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Sergio Parra

May 29 2020
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When there is uncertainty, we become more nationalistic

By Sergio Parra portal-3

What difference is there between a group of people who read Franz Kafka, another who plays with a manipulated deck of cards in which the diamonds are red and the hearts are black and another who finally received neither of these is...

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May 28 2020
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This antenna has been installed on Everest to measure its exact altitude

By Sergio Parra portal-3

With the aim of measuring the mountain's exact altitude above sea level, an eight-member Chinese research team has reached the summit of Mount Everest to erect a summit survey marker and install a…

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May 27 2020
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This is how penguin droppings negatively influence the environment

By Sergio Parra portal-3

Nitrous oxide, also called laughing gas, is very insoluble in blood and other tissues, providing rapid induction of anesthesia and, at the same time, rapid recovery after stopping the supply.

Nitrous oxide also…

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May 26 2020
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After a nuclear explosion, these are the foods that become most radioactive

By Sergio Parra portal-3

Many of us have been immersed in the extraordinary television series Chernobyl, starring the insurmountable Jared Harris. So it is not trivial to ask something like what foods would become more radioactive as a result of a…

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May 26 2020
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In times of COVID we are polarizing more than ever: the objectification of those who think differently than us

By Sergio Parra portal-3

Tribalism is what fuels the deep, unreasonable feeling that we (ā€œUsā€) are better than them (ā€œThemā€).

At the end of 2019, the 15% of the Spanish were located in extreme positions within the e…

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May 24 2020
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Books that inspire us: 'Nuclear energy will save the world' by Alfredo GarcĆ­a

By Sergio Parra portal-3

Can you disclose nuclear energy by referring to movies like Austin Powers or Back to the Future or series like The Simpsons? If possible. Can we disseminate information about nuclear energy while defending it from an environmentalist position? Also…

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May 23 2020
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This new material resists the impact of projectiles better than steel or Kevlar

By Sergio Parra portal-3

New types of armor could be used as a shield on military vehicles to provide better protection against bullets, as well as on spacecraft to mitigate the impacts of meteorite debris.

Like this nanomat…

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May 22 2020
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Towards the creation of the first 4D maps of the Earth's mantle

By Sergio Parra portal-3

Earth's mantle is a huge layer of slow-moving rock that lies beneath our surface. This circulation of rocks has literally shaped the world we live in today, from our islands and continents…

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May 21 2020
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Collateral damage from COVID-19 could be causing thousands of cancer deaths

By Sergio Parra portal-3

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused collateral damage in the diagnosis and surgery of cancer patients. In this study carried out by scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research in London, the consequences that...

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May 20 2020
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A lost video of a recording of an extinct animal is found: the Tasmanian tiger

By Sergio Parra portal-3

New images of the extinct Tasmanian tiger have emerged thanks to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA). They show the last known member of the species in a dirty cage.

With only 21 seconds, the number…

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