Ciencia en los medios

Los extraños acueductos construidos en el sur de Perú eran parte de un sofisticado sistema de riego, según un nuevo estudio

Thanks to new research, scientists were able to identify the key neural mechanisms regulating our transitions between wakefulness and sleep, shedding some light on this elusive phenomenon.

As far as big life decisions go, choosing when to lose your virginity or the best time start a family are probably right up there for most people. It may seem that such decisions are mostly driven by social factors, such as whether you’ve met the right partner, social pressure or even your financial situation.…

New research resolves longstanding controversy, showing dinosaurs were already heading for extinction before the asteroid strike that sealed their fate

Zientzia-kazetaria da Marchant eta Nature aldizkarian egin zuen terapia alternatiboak aztertzeko proposamena. Kritika asko jaso dituen arren, gogoeta ere eragin du Marchanten proposamenak. Hain zuzen, aipatzen du tratamendu horiek ematen dituztenek, askotan, beste medikuek izaten ez duten denbora, hurbiltasuna eta kontaktu fisikoa eskaintzen dizkietela pazienteei.

Las mariposas monarca realizan la migración más larga entre los insectos. Una brújula solar y su reloj interno les permiten volar sin desorientarse miles de kilómetros entre Canadá y México en dirección suroeste en otoño y noreste en primavera. Pero ¿cómo lo consiguen? Científicos estadounidenses han creado un modelo matemático que revela la existencia de un…

Lab-made antibodies could produce high-volume, high-quality snakebite treatments.

Astronomers have discerned the presence of a dwarf galaxy that may be made largely of dark matter, thanks to the light-bending effects of its hefty mass.

According to linguists, generally most, if not all, natural human languages enable individuals to refer to abstract concepts or things not present in the immediate environment, to create new words, and to create an infinite number of grammatical sentences of infinite length. Most researchers believe that dolphin squeaks and whistles lack many of these linguistic…