Science in the media

Kate Griffin, author of the Kitty Peck novels set in the criminal underworld of Victorian London, examines the nineteenth century origins of toxicology

Three years ago, a solitary mathematician released an impenetrable proof of the famous abc conjecture. At a recent conference dedicated to the work, optimism mixed with bafflement.

Un nuevo estudio español sobre la prescripción diferida de antibióticos a pacientes con infecciones respiratorias agudas no complicadas afirma que, en las estrategias diferidas, los pacientes presentaron síntomas con una […]

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En el siglo XIX la élite científica sabía que la Tierra giraba sobre su propio eje pero no había podido demostrarlo. Entonces llegó Foucault.

Not everybody remembers their life the same way. In fact, just like personality traits, people have different memory styles. Some tend to rely more on detailed sensory information when forming […]

Black holes earn their name because their gravity is so strong not even light can escape from them. Oddly, though, physicists have come up with a bit of theoretical sleight […]

The technique involves propelling a gene of choice throughout a population. It hasn’t been tested in the wild yet, but has worked in the laboratory.

El vehículo Yutu de la misión china Chang’e-3 ha encontrado rocas volcánicas en la Luna distintas a las que recogieron las misiones Apolo de EEUU y Luna de la Unión […]