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'Hashtag' is the word of the year

The American Dialect Society, an association dedicated to the study of language in the United States, has chosen? Hashtag "as the word of the year 2012. The term refers to the common practice on Twitter of tagging topics or making comments by incorporating the symbol into tweets of the hash followed by a word or phrase.

Triassic sea monster found that devoured prey its size

An international team of scientists has discovered in the Nevada desert the remains of a monstrous marine predator, 8.6 meters long, which could have been the first great predator of the oceans, capable of devouring prey of its own size . It took three weeks to unearth the ichthyosaur and prepare it for transport by land and by helicopter.

The absence of a gene slows down the aging of the brain

Brain aging slows down due to the absence of DNA polymerase?, Known as the Pol gene ,? according to an investigation in which the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) has participated and published in the journal PLoS ONE. The results suggest the ability to learn and remember at advanced ages in mice is related to the activity of this gene and cell repair.

What is the Quadrantid Meteor Shower?

This is the first of the year in the northern hemisphere. They are observed from January 1 to 6, with a maximum on day 3. The number of visible meteors can exceed 100 per hour, as reported by NASA. In 2013, the average speed of entry of meteors into the atmosphere was estimated to be about 41 km / s.

They discover the protein of memories

When the activity of the transcription factor CREB increases in the brain, in the brain what scientists call 'long-term potentiation' increases, a phenomenon related to memory and the formation of memories. These are the results of a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience.

Video: Documentary: Are you there? Spiritism before science. Second part

In this first part of the documentary "Spiritism before science" the popularizer and regular collaborator of Muy Interesante, Miguel Ángel Sabadell, will analyze how the güija works and will use the scientific method to demonstrate that it is absolutely useless to try to talk to spirits. How will you do it?

Video: Documentary: Are you there? Spiritism before science. First part

In this first part of the documentary "Spiritism before science" the popularizer and regular collaborator of Muy Interesante, Miguel Ángel Sabadell, will analyze how the güija works and will use the scientific method to demonstrate that it is absolutely useless to try to talk to spirits. How will you do it?

A comet that will shine like the moon in 2013

In 2012, the Belarusian Vitali Nevski and the Russian Artyom Novichonok discovered a comet grazing the Sun called C / 2012 S1, which is heading toward the Sun from somewhere between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn. According to astronomers' forecasts, at the end of November 2013 it will pass very close to our star and will reach a brightness of magnitude 11.6, equivalent to that of the full Moon.

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