools for drug discovery.

Is this how particles become planets?

Ancient aquatic plant thought to be world’s first flower; studying it could provide a solution to modern pollination issues linked to decline of bee population

El análisis de los restos encontrados en Schöneck-Kilianstädten (Alemania) muestra que hace 7000 años se produjo la matanza de 26 individuos a los que sus agresores torturaron con crueldad. El hallazgo se suma a otras evidencias de la extrema violencia en esta época en el centro de Europa.

“They’re like a fox and a raccoon and a bear and a dog and a cat. They’re like every adorable animal in one animal.” Darwin could not have said it better. The red panda is loved but vulnerable to habitat loss and climate change.

According to expert Dr. Judith Edersheim, co-founder and co-director of the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior, it is a question of how—not if—neuroscience will play a role in the courtroom.

Is geology predictable, or is the mineral composition of Earth due to chance events? The answers could eventually help scientists identify planets likely to harbor life.