Science

The journal ‘Scientific Reports’ has retracted the study that claimed a massive airburst devastated a city in the Jordan River Valley 3,600 years ago, inspiring the biblical tale of the Sodomites

Researchers hail the breakthrough as a key milestone toward building a quantum internet using existing infrastructure under real-world conditions

A study describes the psychological disorder that lies behind the uncontrollable impulse to steal: it is very little studied and surrounded by a layer of stigma that complicates diagnosis

The physicist, one of the women who has spent the most time outside a spacecraft, discusses NASA, new technology, and what it feels like to walk in space

In Ricaurte, Colombia, more than 50 people suffer from the most common hereditary intellectual disability on the planet. Scientists are working to determine its origin and hope to develop treatments that will improve the lives of patients

A review of tens of thousands of soil samples from Earth reveals high concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, and lead in the pedosphere

There are a thousand reasons to lose your temper, but it will almost always make things worse and waste excessive energy. Sometimes inaction is better than any action at all

Scientists announce detection of compounds on an extrasolar planet that on Earth only produce living organisms, but other experts urge caution

A story that begins with three animals riding in a balloon ends with the discovery of protons impacting our atmosphere with energies equivalent to a golf ball

The American Astronomical Society warns that the proposed cuts would have ‘catastrophic’ consequences for the United States’ leadership in space exploration

A comprehensive analysis of thousands of homes from the last 10,000 years reveals the distribution of wealth in ancient times

‘The Telepathy Tapes’ has been one of the most listened-to podcasts in the US and UK for months. It studies the existence of telepathy in young people with nonverbal autism, but several specialists warn of the dearth of scientific evidence and the potential to create harmful myths for families living with this disorder

The American doctor has revealed that enigmatic DNA circles are present in more than half of patients with highly aggressive tumors

A scientific team has used millions of human cells to build neural circuits in the laboratory that sense painful stimuli and trigger suffering

The method uses artificial intelligence and learning models based on 80 years of physical data

Ethical debates regarding Colossal Biosciences’s achievements and over-marketing aside, the company behind woolly mice is expanding our views on what’s possible

Information gathered in just one cubic millimeter of a rodent’s cerebral cortex will help unravel the complex neural networks behind cognition

The system has an accuracy of over 90% and can be easily performed in a hospital laboratory

A scientific review confirms that poor sleep alters the metabolism of many cells, such as neurons, in a similar way to what is observed in some neurodegenerative diseases

Colossal has announced the birth of three genetically modified wolves, the first in history and gestated by dogs, to mimic the extinct species

The CL1 biological computer, manufactured by the Australian company Cortical Labs, is designed for biomedical research, but also promises to deliver a more fast-paced and energy-efficient computing system 

The scientist talks to EL PAÍS about the key advances in the production of new pharmaceuticals

The ability to put together meaningful ‘words’ to form a ‘sentence’ with a new meaning was thought to be unique to humans

DNA explains the enigma of the culture that painted swimmers and hippos in the middle of the desert thousands of years ago

A study confirms that the wealthy live longer than the poor globally, and that differences between social classes are much more pronounced in the US

MSD’s monoclonal antibody, indicated for 15 types of cancer, smashed industry records with sales of $27.3 billion in 2024, with six years of monopoly remaining