Science in the media
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Gunther Uhlmann: “Los descubrimientos científicos deben pertenecer a todo el mundo”
Gunther Uhlmann es el padre de la invisibilidad y ha hecho grandes avances prácticos en ese campo. Sin embargo, se opone a patentar sus logros y apuesta por el libre […]
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Por qué los terremotos no tumban estas rocas
Los sismos producidos a lo largo de milenios no han logrado romper el frágil equilibrio en el que se mantienen estas rocas a unos 10 kms de la falla de […]
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Non-magnetic metals turned into magnets
Two common metals that are not magnetic — copper and manganese — can be transformed into magnets: a surprising effect that involves combining thin films of the metals with carbon-based […]
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The New Laws of Explosive Networks
Researchers are uncovering the hidden laws that reveal how the Internet grows, how viruses spread, and how financial bubbles burst.
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Los caballos y los seres humanos comparten expresiones faciales
Investigadores de la Universidad de Sussex (Reino Unido) aseguran que los caballos muestran algunas expresiones faciales similares a los seres humanos y a los chimpancés. A partir de este hallazgo, […]
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How Physics Drove the Design of the Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan
The gun-like design of the Little Boy bomb was effectively the last of its kind
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Wasps force zombie spiders to weave ‘cocoon’ webs
For some unlucky spiders, the zombie apocalypse is now. Some parasitic wasp larvae can take over their minds, forcing them to weave special webs the wasps use to support and […]
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One Head, Two Brains
How a radical epilepsy treatment in the early 20th century paved the way for modern-day understandings of perception, consciousness, and the self
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Ancient forest microbes live 2.5 kilometres under the sea
Scientists drilling off the coast of Japan have awoken an ancient creature from its long slumber. But don’t worry – they did not find Godzilla. They revived a community of microbes, […]