Science

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe is bringing a capsule carrying samples from Bennu, the asteroid on a potential collision course with Earth

This year’s autumnal equinox arrives on Saturday. But what does that mean? The Earth’s axis is tilted at an angle as it travels around the sun. On the equinox, the Earth’s orbit lines up so both hemispheres get the same amount of sunlight

The tycoon’s biotech company is currently looking for human volunteers to test its implants, which have allowed animals to control external devices with their minds

Different studies indicate that the mammals may have genetic and cellular adaptations that protect them against aging processes, viruses and diseases

AI faking has leapt from images to voice, text, documents, and facial recognition to become one of the most worrying emerging vectors of fraud

Scientists have introduced arachnid genes into silkworms to produce threads as strong as nylon and six times tougher than Kevlar

The discovery in Zambia suggests that structural use of wood emerged much earlier than previously thought

The sample capsule will parachute into the Utah desert on Sunday as its mothership, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft, zooms off for an encounter with another asteroid

Fresh insights into the genes that cause the neurological disorder could open new routes for the prevention and perhaps even reversal of symptoms

Placozoans separated from human beings 800 million years ago. They barely measure a millimeter, but their cells contain neuropeptides, which can transmit messages like neurons

For more than a century and a half it was believed that a bone piece discovered by the English naturalist corresponded to an animal that inhabited South America 11,000 years ago, ‘Micrauchenia saladensis’

Only 2% of known variations had been classified, but DeepMind’s artificial intelligence has increased that figure 18-fold

In collaboration with NASA, the Guatemalan researcher from the University of Colorado sent ‘12,000 mutant yeasts’ around the satellite on the Orion spacecraft

A study shows that 73 complete branches of the evolutionary tree have disappeared in the last five centuries

Experts call for the avoidance of blame on the patient, arguing that it can be reduced to a question of consumption and spending, and outline all the scientific unknowns still attached to the problem

The specialist in climate litigation analyzes the rise in environmental cases: ‘Any tool that tackles global warming is useful.’ These types of lawsuits are on the rise, particularly in the United States

The head of Giorgia Meloni’s health portfolio, the prolific doctor Orazio Schillaci, signed at least eight works with manipulated images between 2018 and 2022

EL PAÍS accompanies Doctors Without Borders on a pilot project in Honduras that has released the ‘Aedes aegypti’ variety with Wolbachia bacteria to combat the disease at a time of record cases in America

The agency will apply the scientific method and use all the tools at its disposal to figure out the origins of unidentified anomalous phenomena

Earlier this year, Australia became the first country to allow psychiatrists to prescribe MDMA and psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms

The presence of CO₂ and methane on K2-18 b – detected by the James Webb Space Telescope – suggests that oceans and an Earth-like atmosphere may exist on this exoplanet. However, more comprehensive data is needed to be able to speak about signs of life

FDA experts conclude that oral phenylephrine does not provide more clinical benefit than placebo

The company, which just unveiled its newest generation of iPhones, insists the 12 model is safe and the phones have been certified in countries around the world since its introduction in 2020

A team of scientists has managed to prevent neuronal death with oral drugs administered to rodents that have been genetically modified to imitate dementia

The investigation found that the sign-up process for teen users resulted in settings that made their accounts public by default, allowing anyone to view and comment on their videos

‘This is the sexiest investigation of my entire life,’ says lead investigator Beatriz Mouriño-Carballido, who is delighted with the award