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The space agency delegate in Spain warns about the brain drain suffered by his organization on account of low salaries

The head of science at the European Space Agency and former advisor to the British government speaks with passion and clarity about research, politics, sexism, space exploration and scientific integrity

Spanish scientists have found the oldest case of oncological intervention in remains dating back 4,000 years, when the Egyptian civilization was flourishing

The scientist investigates the rejuvenating potential of young blood, and has created a system that calculates the age of each organ and warns if it is prematurely aging

A study involving thousands of patients has found that practically all people with two copies of the APOE4 gene develop biomarkers associated with dementia. Two out of every 100 people carry this variant

An international collaboration has identified a mutation that multiplies the risk of suffering from spina bifida, which causes lifelong disability, and may also be related to schizophrenia and heart disease

In ‘The Inheritance of Eve,’ the Spanish researcher and classical philologist claims the biblical character as a symbol of science, curiosity, and the transmission of knowledge

The study of several families with Laron Syndrome in Ecuador opens up the possibility of searching for a drug or diet that could mimic its beneficial effects

Veteran discoverer of exoplanets Ignasi Ribas has received a European grant to multiply by 10 the capacity to discover planets like ours and determine if they contain life

A team of scientists describes the cell death that occurs in the respiratory tract and explains the symptoms of the disease

Paleoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak questions the current vision of our closest related species

Natalia Gerasimenko was one of the members of the team that uncovered the oldest human artifacts in Europe: stone tools carved by ‘Homo erectus’ 1.4 million years ago in western Ukraine

A huge bubble in the center of the Milky Way of unknown origin has captured the attention of the ‘Fermi’ space telescope scientists

Stone tools carved 1.4 million years ago shed light on the route of the first hominids to set foot on the continent

European scientists recreate the lungs, intestines and kidneys of fetuses without affecting their growth

The ‘Pragyan’ rover has successfully traversed a distance of eight meters and is now preparing to carry out experiments, according to the Indian space agency

After the failure of the Russian mission, the ‘Vikram’ has become the first spacecraft to land on the lunar southern region, where there are large reserves of frozen water

Russia and India are vying to be the first to reach the satellite’s south pole as the United States prepares a crewed mission that is set to land in 2025

The ‘Luna-25′ probe is trying to make history by successfully landing on the hostile south pole, the new promised land of space exploration

The most detailed study carried out on the Aneto glacier in the Pyrenees shows that it is in a ‘terminal’ state

An unprecedented study traces the genetic lineage of 19th century slaves buried in unmarked graves in Maryland, opening a new path for African Americans to identify their family origins

Researchers from the United Kingdom and the United States transformed the biology of the fruit fly so that it can reproduce without a male in what is known as parthenogenesis or virgin birth

A genetic study of nearly 100 corpses in a French cemetery reconstructs seven generations of a Neolithic clan in which the men stayed in their places of origin for their entire lives while the women went to other groups

In a conversation with EL PAÍS, the Indo-American doctor and writer reflects on the future of cancer treatment, as well as on the advances that have been made in the fight against Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

An international consortium analyzes the cell-by-cell architecture of the placenta, intestine and kidneys, moving closer to achieving the dream of creating the first map of the entire organism

The Perseverance rover has detected the possible presence of key building blocks of life formed approximately 3,500 million years ago

The IceCube experiment confirms that there are unknown bodies within the Milky Way capable of generating the highest-energy phenomena in the universe