La ciencia en los medios

Astrobiologists debate which chemical signatures would hint at life on other worlds.

This mouse may not look like anything special, but it’s the first of its kind. The egg cell used to create the rodent didn’t come from the ovaries of an adult mother, but were developed in a dish from egg precursor cells of a mouse fetus.

A new diagnosis: mild behavioral impairment. The idea is to recognize and measure something that some experts say is often overlooked: Sharp changes in mood and behavior may precede the memory and thinking problems of dementia.

Aunque aún faltan respuestas, la neurociencia ofrece algunas pistas detrás de conductas como la del autor de la masacre de Múnich.

Los habitantes de las islas Andamán, en India, llevan ADN de un misterioso homínido, según un estudio dirigido por científicos españoles

How difficult would it be to just guess at a launch angle and speed to hit the Sun? Here is a quick program for you to try.

The mountains in Venus’ Aphrodite Terra region may prompt the strange weather patterns observed in the thick cloud layer near the top of the planet’s insufferable atmosphere, new research shows.

Agustín Sánchez Lavegak berehala erantzun dio elkarrizketa-eskaerari. Ez du erantzunetan pentsatzeko denborarik eskatu; zer esan garbi duen seinale. Eta hala du, bai: oso ondo gogoratzen du zerk bultzatu zuen zientzia planetarioen munduan murgiltzera, eta ez du zalantzarik zer nahiko zukeen gertatzea bere ibilbidean zehar.

The physicist Asimina Arvanitaki is thinking up ways to search gravitational wave data for evidence of dark matter particles orbiting black holes.