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Sergio Parra

Jun 18 2020
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On the Perseverance rover that NASA will launch to Mars on July 20, they have placed this plaque for the fight against COVID-19

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In recognition of the work of the medical community around the world in the fight against COVID-19, this plaque has been placed on the Perseverance rover that NASA will launch to Mars on July 20.

The mission installed a plaque in the…

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Jun 18 2020
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This is how spectacular the asteroid Bennu looks at 4 millimeters per pixel

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A total of 345 PolyCam images have been stitched together to produce the mosaic, showing the site at 4mm per pixel at full size, in this view of the Nightingale sample collection site, on the asteroid Bennu. You can see the image at…

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Jun 17 2020
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It is confirmed that the burning of coal in Siberia caused climate change 250 million years ago

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The first direct evidence that the extensive burning of coal in Siberia is the cause of the Permo-Triassic Extinction, the most severe on Earth, has been presented by a team of researchers led by Professor of the Escu…

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Jun 16 2020
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A molecular motor consisting of just 16 atoms is the smallest in the world: 100,000 times thinner than a hair

By Sergio Parra portal-3

At the limit between classical motion and quantum tunneling, a team of researchers from Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) and EPFL (Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne) have developed…

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Jun 16 2020
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The 12 scenarios in which we could live if Artificial Intelligence surpasses humans

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In the cinema, when Artificial Intelligence surpasses human intelligence, it always reacts in the same way: plan for world domination.

However, there are 12 possible scenarios that can take place if this comes…

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Jun 15 2020
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In Ten Years, the Number of American Teachers Teaching Creationism Has Reduced Considerably

By Sergio Parra portal-3

It seems that the world is not heading towards an era of darkness, superstition and idiocy, as we have been seeing with the statements of some public figures about 5G, coronavirus or vaccines.

At least, not in all…

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Jun 15 2020
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Mozart may reduce seizure frequency in people with epilepsy

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A new study by Tarjan Rafiee and Taufik Valiante of the Krembil Brain Institute at Toronto Western Hospital, part of the University Health Network, has an eloquent title: The Rhyme and Rhythm of Music in Epilepsy.

What…

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Jun 15 2020
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Anti-vaccines are not crazy: they are more educated, richer and have more free time (although they are wrong)

By Sergio Parra portal-3

After the hilarious statements of Miguel Bosé or Enrique Bunbury, one would come to conceptualize the anti-vaccine movement as a mob of ignorant and rednecks and that only books would function as a true neuronal vaccine.

However…

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Jun 15 2020
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In 2023, China will have an Internet of Things satellite constellation with 80 satellites

By Sergio Parra portal-3

Many of the objects around us, from a cup of coffee to a package of dental floss, have some features of a smartphone thanks to small, cheap devices called the Internet of Things (IoT).

Aware …

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Jun 14 2020
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We are simply cleaner if there is more cleaning

By Sergio Parra portal-3

Our behavior is continually fed back by our environment. From our degree of vandalism and civility depending on whether we feel observed or not (or if the environment shows signs of vandalism, as the undiscussed theory refers...

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