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The world is poised to eradicate the first human disease since smallpox
The Guinea worm, and the havoc it wreaks, has nearly been wiped out
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Cáncer rico, cáncer pobre
La incidencia y mortalidad por cáncer están aumentando en todo el mundo, especialmente en los países de ingresos bajos y medios, donde se ha mejorado la esperanza de vida. Pero […]
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The secret to staying young? Scientists boost lifespan of mice by deleting defective cells
Researchers managed to increase the lifespan of mice by an impressive 25% by deleting “senescent” cells, dysfunctional cells which build up as we age and cause damage to tissue. Crucially, […]
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The Ninth Planet That Wasn’t
Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier had to know something was amiss. Not in his data or his analysis, but with the planet Mercury itself. It was 1859, and Le Verrier, a giant […]
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Ancient tectonic plate blocks magma plume at Yellowstone, simulation shows
Scientists need new explanation for what fueled the North American supervolcano
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Studying the Heart of El Niño, Where Its Weather Begins
A thousand miles south of Hawaii, the air at 45,000 feet above the equatorial Pacific was a shimmering gumbo of thick storm clouds and icy cirrus haze, all cooked up […]
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El significado de las palabras esconde una estructura universal
Detrás de los conceptos que transmiten las palabras y las relaciones que se establecen entre ellas parece existir una estructura universal común a todas lenguas, que no depende de la […]
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Women are more empathetic than men, yawning study suggests
Catching a yawn is more likely to occur between relatives than strangers, and scientists believe it’s sign of empathy. A new study suggests that women (traditionally branded the more empathetic […]
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Los cuervos poseen la ‘teoría de la mente’: entienden y saben cuándo los espían
La inteligencia de estas aves está fuera de toda duda. La última investigación señala que también pueden entender lo que pasa por la cabeza de los demás, igual que los […]