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For the first time, a spacecraft has sent images of an extraterrestrial sky where the stars are in other positions

By Sergio Parraportal-3

NASA's New Horizons mission has traveled so far that it now has a unique view of the nearest stars. So much so that he has sent us, for the first time, images of the sky from so far away that some stars seem to be...

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12/06/2020
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Embodied cognition: the problem with turning our thoughts to a robot or a computer is that we are also our body

By Sergio Parraportal-3

In science fiction it is common for a person to pour all their thoughts, their consciousness, their Self, into a robot or a computer. That a machine simulates each and every one of the neural processes so that one goes from existing to...

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12/06/2020
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The places you go (or don't) can change your personality

By Melissa DeWitte-StanfordUncategorized

Where you spend time may shape who you are, new research shows, and spending so much time at home during the pandemic may shift your personality traits.

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11/06/2020
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This miniature bird figurine has become the oldest Chinese work of art

By Sergio Parraportal-3

Dating back to 13,000 years, a miniature bird figurine carved from a burnt bone has become the oldest known three-dimensional Chinese and East Asian work of art.

These works are the first examples…

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11/06/2020
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Books that inspire us: 'Let's live science' by Pere EstupinyĂ 

By Sergio Parraportal-3

Pere EstupinyĂ  is already a regular on Xataka Ciencia. Here we have reviewed his The Brain Thief or S=EX2: The Science of Sex. As we couldn't do otherwise, now it's time for its latest novelty: Living Science: The Passions...

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11/06/2020
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Rocket Lab will launch satellites for the US agency Spysat and NASA tonight to the rhythm of Queen

By Sergio Parraportal-3

Rocket Lab is an American aerospace company with a subsidiary in New Zealand, whose mission is to develop cost-effective light commercial orbital launch services. Electron is a disposable launch vehicle or…

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11/06/2020
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It is discovered that in the heart of a species of primate, related to humans, there is a bone

By Sergio Parraportal-3

Called os cordis, this bone is at the heart of very few animal species, and has now been found in some chimpanzees, which could be important for monitoring their health and conservation: wild chimpanzees are in p…

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10/06/2020
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