Academic Freedom Collapses, Patents Too: The Future Is at Risk
Global academic freedom declines for the first time since the war, threatening innovation. Less freedom today, fewer patents tomorrow.
Ancient civilizations in Antarctica: truth or fantasy? Science has the answer
Brrr, Antarctica! Cold place of mystery and speculation. Let's compare popular theories and recent scientific evidence together.
Latest discoveries: the fascia, a forgotten "organ", is vital for us
All the recent research that highlights the importance of fascia, the tissue that supports organs and muscles
The strangest and most suggestive scientific discoveries of 2023
"Brains" playing Pong, dark stars, conversations with whales... Nothing is missing from the strangest searches of the year.
The enigma of language: when did we start talking? The new studies
From Lieberman to Boë's challenge: research on the evolution of human language reveals a possible origin much more remote than we think.
How I ruin Halloween for you: here's what ghost research says
From disturbing surveillance footage to personal encounters, we explore the evidence and skepticism surrounding the existence of ghosts
Will science ever reveal the mystery of consciousness? What stage is the research at?
Consciousness is one of the most complex problems in neuroscience and philosophy: how does subjectivity emerge from matter? This is where we are in our studies.
Materials of the future, autonomous laboratories will help us find them
Berkeley Lab's A-Lab leverages AI and robots to revolutionize materials research in fully autonomous laboratories.
We will talk to animals: the bioacoustics revolution passes through AI
Artificial intelligence and bioacoustics open the door to interspecies communication between humans and animals.
US scientists: “The secret ingredient for building life has been discovered”
The analysis with state-of-the-art tools reveals surprises about the qualities of an ingredient present practically everywhere on the planet (and in the Universe).
The discovery of bone tools from 400.000 years ago challenges our paradigms
The incredible discovery can change the way we think about how some of the first humans created tools like these.
A Roman road comes back to light and reveals: Venice is older than expected
A new archaeological discovery from the Roman era distorts the dating of the birth of the lagoon city.
10 good news that coronavirus has overshadowed
Hard times for scientific popularization with coronavirus. Yet the future still exists, and continues to advance: this good news reminds us.
6 science fiction technologies that are now a reality
The list would be very long, but these 6 examples well represent science fiction technologies that are rapidly becoming reality.
Horror in China, live pigs used in crash tests
Chinese research is accused of using live pigs in crash tests. Is it just horrible or even totally useless?
A study confirms: water is not the most thirst-quenching drink
What is the most thirst-quenching drink? A study surprises everyone: not water. Here are the details of the research of a Scottish University.
100.000 cases of cancer, 'drinking' water can be carcinogenic.
Death runs in the pipe: a toxic cocktail of chemical pollutants in drinking water would be related to more than 100.000 cancer cases according to a peer-reviewed study by the Environmental Working Group association.
Decades of research confirms: optimism extends life.
A team from the universities of Boston and Harvard concluded after long studies that optimism leads to "exceptional longevity," over 85 years.
There are oceans of fresh water under the salty ones
Real freshwater oceans lie less than 200 meters from the bottom of the sea. An important quantity for a resource that creates concerns.
Energy from snow: developed generator and working devices
They are based on the principles of the so-called "triboelectric effect", and their fields of application are boundless.
Neural interface translates thoughts into synthetic words
Researchers at the University of San Francisco have developed a neural interface that allows patients without the use of words to "speak" through the device.
