Science in the media
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When Radiation Isn’t the Real Risk
Four years after the nuclear accident at Fukushima, no one has been killed or sickened by radioactivity. But 1,600 died fleeing the disaster.
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Use of personalized cancer drugs runs ahead of the science
As the costs of genetic sequencing fall, oncologists are starting to prescribe expensive new drugs that target the genetic profiles of their patients’ tumours, even when those treatments have not […]
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Sin becas para ellas: por qué las investigadoras reciben menos financiación
Un estudio publicado esta semana en ‘PNAS’ asegura que existe un sesgo que provoca que las mujeres reciban menos financiación que los hombres.
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Nuestra visión periférica esconde un secreto
Investigadores de la Universidad de Glasgow aseguran que nuestros ojos priman la detección de formas en la parte inferior del campo visual, lo que podría haber sido una ventaja evolutiva […]
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Horror Films for Apes Are Teaching Scientists About Long-Term Memory
Eye tracking during scary shows helped scientists reveal that great apes can access memories of single significant events
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Los güevedoces: los niños de República Dominicana a los que el pene les empieza a crecer a los 12 años
Johny fue educado como una niña porque no tenía testículos ni pene visibles. Solo cuando se acercaba a la pubertad le creció el pene y descendieron sus testículos.
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Ghost traps: the hunt for dark matter
We have no idea what most of the matter in the Universe is made of. Are we finally closing in on dark matter?
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Why is the scientific revolution still controversial? (podcast)
David Wootton’s new book challenges the notion that knowledge is culturally relative and truth is simply consensus
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We Are About to Start Mining Hydrothermal Vents on the Ocean Floor
Forty years ago, scientists found alien life. Not on another planet, but on Earth, in the deep sea, in places where plumes of steam and nutrients heated by volcanic activity […]