Science in the media

Since 1812, when an Austrian doctor first described his own propensity to see numbers and letters in their own distinct hues, researchers have documented more than 50 forms of synesthesia. […]

Un nuevo cálculo hidrográfico indica que la mayor parte del proceso se produce con el agua acumulada en tierra y no en mares y ríos. También se ha recalculado a […]

Don’t sound the death knell for free will just yet. Despite tantalizing evidence that our brains are doing much more than we’re aware of, free will may still exist. It […]

Científicos del Museo Real de Ontario (Canadá) y el Museo de Historia Natural de Cleveland (EE UU) han descubierto una nueva especie de dinosaurio con cuernos, Wendiceratops pinhornensis, en un […]

After a hospital error, two pairs of Colombian identical twins were raised as two pairs of fraternal twins. This is the story of how they found one another — and […]

With people living longer than ever, being able to replace bits of the human body as they wear out has become a new frontier in medicine

At the end of June, millions of Facebook users changed their profile pictures to rainbows to show support for same-sex marriage—rooting themselves in a portraiture tradition that’s long used symbols […]

An outbreak of cholera in Haiti that began in 2010 is still killing people. Why have attempts to get it under control failed?

Tests on physiological markers in nearly 1,000 38-year-olds found that some had biological ages many years older than their birthdates would suggest