Science in the media

[:es]We know the menagerie of microbes in the gut has powerful effects on our health. Could some of these same bacteria be making a home in our brains? A poster presented here this week at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience drew attention with high-resolution microscope images of bacteria apparently penetrating and inhabiting…

[:es]The idea that Earth’s water came only from asteroids is a ‘blind spot’, researchers say.[:]

[:es]An extraordinary new documentary about identical triplets who were separated at birth has reignited the debate over the dominance of DNA in controlling our behaviour and the way we live our lives[:]

[:es]Un informe oficial constata que en 2017 se utilizaron 610.000 ejemplares menos que en 2009[:]

[:es]La plataforma Augmented Eternity pretende recoger datos de redes sociales y ‘apps’ para crear una versión virtual de nosotros mismos que interactúe con nuestros allegados después de que fallezcamos. Sin embargo, replicar la complejidad humana en un avatar es uno de los retos pendientes del ‘big data’ de la vida eterna[:]

[:es]Resonating oscillations of a planet’s atmosphere caused by gravitational tides and heating from its star could prevent a planet’s rotation from steadily slowing over time, according to new research by Caleb Scharf, who is the Director of Astrobiology at Columbia University. His findings suggest that the effect is enhanced for a planet with an atmosphere…

[:es]Aunque es improbable que la hayan usado extraterrestres, la vela solar es un proyecto con visos de hacerse realidad[:]

[:es]A scientist’s unfettered curiosity leads him to investigate the physics at work in some very odd corners of the natural world.[:]

[:es]Nuestro cuerpo quema hasta un 10% más de calorías al final de la tarde que a primera hora de la mañana cuando la tasa metabólica es menor. Esta es la principal conclusión de un estudio que analiza cómo afecta el ritmo circardiano al metabolismo humano.[:]