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A new origami paper battery, which is powered by bacteria and costs five US cents, could revolutionise the diagnosis of diseases in developing and remote areas.

Music has powerful impacts on the mind and a strange relationship with science and society. It has now made its way into the clinic as a tool to help heal a variety of medical conditions. But at the same time, it’s been used as a device to torture captives in service of the War on…

Nuestra propia experiencia nos dice que el color del mar puede cambiar de manera significativa dependiendo del momento y el lugar: desde azules turquesas a verdes muy claros, pasando por azul oscuro, grises y marrones. ¿Por qué será entonces que todos creemos que el mar es azul?

Eraikin jasangarrriak, bioklimatikoak, ekoeraginkorrak, berdeak, pasiboak, zero energiakoak… Modan dagoen arkitekturako korronte bat dirudi. Baina hori baino gehiago da. Araudiek jarritako bidea ere bada. Askorentzat, oso maldan gorako bidea. Beste batzuentzat, berriz, eraikin eredugarriak egiteko akuilua.

For centuries, archaeologists have reconstructed the early history of Europe by digging up ancient settlements and examining the items that their inhabitants left behind. More recently, researchers have been scrutinizing something even more revealing than pots, chariots and swords: DNA.

Why are women so underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and maths, the so-called “STEM” subjects? It’s an enduring question that doesn’t have an easy answer, and is likely influenced by a whole slew of social, personal, and practical factors permeating the pipeline from school through to adulthood.

At 42, Nic Fleming discovered that he has never really seen in three dimensions. Can new therapies based on video games fix his lazy eye and give him his first glimpse of life in 3D?

Si ha habido un hombre buscado en la historia de la exploración polar, ése es sir John Franklin. Él y sus hombres desaparecieron en 1847 cuando buscaban el Paso del Noroeste y su búsqueda se ha prolongado hasta nuestros días.

Sexologoek eta beste zenbait adituk urteak daramatzate jaio berritan sexu-banaketa bitarrak sortzen dituen arazoak gainditu nahian. Pixkanaka, beste arlo batzuetan ere hasi dira pausoak ematen norabide horretan, eta horren adierazle da, adibidez, Nature aldizkarian argitaratu berri den “Sex redefined” artikulua. Bi sexuen ideia sinplekeriatzat jotzen duten genetikari eta sendagile batzuen iritzia eta proposamena biltzen ditu…