Ciencia en los medios
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Scientific research can be prone to bubbles too – neuroscience risks being the next one
Science, like any other field that attracts investment, is prone to bubbles. Overly optimistic investments in scientific fields, research methods and technologies generate episodes comparable to those experienced by financial […]
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Paleolitoko altxorra topatu dute Gipuzkoako kobazulo batean
Ezkuztako aztarnategian (Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa), Paleolitoko bi hagaxka eta beste tresna ugari topatu ditu ikertzaile-talde batek, tartean, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitateko Alvaro Arrizabalagak, Ikerbasqueko Maria Jose Iriartek eta Antxeta Kultura Elkarteko Javier […]
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Astronomers identify mysterious object at heart of Milky Way
A mysterious astronomical object known simply as G2 has intrigued and confounded researchers ever since it was found to be on a near-collision course with the supermassive black hole at […]
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Películas y videojuegos no provocan más violencia en las calles
Un repaso de las películas más taquilleras de la historia apenas ha encontrado correlación entre las más violentas y el número de asesinatos en los años siguientes a su estreno. […]
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New Experiment Aims to Crack Neutrino Mass Mystery
These particles should not have mass, but they do. By sending neutrinos through the ground from Illinois to Minnesota, physicists hope to learn why
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In a Multiverse, What Are the Odds?
Testing the multiverse hypothesis requires measuring whether our universe is statistically typical among the infinite variety of universes. But infinity does a number on statistics.
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Why female ants battle for foreign sperm
Once a year, after the summer monsoon rains, two species of harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex) join in a mad mating frenzy, as in the photo above. The queens aren’t making a […]
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Models overestimate Ebola cases
Rate of infection in Liberia seems to plateau, raising questions over the usefulness of models in an outbreak.
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This Bird’s Songs Share Mathematical Hallmarks With Human Music
The hermit thrush prefers to sing in harmonic series, a fundamental component of human music