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La química, como el amor (o las matemáticas) está por todas partes, aunque haya quien desconfíe de ella o incluso la considere peligrosa. No hay motivo

Treating the history of science as a linear story of progression doesn’t reflect wholly how ideas emerge and are adapted, forgotten, rediscovered or ignored. While we are happy with the notion that the arts can return to old ideas, for example in neoclassicism, this idea is not commonly recognised in science. Is this constraint really…

True believers are having their bodies preserved in hopes that future technology will allow them to live again. A new book asks where it will all end.

Prioiak dira, seguruenik, biologiak azken hamarkadetan aurkitu dituen egiturarik erakargarrienak eta, aldi berean, beldurgarrienak. Besteak beste, garuna gruyere gazta bat bezala utz zezaketela erakutsi ziguten. Egia esan, gaizki tolestutako proteina batzuk besterik ez dira, baina biologiaren oinarrizko paradigmei ere desafio egin diete; generik gabe “ugaltzen” dira. Gure madarikazioa jaso ondoren, ordea, badirudi aurpegi atsegina ere…

Su sensor de diamante revela las reacciones y la composición a un nivel de detalle nunca visto, y a temperatura ambiente. Su potencial es inmenso y podría cambiar la comprensión sobre el organismo

For centuries, mathematicians tried to solve problems by adding new values to the usual numbers. Now they’re investigating the unintended consequences of that tinkering.

The prevalence of autism in the United States has risen steadily since researchers first began tracking it in 2000. The rise in the rate has sparked fears of an autism ‘epidemic.’ But experts say the bulk of the increase stems from a growing awareness of autism and changes to the condition’s diagnostic criteria.

Komodo dragons could be the source for a new generation of antibiotics

Artificial-intelligence programs harness game-theory strategies and deep learning to defeat human professionals in two-player hold’em.