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An infection sweeping through Australia’s koala population is revealing how retroviruses insert themselves into the genome

Etiopian aurkitutako hominino baten fosilak 2,8 milioi urte inguru dituela kalkulatu dute. Inoiz aurkitu den Homo generoko fosilik zaharrena da, eta milioi-erdi urte atzeratzen du Homo generoaren jatorria. Hain zuzen ere, genero hori uste baino lehenagotik datorrela ondorioztatu dute aldi berean argitaratu den beste ikerketa batean ere, Homo habilisen aspaldiko fosil bat ordenagailu bidez berregin…

A huge primitive ocean covered one-fifth of the red planet’s surface, making it warm, wet and ideal for alien life to gain a foothold, scientists say

Killer whales wouldn’t get far without their old ladies. A 9-year study of orcas summering off the southern tip of Vancouver Island in the Pacific Northwest finds that menopausal females usually lead their families to find salmon, particularly when the fish are scarce. Older females’ years of foraging experience may help their clans survive in…

Un estudio con hablantes nativos en inglés y chino mandarín muestra diferencias en la conectividad cerebral no apreciadas hasta ahora. El resultado indica que las lenguas tonales (en las que el tono indica diferentes significados) activa áreas diferentes de las lenguas no tonales.

NASAren Dawn zunda 2007an atera zen asteroideen gerrikorantz. Marte eta Vesta asteroidea inguratu ondoren, bere helburu nagusira heltzear da: Zeres planeta nanoa. Hain zuzen ere, martxoaren 6an sartuko da Zeresen orbitan, planeta nanotik 13.500 km-ra, eta orbitan jarraituko du 16 hilabetez, planeta nanoaren ezaugarriak ezagutu nahian. Denbora-tarte horretan, azaroan izango da Zeresetik gertuenen; 375 kilometrora,…

The idea of human pheromones is intuitively appealing, conjuring up the idea of secret signals that make us irresistible to potential partners. But this connection of pheromones with sex may be the wrong way to look at the issue – because despite 45 years of study and various claims over the years there’s still not…

Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and at Googlereported on Wednesday in the journal Nature that they had made a significant advance that brings them a step closer to developing a quantum computer.

Astronomers have discovered a giant planet with four suns just 125 light-years from Earth.