In the most recent history of the Alhama de Murcia fault, an international group of researchers has identified six large earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 7. This fault is a fracture plane of the ground that crosses the entire earth's crust, therefore, to identify Due to the prehistoric earthquakes in its walls, the scientists made superficial excavations perpendicular to the fault - trenches between 20 and 30 meters long and four meters deep - that have allowed to obtain an exceptionally long paleoseismic record.
A European team of astronomers has discovered a new planet orbiting a sun at the exact distance that would allow a climate similar to Earth's and that, therefore, could host liquid water on its surface and life. The star, named HD 40397, is a quiet old dwarf star 44 light-years from the solar system.
A team of researchers with the participation of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) has found that the populations of North Africa show in their genes the trace of hybridization with Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis).
A student at the University of Virginia has developed a biofeedback system that allows smartphones to play the music that its owner's heart needs, whether to beat hard while exercising or to slow down when the goal is to relax.
As microblogging spreads on platforms such as Twitter, it becomes more common to use certain acronyms that facilitate the transmission of messages and information in 140 characters. Here we gather a few that you should know, such as IMHO, IRL, TY, PRT, etc.
The international 1000 Genomes consortium has succeeded in sequencing the genomes of 1,092 healthy people from a wide range of ethnic groups in fourteen countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and America, according to the journal Nature in its latest issue.
More than a hundred scientists, some Spanish, have teamed up to detect the elusive extragalactic background light or EBL (extragalactic background light). It is the set of photons generated by all the stars and black holes in the universe, and from which the oldest stellar emissions can be deduced. The study was made with data from the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope.
When something causes us fear, we tend to misjudge the distance at which it is located. In other words, if a spider scares us, our terrified brain makes us perceive it much closer than it really is, as published in the journal 'Current Biology' in its latest issue.
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.
