Science

An experiment shows that insects cooperate more efficiently than people under equal conditions

A study has uncovered the neural mechanisms that cause these rodents to shift their preference from females to males when sensing the presence of a predator

Two independent studies reveal that disease progression is delayed by combining two targeted therapies with the traditional approach that cuts off tumor nutrition pathways

An ingenious large-scale experiment in Barcelona has led to the creation of a catalog detailing the effects of half a million DNA mutations

Fine sewing needles made from the bones of small animals such as foxes and mountain lions, which hunters used to make tailored garments during the last Ice Age, have been discovered in Wyoming

Advanced brain-on-a-chip technology developed by EU-funded researchers helps make potential treatments for neurological diseases more effective

A new study suggests that some people, including those with aphantasia, can block involuntary visual thoughts from their minds

From solar energy beamed from space to live self-repairing materials, research in 2025 is promising. And we may see more changes that make cities greener and cleaner

For the first time, a new study has observed the complex spacing effect in modified kidney cells

New study links more spherical heart shapes to higher likelihood of atrial fibrillation and identifies 14 new genes associated with heart conditions

Researchers at Oxford University have managed to document the unusual feeding behavior, unique among carnivorous animals, of this endangered African canid

The depths of the Earth are home to an enormous biosphere, a great unknown that holds fundamental keys to the origin, evolution, and survival of life

The US space agency is finalizing the launch of a new telescope to explore planets beyond the Solar System

Researchers from a Spanish laboratory observe, for the first time, the formation of compartments alongside the basic ingredients of organisms

Egyptian hieroglyphics were used 3,250 years before our era, but there is an even older precursor: the cuneiform writing of Mesopotamia

A study by the Jane Goodall Institute Spain and the University of Barcelona shows that chimpanzees remember the exact location of concealed ant hills

The Spanish scientist has begun her relentless training to become an extraterrestrial being. EL PAÍS accompanies her for a day in her new life

Soldiering through nightly suspended animation, a (nearly) all-sugar diet, backwards flight and long migrations, the birds’ tiny physiques prove mighty

It is the brightest point in a constellation first described 2,000 years ago and was the first distant star captured in a photo by scientists in the 19th century

Group theory allows us to study this game invented in 1974, which has more than 43 trillion valid states and can be completed in 20 moves

Social media addiction can reduce grey matter, shorten attention spans, weaken memory, and distort core cognitive functions, according to recent research

The scientist presents a new book in which he predicts drastic changes in Europe due to the lack of energy and materials

NASA’s probe will enter the star’s atmosphere on Christmas Eve, making the closest pass ever of the Sun’s surface, to try to unravel the mystery of why it is so much hotter than its surface

A new study in the journal ‘Nature’ suggests the brain plays a key role in this process

A ‘bubble girl’ from Córdoba is cured of the disease thanks to an innovative treatment rescued by an Italian foundation when it was about to disappear due to its low profitability

Over the 1.5 billion years of the Proterozoic Eon, a crucial innovation in terrestrial life unfolded — one without which we would not exist today