Europa, among the largest moons of Jupiter, is also one of the few worlds in the Solar System with conditions that would potentially be suitable for life. It is known that beneath its thick ice crust hides a huge ocean of liquid water...
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It has been necessary to collect more than 800,000 years of data to realize this, but a team of researchers led by Edward Armstrong, from the University of Helsinki, has just revealed that North Africa goes through humid periods every 21,000 years…
Summer lovers are preparing this month to face the last days of the season. The heat and summer holidays say goodbye until next year and with the last days of September the long-awaited autumn arrives, which usually brings rain…
More than 11,000 meters below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, the Mariana Trench is the deepest place on Earth. And yet, down there, in the coldest darkness, life persists. In an article that was just published in 'Micr…
Since ancient times, humanity has used wood to build furniture or carve tools, achieving a simpler life thanks to increasingly complex minds. We are not the only species: some animals carve the cavities of t…
Neuralink, the leading brain implant company founded by billionaire Elon Musk, has reached a significant milestone in its quest to allow people with paralysis to control devices with their thoughts. The company announced…
Bats are exceptional among mammals: not only are they the only ones in the family capable of flying; They also have great longevity (many species live more than 40 years), they hardly have any cases of cancer and, despite being a reservoir of…
Our body is made up of a complex community of trillions of cells, of different shapes and sizes, that all work together to keep us healthy and alive. The smallest ones, such as platelets or red blood cells, are literally…
To a large extent, the evolution of the Universe is governed by the 'tug of war' of two forces that are in eternal competition: dark energy, which forces the entire cosmos to expand; and gravity, which strives to hold matter together. According to …
On October 9, 2022, a sudden and powerful gamma ray burst (GRB) suddenly illuminated our Solar System. Before getting here, the light from that event was probably the result of the violent explosion of a star…