How was the megalodon, the prehistoric megashark that dominated the oceans for 20 million years
The giant shark is back.Five years after the premiere of "megalodon”, in which action star Jason Statham battled a huge…
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How did chickens become the great evidence that humans reshaped the planet?
When in 500,000 years our distant descendants or extraterrestrials scrutinize the layers of sediments to investigate the past of the…
The James Webb telescope detects much more light than expected in the early universe
An international team of researchers analyzed the deepest images captured by the space telescope James Webb and discovered that the…
How massive groundwater extraction is changing Earth’s axis of rotation
The Earth's axis of rotation tilted almost 80 centimeters to the east between 1993 and 2010.And the cause is the…
The strange case of a man who lives the same day forever
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) published the case of an elderly man who felt that he lived the same day…
“It is scary to see the result after only two weeks”: the BBC experiment on the effects of ultra-processed foods
"It's a little scary to see those results after just two weeks."Aimee, 24, has spent two weeks following a diet…
Why China Is Drilling An 11-Kilometer-Deep Hole
China has begun to dig a huge hole that will exceed 11,100 meters deep.Work began last week in Taklamakan, the…
The detailed images of the Titanic show the famous shipwreck like you’ve never seen it before
The world's most famous shipwreck has been revealed like never before.This is the first real-size digital scan of the titanicwhich…
A powerful El Niño is forming: The “inexplicable” warming of the oceans that alarms scientists
The recent sharp and unexpected rise in ocean temperatures has alarmed scientists, who admit they are concerned about its long-term…
The forgotten experiments that show what Da Vinci understood about gravity before Galileo and Newton
There was not a moment of inspiration with an apple. Neither is a universal law. Only the noblest pleasure that…
Why Denmark has almost 10,000 brains in storage (and the controversy it generates)
In a secluded basement at the University of South Denmark, one of the largest in the country, there are rows…
5 graphics that changed the world… for better and for worse
The one you see above is a pie chart, sector diagram, or circle graph, also called a pie chart, pizza…
How a lock of Beethoven’s hair gives clues to the possible causes of death of the famous composer of the Ninth Symphony
beethoven he had a probable genetic predisposition to liver disease and a hepatitis B infection months before his death, according…
How to calm a baby crying? science has the solution
Science perfected the response to calm a crying baby: hold it and walk with it for five minutes. The calming,…
Tomás Unger, the last scientific disseminator of Peru and columnist for El Comercio, died
At the age of 92 he passed away Tomas Unger Golsztyn, the main scientific disseminator of Peru, journalist and columnist…
How is the core of the Earth and how does its rotation affect the planet?
The center of the Earth is one of the great mysteries of science.In recent decades, scientists have begun to have…
The study indicating that the Earth’s core slowed down; what could happen?
The Earth's core is one of the most mysterious components of our planet and surprising investigations often appear.The last one…
The green comet that passes close to Earth every 50,000 years (and when will it be seen in Latin America)
A recently discovered bright green comet will be visible in the sky for the first time in 50,000 years during…
A look back and to the future: 100 years of science and technology, by Tomás Unger
More than half a century has passed since I began writing about science. In this time and throughout my 92…
The last man to step on the Moon and write about it in 1972: Eugene Cernan
Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17 -also manned by Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans-, was the last human being to…