Science in the media
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Shakespeare’s Genius Is Nonsense
In the study of the human mind, old disciplinary boundaries have begun to dissolve and fruitful new relationships between the sciences and humanities have sprung up in their place. When […]
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Descrito el cambio de la cubierta del VIH que lo hace infectivo
Gran parte de la capacidad del VIH para escapar al sistema inmunitario y a los intentos para desarrollar vacunas están en el carácter cambiante de su cubierta. Por eso, la […]
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Supersized dinosaurs divided up their dinner
The giant sauropod dinosaurs like Diplodocus and Apatosaurus are familiar thanks to their huge sizes and unique body shapes of a long neck and tail with a tiny head perched […]
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Arte rupestre pionero en Indonesia
¿Qué tuvo Europa de especial? Es la pregunta que llevan un siglo haciéndose los estudiosos de la evolución humana, desconcertados por la temprana aparición en las cuevas europeas –hace 35.000 […]
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An Industrial-Sized Generator That Runs on Waste Heat, Using No Fuel
Power plants waste huge amount of energy as heat—about 40 to 80 percent of the total in the fuel they burn. A new device could reduce that waste, cutting fuel […]
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Mikroskopia nanoskopia bihurtu zutenentzat 2014ko Kimikako Nobel saria
Eric Betzig eta William E. Moerner estatubatuarrak, eta Stefan W. Hell errumaniar jatorriko alemaniarra saritu ditu Suediako Errege Akademiak, eta haientzat izango da 2014ko Kimikako Nobel saria, mikroskopio optikoarentzat behinola […]
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Next Generation: Fat-Targeted Gene Knockdown
A small peptide helps a silencing construct home in on the adipocytes of obese mice.
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Our Understanding of Giraffes Does Not Measure Up
To giraffe researchers, the paradox of this keystone African herbivore goes beyond questions of its camouflaging coat. Giraffes may be popular, they said — a staple of zoos, corporate logos […]
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Lightbulb moment for Nobel physicists: prize awarded for inventing blue LEDs
One laureate paid just $200 for invention that allows energy-efficient lighting and could save quarter of world’s electricity