The Internet has become part of our everyday lives, in ways we would never have imagined 30 years ago, but how often do we pause and think about the how and why of getting online? A team of EU-funded Spanish researchers are doing exactly that.
IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4), the protocol that every device uses to connect to the Internet, has just encountered a major stumbling block: because of the Internet’s continuous spiralling growth, all of its addresses have recently run out.
Researchers from Germany and the United States suggest that the European conquest triggered the loss of more than half the Native American population.The results of their study provide new insight into the demise of the indigenous population.
A new study from an international group of researchers has shown that taking part in physical activity both during the working day and in our leisure time can help lower the risk of heart attacks.
While the history books have been kind to Isaac Newton, crediting him favourably for his work on the theory of gravity, his contemporary Robert Hooke was for many years written off as a jealous scientist who disputed Newton’s theories.
Anthropologists have long believed that any changes to human skull shape over time occurred independently of each other, but new research from an international team of researchers shows that this might not in fact be the case.
A team of Swedish and German researchers has uncovered how negative ions interact, according to findings set out in the Review of Scientific Instruments. Negative ions play a crucial role in everything from how our bodies function to how the universe is structured.
An international team of astronomers has detected two Earth-sized planets orbiting around an old star that was once a red giant and is now in a late phase of stellar evolution characterised by high levels of luminosity and low or intermediate mass.
According to the Christian tradition, Balthazar, one of the three Magi, presented the world’s purest incense to the Christ Child on the night of His birth. Moving forward, frankincense was burnt during ancient religious rituals, symbolising Christ’s divinity and sacrifice.
Wildfires have a huge impact on terrestrial ecosystems across the globe. These fires are triggered by an interaction of weather, vegetation and land use, making them highly sensitive to change. Understanding the mechanisms that control wildfire regimes and improving the predictions of when and how they will change is important.
New international research suggests that increasing temperatures will affect the habitats of animals and plants, as several will be forced to leave their surroundings and find new environments; some marine species will have nowhere to go.
A new international study provides fresh insight into how the hardest hit areas of the last 20 years are those that are not well protected against poaching. The study, presented in the journal Conservation Letters, suggests law enforcement is crucial to help secure the future of the great apes.
A new study reveals how the digital gender gap in Spain is larger than the European average. Presented in the journal Reis, the study investigated the use and frequency of the Internet in Spain and 30 other European countries. The findings indicate that Spanish men use the Internet more frequently than Spanish women do.
Presented in the journal Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the findings could help researchers develop treatments to fight diseases without triggering adverse events in other parts of the nervous system.
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