Space travel affects the body of astronauts, causing them to lose bone density and muscle mass. It is an effect similar to aging, but very accelerated. To study these consequences in depth and find ways to mitigate them, the National Center for Space Studies (France), the European Program for Life and Physical Sciences and the European Space Agency have launched a new experiment in which several volunteers must spend periods of 21 days without leaving the bed.
The jury of the developer forum 'The App Date' has chosen Gow as the best Spanish app of 2012, the only sports application that controls the athlete's physiological indicators through a smart shirt. The App Date Award 2012 thus recognizes for the third consecutive year the promotion of quality in the applications sector in Spain.
NASA's twin satellites Ebb and Flow, which are part of the GRAIL mission (Recovery and Inner Gravity Laboratory, according to its acronym in English) and which during the last year have captured images that have allowed us to know the internal structure of the Moon and its composition, they will conclude their mission today when they crash into a mountain at the north pole of the satellite, near a crater called Goldschmidt.
Why do we synchronize our steps with a friend while we walk or clap our hands in unison? According to a study by Kyongsik Yun of the Caltech Institute of Technology, the greater the cooperative relationship between two people, the greater the tendency to spontaneously synchronize body movements.
In its annual balance of the topics that have interested the most over the last twelve months, the social network Facebook has revealed that in Spain the 5 issues most discussed and shared on the platform have been "work", "strike", " Rajoy "," economic crisis "and" Formula one ".
For years now, video games have removed the stigma of serving only for fun. Several studies have shown that not only do they improve our dexterity with our fingers or make our imagination fly, but that they can modulate our brain, helping it learn better. A recent Spanish investigation carried out with the video game Professor Layton has indicated that it can even modify its morphology and increase the volume of brain gray matter.
Google has just announced it: "as of today, it is here and you can download it from the Apple App Store." It is a new version that maintains the classic ease of use of Google Maps but includes new functionalities taking advantage of the speed and possibilities of the iPhone.
The neighboring Andromeda galaxy has a black hole that sometimes emits more luminosity than would be expected for its mass. Why? An international team of scientists is in charge of solving this astronomical mystery, including researchers from the Institute of Space Sciences of the CSIC.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
