Question asked by MARÍA JOSÉ ESTAY OSSES. We speak with JESÚS RIERA: The answer is yes. The air carnation belongs to the genus Tillandsia. Most plants from this genus can live

FERNANDO SAPIÑA answers: In our everyday life, we have contact mainly with one type of alcohol: ethanol. It is the liquid we use as disinfectant for our wounds, due to its

VICENTE PALACIOS replies: One of the most striking wolf behaviours is howling. Through howling, wolves can reach and communicate from several miles of distance. Howls may contain information regarding the individual

Question sent by ELENA SOLBES. JORDI DE MANUEL answers: Milk is an extraordinary food. It contains almost all the necessary nutrients to live and grow, but after mammals wean, they lose the

Question submitted by FRANCESC AGUILAR I DOMENJÓ (Grau de Castelló). MANEL PERUCHO answers: The latest Background Microwave Radiation observations and type Ia cosmological supernovae indicate that the Universe has a flat

And Why Is the Mediterranean Higher during the Winter? Question asked by FRANCESC AGUILAR I DOMENJÓ (Grau de Castelló). JOSEP L. PELEGRÍ answers: Both of our reader’s questions deal with sea tides,

Question sent by ONOFRE GISBERT (Vistabella del Maestrat). PAU CARAZO answers: As we pointed out  in a recent question about why are men hairier than women, our ancestors underwent a process of

Question sent by JORGE GIL FERNÁNDEZ (València). FERNANDO SAPIÑA answers: We can find a lot of videos on YouTube showing different phenomena in slow-motion: a bullet going through a piece of fruit,

Question sent by LAURA RUBINAT (Tàrrega). ALBERT MASÓ answers: Well, to give an answer to that we first need to settle what we understand by «urinating». Obviously, if we limit it to

Question sent by ROBERTO SOLANO. ANA GARCÍA answers: Women's life expectancy in developed countries is, indeed, higher. This is due to a combination of biological factors and lifestyle. There is, for instance,