Question sent by GUILLERMO GUEVARA PARDO (Bogota). FERNANDO BALLESTEROS answers: Although raindrops are usually represented in the shape of a teardrop, actually, they are almost circular.

Despite the pandemic, cancer is becoming increasingly prominent in our society. On the occasion of the World Cancer Day, we encourage readers to have a look at issue 77 of our journal, dedicated to gaining a better understanding of the scope of this disease.

© Miguel Lorenzo Mètode goes for the first time into the audiovisual world and launches a Youtube channel—

Question sent by DÍDAC COROMINAS (Girona). FERNANDO SAPIÑA answers: Both olive oil and drinking water are basically constituted by a specific type of molecule—triacylglycerols (commonly known

Question sent by MARTA ARENAS (Valencia). GUILLEM PÉREZ I DE LANUZA answers: Certainly, birds do show a wider colour diversity than mammals. What’s more, colours in

Question sent by RAFAEL MESA MANZANO (Manises). JULI PERETÓ answers: That plants on Earth are green is not sheer chance, but the result of a long

On April 30, at 7 p.m., Mètode organises a roundtable session entitled «Women and Science» on the

On April, 25, at 7 p.m., the auditorium of the Botanic Garden of the University of Valencia

Question sent by IRENE MAYOR SÁNCHEZ (La Vila Joiosa). DANIEL CLIMENT and ESTEVE SOLER answer: Tannins, complex substances inside the group of polyphenols that coagulate

Question sent by JOSE GALÁN (Alacant). EDUARDO ROS answers: «Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not