Ciencia en los medios
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A Common Logic to Seeing Cats and Cosmos
There may be a universal logic to how physicists, computers and brains tease out important features from among other irrelevant bits of data.
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La extinción silenciosa de las jirafas: el 40% ha desaparecido en 15 años
Al pensar en especies en peligro de extinción vienen a la mente linces y pandas. Nadie piensa nunca en las jirafas, que Dalí consideraba como símbolo de la masculinidad, y cuya […]
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The Science of Preventing Date Rape
Almost every day, the news contains another story of sexual assault. Those stories that make the news are likely only a small fraction of those assaults reported, and only a […]
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Albert Einstein archive reveals the genius, doubts and loves of scientist
Early note shows delight at birth of his daughter while later letters show fame was beginning to be a trial
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El azúcar que toman los padres puede hacer obesos a sus descendientes
Un estudio realizado en moscas de la fruta apoya la hipótesis de que los hábitos de un individuo durane su vida pueden afectar a la salud de las generaciones posteriores
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‘The Imitation Game’ Sparks a New Wave of Code-Breakers
It involves hours staring at a piece of paper or screen. Scores of frustrated attempts, blind alleys, cruel false hopes and a very remote chance of success. Yet it is […]
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Who Owns the Biggest Biotech Discovery of the Century?
There’s a bitter fight over the patents for CRISPR, a breakthrough new form of DNA editing.
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Physics: Quantum computer quest
After a 30-year struggle to harness quantum weirdness for computing, physicists finally have their goal in reach.
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Smoking erases Y chromosomes
If cancer, heart disease, and emphysema weren’t bad enough, male smokers may have another thing to worry about: losing their Y chromosomes.
