Astronomy and space on the big screen

The existence of habitable extra solar planets, is nothing new in science fiction cinema. Perhaps more interesting is the existence of unusual planets, such as the planet Tatooine from Star Wars (1977), by George Lucas, that orbits a binary star system.

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Metre

In the eighteenth century, the metre, its multiples and decimal submultiples cornered the cumbersome use of sexagesimal systems, still valid until then.

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Publishing science: A chronic problem

I write this article in the midst of a controversy among Spanish scientists regarding an alleged fraud in the works of one of them. If the accusations were true, published works, allegedly manipulated, passed the most rigorous scientific excellence tests for years. Fraud and plagiarism

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Maurizio Gotti. Photo: Martí Domínguez

Interview with Maurizio Gotti

Interview with Maurizio Gotti, linguist at the University of Bergamo, researcher on specialised discours

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A Nightmare on Euler Street

In 2012, the Royal Statistical Society issued the following question to the members of the British Parliament, probably regarding the International Year of Statistics (2013): «If you toss a coin twice, what is the probability of getting heads twice? ». The correct answer is «a probability of

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Cosmos: From Personal Voyage to Spacetime Odyssey

National Geographic Channel In 1980 an astronomer proved science communication could be compelling and entertaining for millions of people. It started with Carl Sagan’s «The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be», with which he

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Will the Internet save or condemn science press?

The present article reviews the panorama of science communication in France from the perspective of the monthly magazine La Recherche and other French media sources.

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Minority languages and popular science

Elhuyar magazine was born in 1974 with the aim of adapting Basque language to science and technical fields; therefore, since its birth, Elhuyar has granted especial relevance to research done in the Basque Country.

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The conquest of readers

The huge responsibility of the media lies in the fact that citizens have the right to science information, to help them take better decisions, nurture a critical spirit, and form their own opinions.

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Interview with Pampa García Molina

Lucía Sapiña Esperanza García Molina, also known as Pampa, is a journalist specializing in science and technology, and the vice-president of the Spanish Association of Science Communication (AECC). She has a degree in physics and works as coordinator and

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