SS 433 stands out as one of the most intriguing objects within our Milky Way. At its core, a black hole draws material from a closely orbiting companion star, creating a hot accretion disk. Notably, a pair of oppositely directed beams of plasma («jets») spirals away perpendicularly from the disk’s surface at just over a […]
Antifragility is the idea of putting pressure on a system, or human, the system or human actually grows bigger and stronger. Antifragile systems are all around us. One example of this is our muscular system. We go to the gym to lift weights. By doing so we are putting pressure on our system to help […]
Quanta Magazine’s coverage of biology in 2023, including important research progress into the nature of consciousness, the origins of our microbiomes and the timekeeping mechanisms that govern our lives and development. Read about more breakthroughs from 2023 at Quanta Magazine: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-bi…
Quanta Magazine’s mathematics coverage in 2023 included landmark results in Ramsey theory and a remarkably simple aperiodic tile capped a year of mathematical delight and discovery.
Agencia SINC Uno de los mayores misterios en la historia de las epidemias es si la sífilis fue introducida en Europa tras el primer viaje de Colón a las Américas. Ahora, un estudio, liderado por la Universidad de Basilea (Suiza), ha confirmado la presencia de una de las enfermedades treponematósicas, llamada bejel (enfermedad similar a la sífilis), […]
If you are like most people, there is a gap between the person you are and the person you wish to be. There are little things you think you should do and big things you ought to achieve. From working out regularly, eating healthy, learning a language, working on your novel, reading more or simply […]
Este es el Draw My Life de Steve Jobs, fundador de Apple y ¡toda una leyenda que revolucionó la tecnología!
Jeff Bezos on why he realized he would not become a theoretical physicist
Earth is 4.5 billion years old – which is approximately the same amount of time it took us to create this video. We’ve scaled the complete timeline of our Earth’s life into our first animated movie! Every second shows about a million years of the planet’s evolution. Hop on a musical train ride and experience […]
When the theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind encountered a head-scratching paradox about black holes, he turned to an unexpected place: computer science. In nature, most self-contained systems eventually reach thermodynamic equilibrium … but not black holes. The interior volume of a black hole appears to forever expand without limit. But why? Susskind had a suspicion that […]
The ability of the phenomenon of criticality to explain the sudden emergence of new properties in complex systems has fascinated scientists in recent decades. When systems are balanced at their “critical point,” small changes in individual units can trigger outsized events, just as falling pebbles can start an avalanche. That abrupt shift in behavior describes […]
What is the «chirp»? And why is it important to astronomers? Some of the most violent cosmic collisions in the universe occur silently in the vacuum of space, but with the right instrumental ears, we can still hear it happen. Here’s how.
Agencia SINC Tanto en humanos como en insectos, la masa corporal desempeña un papel crucial en el inicio de la transición de la etapa juvenil a la adulta. Este proceso se desencadena al alcanzar un peso crítico específico, que en el caso de los insectos impulsa el inicio de la metamorfosis, mientras que en los humanos marca el comienzo […]
Agencia SINC La obesidad es una patología que afecta a más de mil millones de personas en el mundo y está considerada por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) como una prioridad en el ámbito de la salud pública. Además, constituye un factor de riesgo para diferentes enfermedades, lo que supone limitaciones en la expectativa y calidad de […]
