Scientific American

Scientific American

[:es]Do We Live in a Simulation? Chances Are about 50–50[:]

Gauging whether or not we dwell inside someone else’s computer may come down to advanced AI research—or measurements at the frontiers of cosmology
Scientific American

[:es]‘Hybrid’ Quantum Networking Demonstrated for First Time[:]

By exploiting the wave-and-particle-like nature of light, a new technique offers the best of both worlds
Scientific American

[:es]Tiny Gravitational-Wave Detector Could Search Anywhere in the Sky[:]

A much smaller and more reproducible version of LIGO could transform gravitational-wave astronomy
Scientific American

[:es]Why Do People Avoid Facts That Could Help Them?[:]

Several studies suggest that individuals widely prefer to remain ignorant about information that would benefit them when it’s painful—and sometimes when it’s pleasurable
Scientific American

[:es]Rethinking Easter Island’s Historic ‘Collapse’[:]

Controversial new archaeological research casts doubt on a classic theory of this famous island’s societal collapse
Scientific American

[:es]Earliest ‘Chickens’ Were Actually Pheasants[:]

A new analysis ruffles the story of poultry domestication
Scientific American

[:es]Will the Earth ‘Remember’ the Coronavirus Pandemic?[:]

Tree rings, ice cores and sediment deposits could record changes in pollution during the global shutdown
Scientific American

[:es]Global CO2 Emissions Saw Record Drop During Pandemic Lockdown[:]

The decline shows how far there is to go to curtail greenhouse gases over the long term
Scientific American

[:es]Horses Recognize Pics of Their Keepers[:]

Horses picked out photographs of their current keepers, and even of former keepers whom they had not seen in months, at a rate much better than chance.