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Martín de Cervera. Lliçó de teologia a la Universitat de Salamanca, amb alumnes de diversos ordes religiosos, 1614. Oli, portes de l’armari del depòsit de manuscrits de la Biblioteca Universitària.

The article defends the idea that theology should disappear from university programmes. It cannot be a science because it is based on faith and authority.
03 Sep 2021
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Apart from the double helix, DNA can present other structures such as G-quadruplexes, whose study has boomed in recent years.
30 May 2021
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Citizen science

The idea of citizen science brings with it tensions about the social nature of scientific truth.
08 Mar 2021
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The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the creative use of metaphors, which is particularly relevant in the case of cartoonists.
14 Dec 2020
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big data Microbiome selfie

A heated debate exists on the subject of Big Data. What can be expected and what not from them? Do data speak for themselves?
06 Mar 2020
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Mileva Maric and Albert Einstein

It is currently widely believed that Einstein’s first wife, Mileva Marić, made significant contributions to his scientific work. But, is there good evidence that Mileva Marić was Einstein’s secret collaborator?
02 Dec 2019
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National Socialism came to power by following the electoral strategy of a popular party, but with the support of extremely well-educated militant elites.

02 Sep 2019
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The following reflections are based on the premise that individual and social life is open to a number of possibilities, among which we can find digitalisation.
04 Mar 2019
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pseudociències

In this text we examine the degree of acceptance of these beliefs in high-school science teachers-in-training, among which significant levels of acceptance of pseudoscience have been detected.

25 Dec 2017
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La evolución

Human palaeontology in Spain has experienced extraordinary growth in recent decades. In this work we investigate the influence that the book La evolución (1966) and its editors, Miquel Crusafont, Bermudo Meléndez, and Emiliano Aguirre, exerted on this explosion.

17 Dec 2017
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The life and work of the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt continues to fascinate, even today. His figure concentrates and synthesises the movements, ideas, and even the great contradictions of the time of profound change that was nineteenth-century Europe.
07 Sep 2017
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How do decision-making processes affect brain activity? What role do emotions play on finances?
13 Jun 2017
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The general model for evaluating scientific production fits into the accountability system: a way of measuring scientific output which does not usually acknowledge the presence of gender imbalances in academic

25 Dec 2016
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Drosophila subobscura

Documentary text on how chromosomal inversions in natural populations of the species Drosophila subobscura are good indicators of climate change and can help us to study how organisms adapt to it.
25 Dec 2015
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The expected effects of global environmental change over the coming decades may worsen the situation for many currently endangered Valencian plants, even leading to the localised extinction of some species

16 Nov 2015
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La controvèrsia sobre els cultius transgènics sorgida als anys noranta s’ha reduït considerablement i decau fins a quasi silenciar-se a la premsa digital espanyola.
22 Jul 2015
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ABSTRACT Ethnobotany, a discipline located at the intersection between natural science and social science, is sometimes misunderstood by researchers from one or other of these fields. In this article we discuss

22 Jul 2015
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Becoming informed about the relevant scientific findings can help us make the most plausible interpretation of what philosophers have said, for example, ruling out literal readings.
25 Dec 2014
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Identifying markers of psychobiological predisposition to violence opens the door to prevention and intervention in the field of male violence against women. Currently, we have no effective drugs to treat abusers of women, but the development of psychotherapeutic intervention programmes and neuropsychological rehabilitation mark a promising path.
23 Jul 2014
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Popular science finds itself in a new scenario where a shortage of information has been replaced by abundant and often freely available knowledge sources. Although often produced by amateurs, such information may be of a similar or even better quality than that produced professionally. Consequently, there is greater collaboration between professionals and amateurs, making it more difficult to distinguish between them. 
05 Dec 2013
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circulació oceànica

El paper dels oceans com a reguladors del clima és extraordinari, realment condicionen el present i el futur del planeta.
10 Jun 2013
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genoma neandertal

Human uniqueness Most cosmological views on human origins portray these as being divine, beyond the natural world. This has partly been influenced by our obvious uniqueness. Because, of all past human

18 Jul 2010
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© A. Bagué Very near to Barcelona, in the gardens of the Sant Joan de Dèu Health Complex in Sant Boi del Llobregat, right where the Sant Boi mental institution

13 May 2010
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The fig tree (Ficus carica L.) —figuera in Catalan, higuera in Spanish, figuier in French and fico in Italian—, is a tortuous branch tree with profitable fruits. It is odorous and generally small, although some specimens can reach up to five metres of height and of crown width. Its leaves, palmately shaped, deciduous and lobulated, are rough to the touch.
27 Oct 2009
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