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MIT Technology Review

[:es]Google advierte: el verdadero peligro de la IA no son los robots asesinos sino los algoritmos sesgados[:]

El director de Inteligencia Artificial de la compañía, John Giannandrea, cree que ya es hora de dejar de hablar de máquinas que destruirán a la humanidad. Lo que le quita el sueño son los sistemas autónomos que ya toman decisiones sobre la salud, los seguros y las libertades de las personas
The Atlantic

[:es]The Science Behind Mona Lisa’s Smile[:]

Leonardo da vinci liked to think that he was as good at engineering as he was at painting, and though this was not actually the case (nobody was as good at engineering as he was at painting), the basis for his creativity was an enthusiasm for interweaving diverse disciplines. With a passion both playful and…
Astrobiology Magazine

[:es]Mars study yields clues to possible cradle of life[:]

The discovery of evidence for ancient sea-floor hydrothermal deposits on Mars identifies an area on the planet that may offer clues about the origin of life on Earth.
El Independiente

[:es]La carrera espacial del siglo XXI[:]

El presidente de Estados Unidos ha decidido tomarse muy a pecho su eslogan electoral de Make America Great Again (Hacer América Grande de Nuevo) y recuperar el espíritu espacial para volver a hollar el satélite terrestre. Su primer paso ha sido recuperar el Consejo Nacional del Espacio (National Space Council), un organismo que tuvo un…
Berria

[:es]Zeruak txunditako arimak[:]

Astronomia behatoki berri bat abian jarri dute Izkiko parke naturalean. Zientzia lana eta dibulgazioa tartekatuko dituzte. Astronomiazaleek asteroideak eta exoplanetak ikertzeko era izango dute han
Cosmos

[:es]Einstein, Bohr and the origins of entanglement[:]

Two of history’s greatest physicists argued for decades over one of the deepest mysteries of quantum mechanics. Today, their successors are opening new fronts in the battle to understand ‘spooky action at a distance’
The New York Times

[:es]Electric Honeycombs Form When Nature Gets Out of Balance[:]

This is an electric honeycomb. It’s what happens when certain kinds of electrically charged particles travel between a pointy electrode and a flat one, but bump into a puddle of oil along the way.
Quanta

[:es]One-Way Salesman Finds Fast Path Home[:]

The real-world version of the famous “traveling salesman problem” finally gets a good-enough solution.
Science

[:es]Waves that drive global weather patterns finally explained, thanks to inspiration from bagel-shaped quantum matter[:]

They are about as far apart as two things in science can be: a type of ocean wave that helps drive the El Niño climate cycle, and quantum materials that, thanks to a particularly strange bit of physics, have insulating interiors and conduct current along their surface. Yet, in a remarkable case of lateral thinking,…