Ciencia en los medios

SINC

[:es]Lluvias sin precedentes arrasan la vida microbiana en el desierto de Atacama[:]

[:es]Hacía más de cinco siglos que no llovía en el corazón hiperárido del desierto de Atacama (Chile) pero lo ha hecho en los últimos tres años, probablemente por los efectos del cambio climático. Como consecuencia se ha producido la devastación de su comunidad bacteriana adaptada a la sequía, un suceso que científicos españoles han analizado…
The New York Times

[:es]A ‘Time Capsule’ for Scientists, Courtesy of Peter the Great [:]

[:es]A Russian zoological museum filled with centuries-old specimens finds renewed relevance in the age of genetics.[:]
Elhuyar

[:es]Obesitateak minbizian duen eragina argitu dute [:]

[:es]Jakina da obesitateak minbizia izateko arriskua areagotzen duela. Orain, horren zergatia azaldu dute Nature Immunology aldizkariko artikulu batean. Haren arabera, NK zeluletan (natural killer edo hiltzaile naturalak) dago gakoa: immunologia-sistemaren zelula horiek arduratzen dira minbizi-zelulak detektatzeaz eta suntsitzeaz, eta gantz-gehiegiak blokeatu egiten ditu. Zehaztu dutenez, detektatu detektatzen dituzte, baina ez dituzte suntsitzen.[:]
Nature News

[:es]Quenching our thirst for universality[:]

[:es]Understanding the dynamics of quantum systems far from equilibrium is one of the most pressing issues in physics. Three experiments based on ultracold atomic systems provide a major step forward. [:]
The Atlantic

[:es]Is Gender Written Into Your Skeleton?[:]

[:es]The study of human bones complicates a strict binary definition of sex.[:]
Teknautas

[:es]Angela Saini: «Hay ciencia incorrecta, ciencia mal empleada e incluso ciencia inventada»[:]

[:es]¿Los hombres son de Marte y las mujeres de Venus? La autora analiza la ciencia que defiende diferencias biológicas entre hombres y mujeres y concluye: no es de fiar[:]
Science

[:es]Do gut bacteria make a second home in our brains?[:]

[:es]We know the menagerie of microbes in the gut has powerful effects on our health. Could some of these same bacteria be making a home in our brains? A poster presented here this week at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience drew attention with high-resolution microscope images of bacteria apparently penetrating and inhabiting…
Cosmos

[:es]Geophysicists propose new theory to explain origin of water[:]

[:es]The idea that Earth’s water came only from asteroids is a ‘blind spot’, researchers say.[:]
The Guardian

[:es]What makes us? Nature or nurture? The DNA debate comes back to life [:]

[:es]An extraordinary new documentary about identical triplets who were separated at birth has reignited the debate over the dominance of DNA in controlling our behaviour and the way we live our lives[:]