Science in the media

La nave espacial Messenger fue la primera en orbitar el planeta Mercurio, el más cercano al Sol. Este jueves, tras cuatro años de misión, se estrellará contra la superficie.

Nine hundred kilometers off the east coast of Madagascar lies the tiny island paradise of Mauritius. The waters are pristine, the beaches bright white, and the average temperature hovers between […]

An Audi research facility in Dresden, Germany, has managed to create the first batches of diesel fuel with a net-zero carbon footprint — made from carbon dioxide (CO2), water and […]

Lehen aldiz, enbrioiak genetikoki eraldatzeko teknika bat probatu dute giza enbrioietan.  Sun Yat-sen Unibertsitatean egin dute esperimentua (Txina), Junjiu Huang ikertzailearen gidaritzapean, eta Protein & Cell aldizkarian argitaratu dute.

Scientists have pieced together the evolutionary history of a fascinating group of extinct Caribbean rats, some of which grew to the size of cats. The so-called rice rats were lost […]

The adult brain that was awash in alcohol during its formative years looks different and acts differently than an adult brain that skipped the youthful binge drinking, says a new […]

Lionfish have overwhelmed ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean over the past three decades, eating or out-competing native species in what has been called the worst marine […]

Paleontólogos chilenos identifican una especie de terópodo herbívoro con características muy diferentes a las de su grupo. Tenía el cuello largo y la cabeza pequeña.

Aunque no haya certezas en cuanto al mecanismo -debido más que nada al peligro y a la dificultad de estudiar este fenómeno- no caben dudas de que las tormentas eléctricas […]