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'Jamais vu': science explains the opposite of 'déjà vu'

By A'ndrea Elyse Messer-Penn StatePortal

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

By A'ndrea Elyse Messer-Penn StatePortal

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

By Carlo FrabettiPortal

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

By A'ndrea Elyse Messer-Penn StatePortal

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

By A'ndrea Elyse Messer-Penn StatePortal

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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They find out why, every 21,000 years, the Sahara desert is transformed into a garden

By A'ndrea Elyse Messer-Penn StatePortal

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…

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22/09/2023
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Argelia Castaño, toxicologist: “We are surrounded by chemicals and pollutants and living is already a risk”

By Daniel MediavillaPortal

The researcher works to improve information about the contaminants to which we are exposed and offers advice on how to manage the risks

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22/09/2023
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