Science in the media
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![[:en]Does shooting birds make them smarter?[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2016/09/unnamed-2-1.jpg)
[:en]Does shooting birds make them smarter?[:]
[:en]Human hunters may be making birds smarter by inadvertently shooting those with smaller brains. That’s the conclusion of a new study, which finds that hunting may be exerting a powerful […]
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![[:en]Can wind and solar fuel Africa’s future?[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2016/09/unnamed-1-1.jpg)
[:en]Can wind and solar fuel Africa’s future?[:]
[:en]With prices for renewables dropping, many countries in Africa might leap past dirty forms of energy towards a cleaner future.[:]
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![[:en]The real problem[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2015/10/unnamed-3.jpg)
[:en]The real problem[:]
[:en]It looks like scientists and philosophers might have made consciousness far more mysterious than it needs to be[:]
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![[:en]Zika virus destroys testicles in mice[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2015/07/unnamed-2.jpg)
[:en]Zika virus destroys testicles in mice[:]
[:en]A new study from the US suggests Zika infection may interfere with a man’s ability to have children – but long-term observations are needed to definitively say that’s the case. […]
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![[:en]Quién fue Sigismondo Polcastro y sus miles de “descendientes” (y por qué son importantes para las matemáticas)[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2015/01/unnamed-1.jpg)
[:en]Quién fue Sigismondo Polcastro y sus miles de “descendientes” (y por qué son importantes para las matemáticas)[:]
[:en]Dos tercios de los matemáticos de hoy en día provienen de 24 “familias” académicas. Y el “padre” más prolífico de la historia del pensamiento matemático tuvo decenas de miles de […]
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![[:en]“El creacionismo echa a Dios la culpa de 20 millones de abortos por año”[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2015/07/unnamed.png)
[:en]“El creacionismo echa a Dios la culpa de 20 millones de abortos por año”[:]
[:en]El biólogo Francisco José Ayala (Madrid, 1934), exfraile dominico, especializado en genética y evolución, es uno de los científicos más relevantes de nuestro siglo. Con 82 años, investiga e imparte […]
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![[:en]Did a memory experiment really show evidence for psychic abilities?[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2016/11/5000.jpg)
[:en]Did a memory experiment really show evidence for psychic abilities?[:]
[:en]A 2011 psychology study claimed to show evidence for precognition – but had more to say about the state of psychology research than anything paranormal[:]
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![[:en]Canary Islands Are Alternate Site for Planned Mauna Kea Telescope[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2014/09/unnamed.jpg)
[:en]Canary Islands Are Alternate Site for Planned Mauna Kea Telescope[:]
[:en]An international consortium of astronomers whose plan to erect a giant telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii has been stalled by protests and legal challenges said on Monday that it […]
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![[:en]“El exoplaneta más cercano a la Tierra puede estar cubierto de agua” [:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-4-5.jpg)
[:en]“El exoplaneta más cercano a la Tierra puede estar cubierto de agua” [:]
[:en]Este barcelonés ha descubierto un mundo habitable en la estrella más cercana al Sistema Solar[:]
