Humans have always suffered from terrible diseases. It was not until the rise of enlightened thought throughout the 19th century that mankind began to effectively combat illness. Since then, advances in biological and medical sciences have defeated virtually incurable and formerly fatal diseases. However, despite our successes, there is a group of age-related cellular pathologies …
Thinking about the future is always inspiring. The reason is simple: the history of past events cannot be changed, as they are written; the future, on the other hand, is neither constrained nor delimited by our understanding. Hence, many imaginative thinkers of past centuries dreamed of “impossible things” such as flying cars or holograms. Interestingly …
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3D printing has come a long way since its invention back in the 1980s. The clunky mechanical components of old have been substituted out for refined, slick, and precision machined parts that enable additive manufacturing on a scale never seen before. Regardless, the throughput of the technology is still far behind that of conventional manufacturing …
Everyone up to date on biotechnological advances has heard of the CRISPR system for editing genomes. But it is also true that there is a lot of fuss about this technology, and not for nothing. The original function of this bacterial system is one of the most ingenious ways for simple organisms to acquire immunity …
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Allergies are increasingly common pathologies in human society. In the past, it was believed that they were due to an exaggerated reaction of the immune system to a specific antigen or a hypersensitive reaction. Today we know that it is actually the harmlessness of the external agent that leads to pathogenesis, paradoxically. In fact, there …
The ills of the current energy model are becoming increasingly evident in many environmental and health areas. Since humans became aware of the potential of fossil fuels, there has been no real profound change in how we use them. It is true that we have learned to store electrical energy and even developed fission nuclear …
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Many great scientists have argued throughout history about what living things are. Until not so long ago, minerals were considered the third kingdom of life, as they grew in the eyes of the experimenter from tiny particles to perfectly ordered crystals. The growth and reproduction of the characteristics contained in a body is therefore a …
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With the rise of renewable energy, the world faces a new problem to solve. During the years of the fossil fuel monopoly, energy storage was not a problem, since nature itself was responsible for providing these deposits. In contrast, the strategy to be followed with most renewable energies is different: the aim is to capture …
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Since ancient times, humans have wanted to satisfy the demand for food, not only to please individual hunger like other animals but in order to maintain the stability of the communities. The first sedentary farmers appeared 12,000 years ago in the fertile crescent. Cattle raising and agriculture were the first strategies to ensure prosperity. Strange …
Global famine is a consequence of the misallocation of resources, but it also stems from exponential human growth. Every day more and more people suffer from malnutrition. While it is true that most of them live in underdeveloped or developing regions, these situations also exist in first-world countries. Moreover, the situation is expected to worsen …
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