Los científicos que investigan el secreto de los 'supercentenarios': “Tener una actitud positiva es mucho más importante de lo que creemos”. Un estudio analiza los genes de Maria Branyas, que murió con 117 años, para entender por qué vivió tanto y, más importante, con buena salud

Los científicos que investigan el secreto de los 'supercentenarios': "Tener una actitud positiva es mucho más importante de lo que creemos”

Un estudio analiza los genes de Maria Branyas, que murió con 117 años, para entender por qué vivió tanto y, más importante, con una salud que la acompañó hasta el final de sus días

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A randomized study in 57 healthy-weight adults finds that ultraprocessed foods elicited greater insulin and energy responses, reduced carbohydrate oxidation and altered striatal brain activity linked to food reward despite similar subjective food value. go.nature.com/4e3URTp 🍎📃 🧪

How do we study the evolution of human cognition when minds don't fossilise? Dr. Larissa Mendoza Straffon considers Clarke's influence, viewing visual art not just as symbolic expression, but as material culture to be quantitatively and systematically analysed for cognitive transmission! 🎨🧬

The death of a lab employee at an anti-plague institute in Russia last week has triggered unease across the globe due to her work. And Moscow’s historical lack of transparency is fueling concerns about the incident. 🔗 vist.ly/5mqjj

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L'Home del Neandertal va habitar la Cerdanya

Un equip d'arqueòlegs topa amb una troballa històrica en una cova d'Olopte: eines fetes per neandertals que avancen com a mínim 18.000 anys la presència homínida establerta fins ara a la vall

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BREAKING: Spain’s Prime Minister expressed condolences after the reported death of the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked protests over housing.

Spain's PM offers condolences after reported death of 87-year-old whose eviction sparked protests

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has expressed condolences following the reported death of María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests.

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It has long been recognized that millions of women, especially younger women, are disproportionately affected by pain disorders. In a new #ScienceReview, researchers synthesize recent advances in understanding these conditions. https://scim.ag/3TFlxTo

Sex-specific mechanisms of chronic pain

For decades, we have known that women, especially younger women, are disproportionately affected by pain disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome, endometriosis, menstrual migraines, fibromyalgia...

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Maricarmen, en octubre de 2025: “Si me van a cortar el cuello, será luchando” www.eldiario.es/politica/ult...

Pain may not increase linearly with age, with the sharpest rises occurring before the age of 55, according to a global analysis of more than 6 million people published in Nature Medicine. go.nature.com/4ynaE7n #medsky 🧪

Un artista danés destapa una estatua de Trump desnudo y sobre un hombre en el Parlamento Europeo: “Cuando la gente la ve, se ríe”

Un artista danés destapa una estatua de Trump desnudo y sobre un hombre en el Parlamento Europeo: "Cuando la gente la ve, se ríe"

El artista Jens Galschiøt ha afirmado que "es una declaración realmente grande poner un presidente desnudo, en oro, en el centro del Parlamento" y, ante la posibilidad de que surjan las quejas, dice q...

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New research (and new species) just out from Jonas Oppenheimer, Alexandre Gilardet and other researchers at #CpgSthlm!

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New Ice Age species just dropped! 🦴🧬 Check out our study in @currentbiology.bsky.social where we identified an extinct megafaunal species previously unknown to genomics from small non-diagnostic bone fragments at Denisova Cave and southern Siberia. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

Cancer rates rising more quickly among younger people, international study finds

Cancer rates rising more quickly among younger people, international study finds

Researchers, who looked at UK, US and Dutch data, say lifestyle choices are costing thousands of lives a year Cases of seven types of cancer have risen sharply among younger people in England, major new research has found, prompting warnings that lifestyle choices are costing thousands of lives each year. The number of people under 50 diagnosed with prostate cancer in England has quadrupled since 2001, while early onset bowel, kidney and uterine cancer diagnoses more than doubled. Continue reading...

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Anyone planning to publish on open-air sites in southern Africa? Here’s your chance to submit a manuscript to the Special Issue: “Challenges and opportunities of surface sites: The Kalahari basin and adjoining arid regions” of the African Archaeological Review. link.springer.com/collections/...

“La esperanza nos mueve”: Sol mantiene viva la llama de la vivienda mientras crece el clamor por una huelga general. La decepción por los decretos tumbados en el Congreso no apaga la acampada. “Lo difícil ya está hecho, que era organizarse y salir a las calles”, afirma Lucía, una joven acampada

“La esperanza nos mueve”: Sol mantiene viva la llama de la vivienda mientras crece el clamor por una huelga general

La decepción por los decretos tumbados en el Congreso no apaga la acampada. “Lo difícil ya está hecho, que era organizarse y salir a las calles”, afirma Lucía, una de las jóvenes acampadas

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Egyptian authorities have still not released any information about the fate of the six arrested @matsda2sh journalists, raising concerns that they have been disappeared. Authorities should immediately disclose their whereabouts and grant access to lawyers www.hrw.org/news/2026/10...

