Protocells emerge in experiment simulating lifeless world: ‘There is no divine breath of life’
Researchers from a Spanish laboratory observe, for the first time, the formation of compartments alongside the basic ingredients of organisms
Antonio Turiel, physicist: ‘We take for granted that we are going to replace fossil fuels with a 100% renewable system. That’s very questionable’
The scientist presents a new book in which he predicts drastic changes in Europe due to the lack of energy and materials
From Platonic love to Stoic endurance: Everyday expressions we stole from Greek philosophers
Pablo Lafuente Cordero|
Today we use words and concepts coined by thinkers such as Plato or Epicurus, although often with a different meaning
‘We can now explore any sea on the planet’: Aboard the ‘Odón de Buen,’ the largest scientific ship in Spain
The flagship vessel of the oceanographic fleet will be able to explore the deepest and most unknown parts of the ocean, in order to advance conservation activities
The impact of a meteorite larger than four Everests gave rise to life over 3 billion years ago
A study reveals that bacteria not only recovered quickly after the catastrophic event, but thrived by taking advantage of the mineral resources left behind by the celestial body
AI’s black box problem: Why is it still indecipherable to researchers
Some artificial intelligence algorithms, particularly neural networks, have internal processes that remain largely unknown. This lack of transparency is one of the sources of biases and hallucinations
The ‘comet of the century’ approaches closest point to Earth
C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, the brightest comet in 100 years, will be visible to the naked eye from October 12
How Opus Dei sought financing from Franco: An ‘economic sacrifice in the service of God, the Fatherland and the New State’
The dictatorship was crucial in the expansion of the religious organization. Its founder, Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, who was canonized as a saint in 2002, said in 1939: ‘I believe that we will have to bless the war’
Report for Spanish Ethics Committee confirms ‘systematic manipulation’ of Salamanca University rector’s resume
The analysis confirms that Juan Manuel Corchado organized ‘a factory of publications and citations’ with ‘openly fraudulent’ practices
The astronomer leading the search for a second planet Earth
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
The scientist who explains the origin of life with a mineral and without god
Geologist Juan Manuel García Ruiz has received more than $10 million to investigate the role of silica in the emergence of living beings
The 3,000-year-old Treasure of Villena contains two pieces made with iron from ‘beyond planet Earth’
Made up of 59 objects found in 1965, the hoard has been dated to the Bronze Age and is the only one on the Iberian Peninsula made with material from a meteorite
Lessons from nature to harvest energy
Two recent scientific studies have been inspired by the lotus flower and scavengers. They are part of an attempt to develop surfaces and devices that take advantage of residual power
Enigmatic fairy circles detected in hundreds of arid areas of the planet
Spanish researchers have created a world atlas of the phenomenon, which has been found in 265 sites in 15 countries
A mouse with 100,000 human neurons in its brain illuminates the enigma of Alzheimer’s
A team of scientists has managed to prevent neuronal death with oral drugs administered to rodents that have been genetically modified to imitate dementia
Patient M: The man who started seeing the world backwards after being shot in the head
A study returns to the case of a soldier injured during the Spanish Civil War who inspired doctor Justo Gonzalo’s theory of the human brain
Loving to death: The fate of a mother octopus
Researchers have caught on video, for the first time, the self-sacrificing sex life and reproductive cycle of the female cephalopod in northwest Spain