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¿Por qué los enfermos de alzhéimer dejan de reconocer a sus familiares?
Un estudio de la Universidad de Montreal muestra que este síntoma aparece en la fase temprana de la enfermedad
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How maggots made it back into mainstream medicine
A writhing mass of maggots in a wound might seem like a good reason to seek medical help. But sometimes it’s the doctors who have put them there, adopting an ancient treatment to help heal painful infected injuries.
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Earth’s ancient atmosphere was half as thick as it is today
Air pressure is crucial for life. Not only does it help the atmosphere retain water vapor and trap heat from the sun, but it also affects the very chemical reactions on which life depends. Yet very little is known about how thick Earth’s ancient atmosphere once was. Now, a new study suggests that Earth’s atmosphere…
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Lo que nos cuentan los 32.000 genes de la zanahoria
La publicación del genoma completo de la hortaliza arroja luz sobre su origen, su distintivo color naranja y su valor nutritivo.
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Transparent film smoothes sagging skin back into shape
Silicone polymer mimics youthful elasticity of skin.
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Chemtrails, wififobia, antivacunas… El origen de los bulos pseudocientíficos.
Desde complejas conspiraciones secretas hasta estrambóticos procesos supuestamente científicos. Si algo no se puede achacar a la pseudociencia es la falta de imaginación.
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The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community
An improbable tale of how a British maverick harnessed crowdsourced meteorological discoveries to reveal the poetic wonders of the sky.
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The UAE wants to build a ‘rainmaking mountain’ – are we all ok with that?
The point is that hills make rain – or to be more precise, hills can create the conditions which cause moisture in the air to condense and fall as rain. This insight has whetted the appetite of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Not content with the Burj Khalifa (the world’s tallest building) and the man-made…
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The Internet of Drones Is Coming
Drones can best avoid each other if they know about each other, and this is the essence of Hall’s Geocast Air Operations Framework (GAOF) prototype.
