Science in the media

[: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 evolutionary force on bird populations in Denmark, and likely wherever birds are hunted. But the work also raises a red flag for some researchers who…

[:en]With prices for renewables dropping, many countries in Africa might leap past dirty forms of energy towards a cleaner future.[:]

[:en]It looks like scientists and philosophers might have made consciousness far more mysterious than it needs to be[:]

[: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. [:]

[: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 “descendientes”, aunque por suerte para él, no en sentido biológico.[:]

[: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 clases en la Universidad de California en Irvine (EE UU), donde posee el único título de University Professor otorgado por la institución. Hablamos con él…

[: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[:]

[: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 would build the telescope in the Canary Islands if it was blocked in Hawaii.[:]

[:en]Este barcelonés ha descubierto un mundo habitable en la estrella más cercana al Sistema Solar[:]