Egypt: Authorities Arrest Entire Investigative Newsroom

Egyptian security forces arrested six journalists working for the independent investigative journalism platform Matsda2sh on September 28 and 29 and appear to have forcibly disappeared them.

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Spanish protests against the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen have led to misleading claims about Spain's housing activists and the wider rental crisis. #TheCube ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/9g6v

Had a great conversation with PRX's (think NPR's) The World. We talked about how heat is affecting herders in Kenya and the US, and what we and herders can do about it. It aired yesterday but here's where you can listen today 👇🏻

Anne Pisor@annepisor.bsky.social · 2w ago

...here's the link! theworld.org/stories/2026...

"Four Rivers Six Ranges" brings Tibet's little-known resistance history to the screen through the story of ordinary Tibetans who helped the Dalai Lama escape to India in 1959.

As India and China repair ties, a Tibet film tells the story of a forgotten resistance

“Four Rivers Six Ranges” brings Tibet’s little-known resistance history to the screen through the story of ordinary Tibetans who helped the Dalai Lama escape to India in 1959.

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When wildfires burn in cities, metals in the smoke, ash, soil, and debris pose a health risk. People living in the footprint of the 2023 Maui fire had 40 times more antimony and 2.2 times more arsenic in their urine than reference levels. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/AML150ZTyNv

ÚLTIMA HORA | La jueza procesa a los dos policías que participaron en la muerte por asfixia de Abderrahim en Torrejón www.eldiario.es/politica/jue...

Last year, scientists developed an innovative way to vaccinate the bats against rabies—by making use of their extraordinary fondness of mutual grooming. #WorldRabiesDay https://scim.ag/4yeJbVW

Vampire bats’ mutual grooming helps spread innovative rabies vaccine

A gel that bats lick off one another’s fur could help prevent rabies outbreaks in cattle, a growing problem in Latin America

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New evidence of gomphothere butchering places humans in Chile around 13,000 years ago, adding to the growing number of very early South American sites. 🧪🏺

13,000-year-old butchered bones of found in Chile give more evidence of early first Americans

Archaeological excavations in the Lake Tagua Tagua basin in central Chile have revealed stone tools and animal bones with cut marks dated to 13,000 years ago.

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🚨 Applied Cultural Evolution Brownbag Series 🚨 Two inaugural discussions: Oct 7 What is (uniquely) applied cultural evolution? Caroline Graf, U. Zurich Dec 9 What can cultural evolution offer climate adaptation practitioners? Christine Lindell, World Vision Australia tinyurl.com/3st6zy79

Vanguard Cave, Gibraltar, is known today for Neanderthal behavioral evidence, including a remarkable controlled hearth for production of pitch from gum rockrose. In 2021, the team discovered a chamber sealed for more than 40,000 years, results to come! www.johnhawks.net/p/a-visit-to...

A visit to Vanguard Cave, a Neanderthal workshop

The site has seen remarkable discoveries over 30 years, and excavations have opened a new unexplored chamber.

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New research finds 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer

New research finds 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer

Paper raises questions about safety of food and other products as early onset breast cancer rates surge worldwide

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La protesta por la vivienda llega al Congreso con más de 300.000 asistentes, según los organizadores www.eldiario.es/133_ce9ab3#r...

Última hora sobre las protestas por el desahucio de Maricarmen: los organizadores cifran en 300.000 los asistentes

Tres días después del desahucio de Maricarmen, Madrid vuelve este sábado a la calle para protestar por este desalojo tras meses de una mediación fallida. Miles de personas marchan por el centro de Mad...

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ÚLTIMA HORA | Decenas de personas colocan tiendas de campaña en la Puerta del Sol con intención de acampar allí esta noche tras la gran manifestación por la vivienda www.eldiario.es/133_ce9ab3#r...

Gallecs, el pueblo que expropió el franquismo y aún lucha por recuperar sus casas

Gallecs, el pueblo que expropió el franquismo y aún lucha por recuperar sus casas

El Estado expropió este núcleo rural situado en el Vallès para construir una ciudad de 150.000 habitantes que nunca llegó a levantarse y sus vecinos siguen sin ser propietarios de sus casas, hoy en ma...

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This post by @kjhealy.co is filled with great tips on how to do an academic presentation. Filled with clear gems like: "The paper is not the talk. The paper is what the talk is about." kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...

Making Slides

I was asked to give a short talk in my Departmental Proseminar yesterday on the topic of giving presentations, and specifically about making slides effective. There is more than one way to give a good...

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‼️INVESTIGACIÓN | Los vídeos que confirman palizas de militares a migrantes en Ceuta elDiario.es accede y verifica varios vídeos de agresiones de militares uniformados contra personas migrantes en Ceuta ocurridos en las últimas semanas www.eldiario.es/desalambre/v...