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El País

[:es]Hallan en Madrid los fósiles de la jirafa gigante de cuatro ‘cuernos’ más primitiva[:]

El linaje del ‘Decennatherium rex’ persistió hasta hace 11.000 años y pudo convivir con los humanos
El Independiente

[:es]Luces y sombras en la recuperación del lince ibérico[:]

Aunque la recuperación de este emblemático felino, que un día llegó a ocupar casi toda la península, no para de crecer, los esfuerzos por sacar al lince del peligro crítico de extinción tienen que enfrentarse, año tras año, a una amenaza: los atropellos y, en menor medida, el furtivismo.
Quanta

[:es]How to Build a Robot That Wants to Change the World[:]

The computer scientist Christoph Salge is trying to circumvent the need for rules that guide robots’ behavior. His strategy: Give them a goal of making us more powerful.
Nova next

[:es]Could Brain Scans Determine Guilt or Innocence in Court?[:]

Lie detection using a functional MRI machine, which measures and creates an image of brain activity, is a topic of controversy among legal and neuroscience experts and has yet to land on the courtroom floor.
Elhuyar

[:es]Asmaren, errinitis alergikoaren eta ekzemen oinarri genetikoa zehaztu dute[:]

Asmak, errinitis alergikoak (hautsari edo polenari alergia, adibidez) eta ekzemek neurri batean oinarri genetiko bera zutela jakina zen. Hain zuzen ere, horregatik, ohikoa izaten da gaitz horietako bat baino gehiago batera agertzea. Orain, gaitz horien atzean dauden arrisku-faktore genetikoan zein diren aztertu dute, eta guztira 136 faktore identifikatu dituzte, erdiak baino gehiago ezezagunak. Aldaera genetiko…
Cosmos

[:es]The bad science of medical cannabis[:]

Millions of people use cannabis as a medicine. That’s not based on clinical evidence, nor do we know which of the hundreds of compounds in the plant is responsible for its supposed effects.
Elhuyar

[:es]Pirinioetako glaziarrak, gainbehera etengabean[:]

Pirinioetako glaziarrek 243 ha-ko azalera hartzen dute gaur egun, 1850ean baino % 88 gutxiago. Emaitza hori eman dute, Pirineos aldizkarian argitaratu duten lan batean. Besteak beste, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitateko Ibai Rico, eta Magallanes Unibertsitatko Eñaut Izagirre glaziologoek sinatu dute lan hori.
Nautilus

[:es]Math’s Beautiful Monsters[:]

How a destructive idea paved the way for modern math.
Science

[:es]3D printing doubles the strength of stainless steel[:]

3D printing has taken the world by storm, but it currently works best with plastic and porous steel—materials too weak for hard-core applications. Now, researchers have come up with a way to 3D print tough and flexible stainless steel, an advance that could lead to faster and cheaper ways to make everything from rocket engines…