Una abeja saca un clavo de la pared
Yahoo noticias Como si estuviera levantando la pluma de un ave, esta abeja sacó el clavo metálico con una facilidad que cualquiera diría que tiene súper poderes
Grammar’s great divide: The Oxford comma – TED-Ed
If you read «Bob, a DJ and a clown» on a guest list, are three people coming to the party, or only one? That depends on whether you’re for or against the Oxford comma — perhaps the most hotly contested punctuation mark of all time. When do we use one? Can it really be optional, […]
Mealworms Could Offer Plastic Pollution Solution
Stanford University researchers say styrofoam-eating mealworms could be a major game-changer in the fight against plastic pollution
NASA’s Fermi Links Ghost Particle to Galaxy
Nearly 10 billion years ago, the black hole at the center of a distant galaxy produced a powerful outburst, and light from this blast began arriving at Earth in 2012. Astronomers using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and other space- and ground-based observatories have shown that a record-breaking neutrino seen around the same […]
The Turing test: Can a computer pass for a human? – Alex Gendler
What is consciousness? Can an artificial machine really think? For many, these have been vital considerations for the future of artificial intelligence. But British computer scientist Alan Turing decided to disregard all these questions in favor of a much simpler one: Can a computer talk like a human? Alex Gendler describes the Turing test and […]
What would happen if you didn’t drink water? – Mia Nacamulli
Water is essentially everywhere in our world, and the average human is composed of between 55 and 60% water. So what role does water play in our bodies, and how much do we actually need to drink to stay healthy? Mia Nacamulli details the health benefits of hydration.
Why do cats act so weird? – Tony Buffington
They’re cute, they’re lovable, and judging by the 26 billion views on over 2 million YouTube videos of them, one thing is certain: cats are very entertaining. But their strange feline behaviors, both amusing and baffling, leave many of us asking: Why do cats do that? Tony Buffington explains the science behind some of your […]
La chica mexicana que llamó la atención del mundo y no es #Lady100Pesos
Yahoo Noticias La chica mexicana que llamó la atención del mundo… y no es #Lady100Pesos
How to break the speed of light
You can break the speed of light in your back yard! (but don’t worry, Einstein is still right)
reEarth: Hortum machina, B
Inteligencia colectiva y comportamiento de las plantas.
Were dinosaurs dying out before the asteroid strike?
A study has suggested that dinosaurs were ‘in decline’ 50 million years before the asteroid impact that’s been blamed for wiping them out.
Hot Robot At SXSW Says She Wants To Destroy Humans | The Pulse | CNBC
Robotics is finally reaching the mainstream and androids – humanlike robots – are everywhere at SXSW Experts believe humanlike robots are the key to smoothing communication between humans and computers, and realizing a dream of compassionate robots that help invent the future of life.
Transporters and Quantum Teleportation
A reply to CGP Grey’s video about teleportation, consciousness and Star Trek. CGP Grey’s Transporter video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQHBA…
The giant rats that save lives by detecting landmines – video
Using bananas and the small clickers used to train puppies, a team in Tanzania from the Belgian NGO Apopo is teaching dozens of African giant pouched rats to sniff out landmines. Apopo has already had great success reclaiming millions of square metres of land in Angola and Mozambique – its rats can each search 200 […]