Science & Tech

The wealth of genetic information will make it easier to identify pathological mutations, such as the ones that cause cancer

A woman with a vascular malformation in her brain undergoes a peculiar medical intervention. While she is fully conscious, neurosurgeons map the language areas before removing the lesion to protect her vast linguistic skills

The alert comes several weeks after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank, where the banks experienced bank runs after fearful customers with uninsured deposits pulled their money en masse

The chips and their leading designer, Nvidia, are now at the center of what some experts consider an AI revolution that could reshape the technology sector and possibly the world along with it

Seven years ago, these internet parodies were declared dead by experts, but today there are advertising agencies and festivals dedicated to them

The expectations raised by ChatGPT have excited the market, but the pace at which generative AI can be turned into money remains to be seen

The study of a patient who has rare mutation in her FAAH-OUT gene opens the door to the development of pain relievers that don’t carry the addictive risk of opioids

An intriguing construction recreates the famous Platform 9 3/4 at King’s Cross, through which the young wizard and his peers disappeared on their way to Hogwarts

Virtual private networks serve to establish encrypted communications, but it is essential to use one that really guarantees the privacy of information

A new report quantifies the climatic, natural and pollutant limits that ensure the safe and orderly maintenance of civilization

The space agency televised Wednesday’s four-hour meeting featuring an independent panel of experts. The team includes 16 scientists and other experts selected by NASA including retired astronaut Scott Kelly, the first American to spend nearly a year in space

The administrator of the U.S. space agency traveled to Madrid to sign the ‘Artemis’ agreements with Spain’s Minister of Science Diana Morant and meet with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez

The teacher and author recently published ‘Boys Do Cry,’ where he contemplates the problems of teenagers and gives advice to teachers and parents to help them improve their mental health

The treaty against plastic pollution is being negotiated this week in Paris. Environmentalists are criticizing the European Commission’s attempt to lessen the requirements for labeling plastic containers sustainable

Astrophysicists, doctors, teachers and creatives explain how they have incorporated AI tools into their day-to-day work

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Geoffrey Hinton, a computer scientist known as the godfather of artificial intelligence, were among the hundreds of leading figures who signed the statement

One in three Europeans claims to have been the target of age-related stereotypes. The practice weighs most heavily on the elderly and even has an impact on the treatment they receive from doctors

The Argentine oncologist, head of the Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, denounces the lack of investment in end-of-life care and the overtreatment of some terminal patients

If successful, the spacecraft will soar at speeds reaching 33,000 kilometers per hour on a seven-year journey to explore six asteroids

AI experts tell us we live in unpredictable times. They have no answers and since ordinary people like us don’t even know the right questions to ask, EL PAÍS went to the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm for help

Touch is central to the relationship between humans and their surroundings. This also applies to robots and their creators. A European project spearheaded by the University of Bologna is teaching machines to distinguish between what they touch in order to apply the appropriate degree of force

The European Union, the U.S. and China are committed to putting tens of millions of EVs into circulation in the coming years, but there are serious industrial challenges to fulfilling that plan

Overdose deaths of this opioid have increased by more than 90% in three years in the United States

Stegosaurus’ earliest ancestors survived even after the Jurassic period and on a continent where their presence was previously unknown

Considered one of the most respected researchers in the industry, the Australian expert warns about the political and social implications of the misuse of advanced technology

Between 1990 and 2010 the world experienced a true technological revolution. These seven devices are milestones that marked our collective, and personal, history