La ciencia en los medios

Mistakes in peer-reviewed papers are easy to find but hard to fix, report David B. Allison and colleagues.

Todo comenzó con un pez y terminó en nuestro cerebro, pero eso tomó siglos. No obstante, los experimentos que se hicieron en el intervalo dieron frutos, como las pilas, e inspiraron novelas, como Frankenstein.

Europe’s replacement forests aren’t half as good at cooling the planet as the old broad-leafed variety.

Jaioberriek amaren baginako jariakinekin izaten duten hartu-emana eten egiten da zesarea bidez jaiotzen direnean. Ondorioz, ez dute garatzen jaioberriengan ohikoa den mikrobiota. Hasierako bakterio-komunitateek haurraren sistema immunearen eta digestioaren garapenean duen garrantzia ikusita, horretan eragiteko modua bilatzen aritu dira ikertzaileak. Pasa den astean Nature Medicinealdizkarian argitaratutako ikerketaren arabera, lortu dute mikrobiota hori partzialki berreskuratzeko modu…

Fear of the Zika virus could generate support for gene drives, a radical technology able to make species go extinct.

Many women understand that if they act too assertively, they will face backlash. They will seem unlikeable. But while extensive research has documented this phenomenon, some studies have failed to find it. Which raises a question: Are there ways women can be strong without penalty? A new paper in Psychological Bulletin reports that yes, there…

Un estudio vincula la hibernación estacional de los osos con cambios en los microbios intestinales. Los hallazgos podrían ayudar a diseñar tratamientos contra la obesidad.

It’s not the contested issue you’d think it is, looking at Twitter. But I have to be honest, it can be difficult when religious supervisors attend my science sessions.

We often think of conservation in terms of wildlife sanctuaries and breeding programs, but its Janus face is eradication. The survival of one population of animals, like the fox, sometimes necessitates the destruction of another, like the turkey. This is especially the case on islands, which are arks for vulnerable flora and fauna.