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![[:es]Monkeypox goes global: why scientists are on alert[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2020/04/PNG-2-2.png)
[:es]Monkeypox goes global: why scientists are on alert[:]
Scientists are trying to understand why the virus, a less lethal relative of smallpox, has cropped up in so many populations around the world.
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![[:es]Ancient DNA maps ‘dawn of farming’[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2022/05/png-3.jpg)
[:es]Ancient DNA maps ‘dawn of farming’[:]
Huge collection of genomes charts how hunter-gatherers turned into some of the world’s first farmers in Turkey.
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![[:es]The $93-billion plan to put astronauts back on the Moon[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2022/05/d41586-022-01253-6_20375062.jpg)
[:es]The $93-billion plan to put astronauts back on the Moon[:]
The world’s most powerful rocket will make a trip around the Moon in 2022 — a step towards landing people there in 2025, and part of the US Artemis programme.
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![[:es]A common sunscreen ingredient turns toxic in the sea — anemones suggest why[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2022/05/d41586-022-01271-4_20378104.jpg)
[:es]A common sunscreen ingredient turns toxic in the sea — anemones suggest why[:]
Oxybenzone — a chemical linked to coral bleaching — transforms from a UV-blocking agent into one that damages cells when exposed to light.
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![[:es]A ‘galaxy’ is unmasked as a pulsar — the brightest outside the Milky Way[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2022/05/d41586-022-01226-9_20364232.jpg)
[:es]A ‘galaxy’ is unmasked as a pulsar — the brightest outside the Milky Way[:]
Using a technique to block certain wavelengths of light, researchers hope to discover many more hidden pulsars.
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![[:es]Base edit your way to better crops[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2022/04/d41586-022-01117-z_20326442.jpg)
[:es]Base edit your way to better crops[:]
Plant scientists are turning to genome-editing techniques to precisely tailor the productivity and consumer appeal of important crops.
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![[:es]The brain-reading devices helping paralysed people to move, talk and touch[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2022/04/d41586-022-01047-w_20304984.jpg)
[:es]The brain-reading devices helping paralysed people to move, talk and touch[:]
Implants are becoming more sophisticated — and are attracting commercial interest.
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![[:es]What’s next for AlphaFold and the AI protein-folding revolution[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2022/04/d41586-022-00997-5_20300292.gif)
[:es]What’s next for AlphaFold and the AI protein-folding revolution[:]
DeepMind software that can predict the 3D shape of proteins is already changing biology.
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![[:es]Your brain expands and shrinks over time — these charts show how[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2022/04/d41586-022-00971-1_20284456.jpg)
[:es]Your brain expands and shrinks over time — these charts show how[:]
Based on more than 120,000 brain scans, the charts are still preliminary. But researchers hope they could one day be used as a routine clinical tool by physicians.