The Guardian

The Guardian

[:es]Philosophy of science isn’t pointless chin-stroking – it makes us better scientists[:]

Understanding causal inference, one aspect of philosophy of science, is key to making our research reliable
The Guardian

[:es]Flushing out ‘zombie cells’ could help stave off Parkinson’s[:]

Possible approach to treating effects of neurodegenerative diseases – and even ageing – revealed by trial
The Guardian

[:es]Complex engineering and metal-work discovered beneath ancient Greek ‘pyramid'[:]

Latest find on Cyclades’ Keros includes evidence of metal-working and suggests the beginnings of an urban centre, say archaeologists
The Guardian

[:es]Alzheimer’s setback as promising drug shows no benefit in clinical trials[:]

Disappointment as idalopirdine fails at trial to improve cognition and limit decline in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease
The Guardian

[:es]The ecological catastrophe that turned a vast Bolivian lake into a salt desert[:]

What was once the country’s second largest lake is now a salt flat and the vanishing waters are taking an indigenous community’s way of life with them
The Guardian

[:es]Make way for megamarsupials: the migration of Australia’s extinct megafauna[:]

Diprotodon was the largest marsupial ever to live. New evidence shows it migrated annually – and could make us reassess what we know of other extinct marsupials
The Guardian

[:es]How Neolithic farming sowed the seeds of modern inequality 10,000 years ago[:]

The prehistoric shift towards cultivation began our preoccupation with hierarchy and growth – and even changed how we perceive the passage of time
The Guardian

[:es]Bitcoin mining consumes more electricity a year than Ireland[:]

Network’s estimated power use also exceeds that of 19 other European countries, consuming more than five times output of continent’s largest windfarm
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[:es]’Zombie star’ amazes astronomers by surviving multiple supernovae[:]

Star has exploded in ‘fatal’ supernovae multiple times since 1954 – and is the first star astronomers have witnessed doing so