From the simplest of cells to the first bands of hominids treading on two legs across the African savannah, the history of life in this planet is based on cooperation.

We live in an age of contradictions. It might well be the age we land on Mars, rule over our own DNA, or fuse two atoms to recreate a star. Alas, it is also the age of Trump, climate change denial, or the spending of millions of euros on pseudociences such as homeopathy.

[caption id="attachment_18596" align="alignleft" width="320"] 2007 commemorative stamp with the face of the physiologist and physician Hans Selye, on the occasion of  the one hundred anniversary of his birth. / Mètode[/caption] It's

This may come as a surprise, but about 1.5 kg of our body is made up of microbes. Estimates vary, but for every cell in our bodies we harbour at

  The artist begins with a vision – a creative operation requiring an effort. Henry Matisse What do you see in the picture accompanying

 Mètode «Natural selection

Jose Luis Iniesta For a long time it was considered that emotions were mere physiological responses, basic processes, phylogenetically ancient, where the origin of

Ageing is yet the only way we know to live for a long time Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve We are born. We grow. We age. We die.

In the early sixties, zoologist Lowell Getz was studying ecology and social behaviour in small rodents in the prairies of Illinois. After two decades of thorough

José Luis Iniesta The sun of a crisp spring morning gently casts its warmth over the immaculate green of a remote North American prairie.

According to legend, King Solomon possessed a magic seal ring that endowed him with the ability to speak to animals, which made him wise and powerful. As it turns out,