As the day goes by we spend energy and ATP – the energy currency of living beings – breaks down, releasing adenosine as a byproduct, a neurotransmitter that transmits information between cells. The longer we have been...
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Seven years have passed since the Osiris-Rex spacecraft took flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida (USA). NASA's goal was to collect samples from Bennu, a rare primitive asteroid the size of the Empire State Building in New York, so…
NASA's Osiris-Rex mission will approach Earth this Sunday to deliver a cargo of incalculable scientific value. They are samples of Bennu, a primitive asteroid the size of the Empire State Building located about 300 million kilometers…
In the icy waters of the Southern Ocean, a creature that surprises the scientific community has lived hidden, the 'Promachocrinus fragarius', a species of sea feather star of which there was no record, whose discovery reconfirms that the origin…
NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe brings a capsule with remains of the asteroid Bennu, the one with the highest risk of colliding with Earth
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…
The Ministry of Science awards are endowed with 30,000 euros for each modality
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…
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…
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.