La ciencia en los medios
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Machine Learning Algorithm Spots Depression in Speech Patterns
Known as SimSensei, the tool listens to patient’s voices during diagnostic interviews for reductions in vowel expression characteristic of psychological and neurological disorders that may not be sufficiently clear to human interviewers. The idea is (of course) not to replace those interviewers, but to add additional objective weight to the diagnostic process.
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Asteroid killed dinosaurs by setting oil alight and spreading soot
Authors of hypothesis say it explains key mystery of why dinosaur cousins the crocodilians survived the mass extinction
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Otra especie humana ya caminaba como nosotros hace 1,5 millones de años
Un centenar de huellas de ‘Homo erectus’ en Kenia confirma que se movía sobre dos pies
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Robert Wilson: “No sabemos si hay agujeros negros fuera del centro de las galaxias”
El premio Nobel de Física en 1978 por el descubrimiento de la radiación de fondo de microondas evalúa para EL ESPAÑOL el presente y futuro de la astronomía.
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Krustazeoetatik eratorritako polimero bat gene-terapiarako aproposa dela frogatu dute
Oligokitosano bat DNA-zatiak zelulen barrura garraiatzeko egokia dela erakutsi du EHUren Farmazia eta Elikagaien Zientziak Saileko Mireia Agirre Diazek. Oligokitosano hori krustazeoen exoeskeletotik eratorritako polimero natural bat da, eta, gene-terapian helburu horrekin erabiltzen diren beste oligokitosanoekin alderatuta, pisu molekular txikikoa da.
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¿Son nuestras preferencias musicales biológicas o aprendidas?
Un estudio con una tribu aislada del Amazonas sugiere que si nos gustan los sonidos consonantes frente a los disonantes es porque lo hemos aprendido y no por una cuestión biológica, como defiende una parte de los expertos.
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The Mirrors Behind Rembrandt’s Self-Portraits
Rembrandt would have set up flat and concave mirrors to project his subjects — including himself — onto surfaces before painting or etching them.
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The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists
Science is in big trouble. Or so we’re told. In the past several years, many scientists have become afflicted with a serious case of doubt — doubt in the very institution of science.
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How China is rewriting the book on human origins
Fossil finds in China are challenging ideas about the evolution of modern humans and our closest relatives.
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