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The best way to explore a new world is to land on it. That’s why humans have sent spacecraft to the Moon, Venus, Mars, Saturn’s moon, Titan, and more. But there are a few places in the solar system we will never understand as well as we’d like. One of them is Jupiter. Jupiter is […]

Celyvir utiliza virus oncolíticos transportados por células madre mesenquimales para atacar el cáncer. Pero, ¿es necesario obtener las células madre del propio paciente o podemos usar las de un donante? En este vídeo explicamos los resultados del último artículo publicado por la Unidad de Biotecnología del Instituto de Salud Carlos III.

Our cells rely on a steady supply of oxygenated blood, delivered by the arteries and capillaries. But the build-up of sticky plaques can cause the arteries to narrow, restricting blood flow. In some people, this starves the limbs of blood, leading to a serious condition called critical limb ischaemia that kills more than half of […]

The European Space Agency is hoping to establish an inhabited research base on the moon by the 2020s. But living in this «moon camp» won’t be easy. How will humans deal with the cosmic radiation? What will the inhabitants eat? And what’s the point, anyway? Alex Gendler details the challenges and benefits of building a […]

Being able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping to knowing precisely when to catch a ball that’s hurtling towards us. And we owe all these abilities to an interconnected system of timekeepers in our brains. But how do they work? Marco A. Sotomayor details how human bodies naturally tell time.

After taking you on a journey through geologic time, we’ve arrived at the Cenozoic Era. Most of the mammals and birds that you can think of appeared during this era but perhaps more importantly, the Cenozoic marks the rise of organisms that look a lot like us.

How to create a mind by Ray Kurzweil

Facebook just announced 8 billion video views per day. This number is made out of lies, cheating and worst of all: theft. All of this is wildly known but the media giant Facebook is pretending everything is fine, while damaging independent creators in the process. How does this work?

Are wormholes real or are they just magic disguised as physics and maths? And if they are real how do they work and where can we find them?

The Bread Wheat Genome Sequence – A Tool for Breeders to Improve Wheat and Contribute to Food Security © 2017- International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

When Homer’s Iliad was first written down in the eighth century BCE, the story of the Trojan war was already an old one. From existing oral tradition, audiences knew the tales of the long siege, the duels outside the city walls, and the trick that finally won the war. In the end, the city was […]