La ciencia en los medios
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Grabitazio uhinak detektatu dituzte LIGO behatokian
Einsteinek duela 100 urte iragarritako uhinak lehenengoz behatu dituzte zuzenean
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La humanidad estrena “ojos” para ver un nuevo universo
El descubrimiento de ondas gravitacionales no solo es relevante por confirmar las predicciones de Einstein, sino porque abre una nueva vía de observación del cosmos al margen de la radiación electromagnética. Estas son las claves de esta nueva era de la astronomía.
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Gravitational Waves Detected, Confirming Einstein’s Theory
A team of scientists announced on Thursday that they had heard and recorded the sound of two black holes colliding a billion light-years away, a fleeting chirp that fulfilled the last prediction of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
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Neandertalengandik jasotako geneen eta osasunaren arteko harremana aztertu dute
Jakina da gaur egungo eurasiarrok neandertalengandik heredatutako geneak ditugula gure DNAn; zehazki, genomaren % 1,5-4 da jatorriz neandertalena. Orain, herentzia genetiko horrek europarron osasunean duen eragina aztertu dute, eta ondorioztatu dute erlazioa dutela zenbait gaixotasun neurologiko, psikiatriko, immunologiko, dermatologiko eta zirkulatorioekin.
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Human evolution is more a muddy delta than a branching tree
Where once we saw each branch in isolation, DNA evidence now reveals a network of connections. From an African origin more than 1.8 million years ago, human ancestors flowed into different populations, following separate paths for hundreds of thousands of years, yet still coming together to mix their genes.
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El ‘ojo vigilante’ de dios facilitó la aparición de sociedades complejas
La creencia en un dios moralista, omnisciente y que puede castigar a quien no siga sus mandamientos fomenta la cooperación con desconocidos de la misma religión
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New Ways Into the Brain’s ‘Music Room’
M.I.T. researchers have devised a radical approach to brain imaging that reveals what past studies missed about neural responses to music.
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Describing People as Particles Isn’t Always a Bad Idea
Using physics to describe social phenomena can work—if it’s the right physics.
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What Are Gravitational Waves And Why Do They Matter?
If we detect them, it could mean a lot about the universe
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