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Why do most fruits tend to be spherical?

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Lovers of 'The Simpsons' will remember that in the episode '30 Minutes Over Tokyo' the yellow family traveled to Japan. There Homer bought a square watermelon for the modest price of 150 dollars. The truth is that it is not an extravagance…

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23/09/2023
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Luis Enjuanes heads the 2023 National Research Awards

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The Ministry of Science awards are endowed with 30,000 euros for each modality

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22/09/2023
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'Jamais vu': science explains the opposite of 'déjà vu'

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The experience of déjà vu, which occurs when we mistakenly believe that a novel situation has already happened before, leaves us with a creepy and uncomfortable feeling. But it is nothing more than a window into the functioning of our memory system. According to our…

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22/09/2023
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The virologist Luis Enjuanes and the ecologist Josep Peñuelas among those awarded the 2023 National Research Awards

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The acting Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, has announced the recipients of the 2023 National Research Awards, which are Spain's most important recognition in the field of scientific research. D…

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22/09/2023
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Illustrious unknowns

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Some very important numbers are known and accessible, such as π oe, but others, such as Chaitin's constant, are ignored and difficult to understand by non-mathematicians.

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22/09/2023
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A group of doctors denounces the death of twelve monkeys in Elon Musk's brain chip trials

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A group of doctors has called for Elon Musk to be investigated for the death of twelve monkeys during trials of the brain chip company Neuralink, which promises to connect our minds to the internet. Just this week the company had announced…

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22/09/2023
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Closer to knowing if there is life: they finally find a carbon source on the moon Europa

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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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22/09/2023
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