Category: Opinion

A study published by researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore highlights that air quality can influence creativity. According to scientists, the biggest villains in the creative process are gases released by products such as detergents, pesticides, perfumes, aerosol sprays and paints. During the experiments, the research team used Lego pieces. Participants had to express […]

Astronomers have developed a revolutionary technique for measuring distances in space: using the “music” produced by the stars. This approach promises to provide significant support to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia satellite, whose mission is to measure the positions and distances of around two billion stars. This will help create a three-dimensional map of […]

In April 2022, during the 25th flight to Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter went further than ever before, covering 704 meters in length – a milestone never since achieved by the equipment. On the last flight, number 68, it came close to us, covering 702 meters of Martian soil. The feat took place on Friday (15th), […]

Although it is not in common use in our daily lives, the word solstice represents two moments that many love and others hate (and vice versa): the arrival of winter or summer. These days the position of the Sun in the sky seems to be “still” for a short period. It is from this illusion […]

This Friday (22nd), at 3.50pm, Mercury will begin a phase that astronomers call “inferior solar conjunction”, passing between the Earth and the Sun, which it will approach approximately 46.2 million km.million km. According to the guide to astronomical observation In-The-Sky.orgthis happens once in every synodic cycle of the planet, which is the period necessary for […]

The various types of fossils we find on our planet represent a very important tool for the study of life on Earth. The forms of animals, bacteria and plants preserved for millions of years serve as a snapshot of times when man would never have dreamed of living here. Today it is almost impossible to […]

If someone asked you how many days there are in a year, your immediate answer would be: “365”, right? However, this is not entirely true, after all, every four years, the month of February gains one more day – and, accordingly, the year too (which, in this case, is called a leap year). In 2024 […]

The key to creating more powerful AI systems is understanding how they learn and remember information. With this in mind, scientists in the Data Science Group at the Institute of Basic Sciences (IBS) have applied the learning principles of the human brain to artificial intelligence models. Experts have noticed a striking similarity between the memory […]

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered that chimpanzees can recognize other animals of the same species even after more than two decades without seeing them. This means that primates have the longest-lasting non-human memories ever recorded. The findings also strengthen the theory that long-term memory in humans, chimpanzees and bonobos likely stems […]

The world’s first supercomputer capable of simulating processing networks similar to those of a human brain is expected to come into operation in 2024. Known as DeepSouth, it was developed by researchers at Western Sydney University, Australia, and represents an advance in the study of neuroscience. When operational in 2024, DeepSouth will be capable of […]