Science in the media

How time travel might explain some of science’s biggest puzzles.

Lewis Carroll’s popular tales contain some hidden truths about the human brain that are still inspiring neuroscientists to this day. David Robson takes a leap down the rabbit hole.

Un equipo de científicos desarrolla una estrategia distinta para encontrar signos de la presencia de un tumor en la sangre. El nuevo método se basa en la activación de secuencias circulares de ADN que reducen los falsos positivos.

Neandertalek 100.000 urte baino gehiago pasatu zituzten Bizkaian; kobazuloetan eta aire zabalean indusketa lan ugari egin dituzten arren, «aztarnategi asko daude oraindik topatzeko».

The world’s diet has deteriorated substantially in the last two decades, a leading nutrition expert said on Monday, citing one of the largest studies available on international eating habits.

It may sound radical, but it works: Eating peanuts slashes the chance of a peanut allergy, at least in children at high risk of developing one, a much-anticipated study finds. The results are likely to catapult a long-standing theory—that ingesting potential food allergens is a way to prevent allergies—into mainstream medicine.

The development of some countries is as predictable as steady winds, but for others it is more chaotic, physicists find.

Un equipo internacional de científicos ha analizado el pelo de las momias halladas hace 90 años en la necrópolis de Wari Kayan (Perú) de 2.000 años de antigüedad. Los resultados revelan que los miembros de la cultura paracas, la civilización anterior a los incas, consumieron productos marinos y plantas como el maíz y los frijoles…

When it comes to evolution, bigger might really be better. A team of Stanford scientists analyzing the body sizes of marine mammals over nearly 550 million years have found that average body size has increased 150-fold.