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France, Feb 24 - Why did humans start talking? Scientists suggest that genetics played an important role and say that the evolution of this unique ability was key to our survival.
RT, February 21. - Aspartame, one of the most common sugar substitutes, could cause a significant risk of suffering from cardiovascular diseases, due to a molecular trigger recently detected in the lining of the arteries, the scientific publisher Press Cell reported this Wednesday.
National Geographic, Feb 20 - If there's one smell you can't say isn't peculiar, it's natural gas. And good thing! Thanks to that distinctive stench, it is easy for us to distinguish when butane or propane systems are not working optimally and, therefore, when we should go on alarm. But that's not the only case of smells that are, in some way, saving our lives. Does rotten eggs or spoiled onions sound familiar to you?
RT, February 19. - A physicist from Vanderbilt University, in the United States, evaluated the gravitational effects that the passage of a primordial black hole would have through the human body, in order to determine the minimum mass that this object should possess to cause considerable injuries or even death, Universe Today reported this Monday.
National Geographic, Feb. 18 -- Since time immemorial, humanity has looked up at the night sky with the same question in mind: Are we the only inhabitants of the universe? A new study published in Science Advances challenges the idea that the emergence of intelligence is an extraordinary, fortuitous event. Instead, it suggests that the evolution of complex life is the logical result of a process guided by the interaction between organisms and their environment.
National Geographic, Feb 17. - Everything that is unknown generates a series of mixed feelings that usually mix curiosity and fear even though, many times, we have absolutely nothing to fear. This defines exactly what happened on this occasion with the black devil specimen found unexpectedly near the coast of Tenerife, in surface waters.
RT, February 14.- The computer animation studio MetaBallStudios, based in Spain, has created a video in which it shows what would happen if the asteroid 2024 YR4 collided with Earth in 2032.
Italy, Feb 12. - Located on the Italian island of Sicily, the Etna volcano continued to expel lava on Monday through a fissure on the southern slope of the crater called Bocca Nuova, which contrasts with the snow around the formation.
An international team of astronomers has confirmed the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting HD 20794, a star with a mass slightly less than that of the Sun located 20 light years from Earth, reports the University of Oxford.
RT, Feb 10. - A new study has discovered why some diseases share the same genetic variants.
Canaria, 8 Feb. - In Finding Nemo (2003), little Dory and Marlin faced a terrifying creature in the abyssal depths: a fish with a luminescent biological trap and a mouth full of sharp teeth. That scene, which made the black devil, or abyssal anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii), popular, seemed taken from an underwater nightmare.
United Kingdom, Feb 7. - A team of scientists has discovered the brain mechanisms that allow animals to suppress instinctive fear responses, a finding that could help develop therapies to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety.