Last March, the media reported a far-reaching scientific news: the BICEP2 telescope team had detected wrinkles in the sky that were probably gravitational waves.
The Ig Nobel Prizes are nothing but a parody of the well-known Nobel Prize, which are awarded each year at Harvard University (USA) to the achievements of ten groups of scientists who "first make people laugh, and then make them think" since they collect the most hilarious or ridiculous studies. This recognition comes from the hand of the scientific humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) and these are the absurd protagonists of this 2014.
It is the most difficult to study and little known transition stage of what will later become a planetary system. The astronomers who have detected these signals or signs of formation are part of an international team of scientists that has the participation of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC).
Evening talks around the fire helped early human societies form complex social networks, according to research led by University of Utah anthropologist Polly Wiessner.
Have you ever eaten something totally new and it tasted awful? Well, no problem, because they have discovered that our brain will be more "forgiving" the next time we test it elsewhere, according to the new study carried out by the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Haifa (Israel) and which is collected in the journal Journal of Neuroscience.
The Royal Observatory in Greenwich (United Kingdom) has awarded the prizes for the best astronomical photographs of 2014. The snapshots collect impressive moments from our solar system, the sky or the great space. In this year's edition, around 1,700 photographers, both professional and amateur, from 50 different countries have participated.
Paleontologists from North Carolina State University and Utah Brigham Young University discovered a new species of hadrosaur, which they have named 'Rhinorex condrupus', in a warehouse at the Brigham Young Museum.
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.
