For debris objects bigger than 10 cm the data come from the US Space Surveillance Catalogue. The information about debris objects smaller than 10 cm is based on a statistical model by ESA. Number of space debris objects in orbit: Bigger than 1m: 5 400 objects Bigger than 10 cm: 34 000 objects (among them […]
Agencia SINC Vivir cerca de áreas verdes tiene efectos beneficiosos en la salud cardiovascular de las personas mayores. Así concluye un nuevo estudio, liderado por Esther García-Esquinas, científica del Centro Nacional de Epidemiología del Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII). Los resultados, publicados en la revista Environmental International, muestran una correlación inversa entre la densidad residencial en espacios verdes y los niveles circulantes de diferentes […]
Un nuevo género de Abelisaurido ha sido publicado por parte del proyecto «El fin de la era de los dinosaurios en Patagonia» que previamente había presentado a Titanomachya. – Este terópodo de la Provincia de Chubut, de la Patagonia Argentina fue encontrado en la misma región fosiliferas donde previamente fue encontrado Carnotaurus – El nombre […]
Agencia SINC Una investigación internacional, que cuenta con una participación del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) y el Centro de Astrobiología (CAB, INTA-CSIC), ha hallado un planeta de tamaño intermedio entre la Tierra y Venus orbitando una enana roja fría a 40 años luz de distancia, en la constelación de Piscis. Para su descubrimiento se han combinado datos […]
We are what we are because of genes; we are who we are because of memes. Philosopher Daniel Dennett muses on an idea put forward by Richard Dawkins in 1976.Ever wondered where the word ‘meme’ comes from? Philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett explains the term, coined by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The […]
Seventy thousand years ago, our human ancestors were insignificant animals, just minding their own business in a corner of Africa with all the other animals. But now, few would disagree that humans dominate planet Earth; we’ve spread to every continent, and our actions determine the fate of other animals (and possibly Earth itself). How did […]
The future is coming, whether we’re ready or not. Physicist Sean Carroll, planetary scientist Nina Lanza, and futurist Kevin Kelly are three brilliant minds who have spent their careers studying how time has affected the Earth — and Kmele is on a mission to understand their findings. Part of understanding what we know includes identifying […]
Humanity has two giant collisions to thank for its existence, explains biologist Sean B. Carroll. When an asteroid landed on the Yucatan peninsula 66 million years ago, it turned our planet into a debris field of chemicals that, eventually, fostered human life. Sean B. Carroll, author and esteemed biologist, unpacks the consequences of this collision, […]
Have you ever considered the possibility of transferring your consciousness into a computer? Sabine Hossenfelder, a German theoretical physicist, believes that this may one day be possible. According to Hossenfelder, the fundamental laws of physics as described in the standard model of particle physics can explain everything in the universe, including human consciousness. She suggests […]
In the newest episode of Dispatches from The Well, we’re diving deep into the “hard problem of consciousness.” Here, Kmele combines the perspectives of five different scientists, philosophers, and spiritual leaders to approach one of humanity’s most pressing questions: what is consciousness? In the AI age, the question of consciousness is more prevalent than ever. […]
🌌 Join world-renowned physicist Brian Cox as he delves into one of the universe’s greatest mysteries: Are we alone? This thought-provoking journey takes us through the staggering expanses of the cosmos, exploring the profound question of extraterrestrial life. 🌟 Dive into the depths of space with billions of galaxies, each a home to countless stars […]
Sorry, you’re not Neo and this isn’t «The Matrix.» Michio Kaku gets real about simulation theory. Are we all just living in an elaborate simulation? After movies like «The Matrix» (1999) posited the existence of a superficial world layered over our own, human imagination has run abound with theories about the nature of our reality. […]
Scientists have long accepted the existence of animal culture, be that tool use in New Caledonian crows, or Japanese macaques washing sweet potatoes. One thing thought to distinguish human culture is our ability to do things too complex to work out alone — no one could have split the atom or travel into space without […]
Astronomers have found the most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy, thanks to the wobbling motion it induces on a companion star. This wobbling was measured over several years with the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission. Additional data from other telescopes, including ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, confirmed that the mass of this […]
