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‘The talk about superfoods is absurd, and miracle diets do not exist’

Dr. Jordi Salas-Salvadó, a professor of Nutrition at Rovira i Virgili University, leads a revolutionary research project that will change what we know about the Mediterranean diet’s effects on health

26/03/2023

Are submersible super-yachts the next adventure for billionaire tourists?

A project led by James Cameron to promote deep-sea tourism aspires to more than entertaining the ultra-wealthy

26/03/2023

‘What can we do?’: Millions in African countries need power

In recent years power generation has become so inadequate that the continent’s most developed economy must cope with rolling power blackouts of eight to 10 hours per day

25/03/2023

To book or audiobook? That is not the question

Is listening to an audiobook the same as reading it? Am I cheating if I go to my book club having listened to the novel instead of reading it? Daniel Willingham, a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia and author of…

25/03/2023

The Mpemba effect: When hot water freezes faster than cold

The Mpemba effect is a phenomenon through which, under certain conditions, a hot liquid can freeze faster than a cold one. This counterintuitive fact has been known at least since the time of Aristotle, approximately 2,300 years ago; more recently,…

25/03/2023

Hemophilia: breakthrough therapies aim to ‘dethrone’ the disease of kings

The new and million-dollar gene treatment make the disease remit almost completely for four or five years. Open investigations now seek a definitive cure

25/03/2023

Ford’s plant in Tennessee could make 500,000 electric pickup trucks a year

The automaker says the assembly and battery plants will employ about 6,000 people with an investment of roughly $5.6 billion

24/03/2023

A fish can sense another’s fear, a study shows

“Some of the mechanisms that underlie our ability to experience fear, or fall in and out of love, are clearly very ancient pathways,” said Hans Hofmann

24/03/2023

ChatGPT: How to use it and what can it really do

ChatGPT is a system that really brings us closer to the possibilities of Artificial Intelligence. This machine learning model was created by OpenAI, a non-profit research laboratory, whose intention is to promote and develop user-friendly artificial…

24/03/2023