Physicists, air traffic controllers, and video game creators all have at least one thing in common: vectors. But what exactly are they, and why do they matter? David Huynh explains how vectors are a prime example of the elegance, beauty, and fundamental usefulness of mathematics.
Big Think
20/10/2016
Big Think is a repository of videos, articles, resources, expert advice and podcasts on several educational topics that come around the world. Like TED Ed, Big Think lets you create groups of people, educators and institutions to discuss issues or common interests. More information
The best stats you’ve ever seen
26/02/2016
You’ve never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called “developing world.”
FameLab 2016
01/12/2015
Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology and the British Council España are launching a new edition of Famelab España 2016, with the collaboration of “la Caixa” Foundation. In Spain, three editions have already been held and have proved to be a complete success. They have promoted a new scientific diffusion format that has made major inroads:...
100 años de la Teoría de la Relatividad General
25/11/2015
El 25 de noviembre de 1915, Albert Einstein presentó ante la Academia Prusiana de Ciencias, en Berlín, la formulación de una nueva teoría de la gravitación en un artículo de cuatro páginas titulado “Las ecuaciones del campo gravitacional” en el que modificaba la hasta entonces aceptada teoría gravitatoria de Isaac Newton. La teoría de Einstein...
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20ª Semana de la Ciencia en la Universidad de Barcelona
13/11/2015
Del 13 al 22 de noviembre la Universidad de Barcelona organiza diversas actividades alrededor de la Semana de la Ciencia que este año llega a su vigésima edición bajo la coordinación de la Fundación Catalana para la Investigación y la Innovación (FCRi). Algunas de las actividades programadas son: 4º Torneo Interuniversitario del juego...
Can we, as adults, grow new neurons?
13/10/2015
Neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret says that we can, and she offers research and practical advice on how we can help our brains better perform neurogenesis—improving mood, increasing memory formation and preventing the decline associated with aging along the way.
A visual history of human knowledge
08/09/2015
How does knowledge grow? Sometimes it begins with one insight and grows into many branches; other times it grows as a complex and interconnected network. Infographics expert Manuel Lima explores the thousand-year history of mapping data — from languages to dynasties — using trees and networks of information. It’s a...
Levadura. Residence program for artist-educators
14/07/2015
Levadura is an educational program of residencies for artists-educators was aimed to promote understanding of contemporary art by elementary students. The program focused on introducing creative projects in the elementary classroom where children were the protagonists. The program involved four artists-educators from four countries (Phase A: Chile and Poland, and...
CocoCiència: joves que divulguen ciència
CocoCiència és una associació formada per un grup d’universitaris catalans que té per objectiu apropar la ciència a tothom i impulsar la divulgació científica en català. Al seu lloc web es podem trobar continguts agrupats en diferents disciplines, també disposa de seccions específiques com ara «El científic del mes», «Enigmes»,...
Love between dogs and their owners
09/06/2015
The veterinarian Takefumi Kikusui with a research team from three Japanese universities (Azabu University, Jichi Medical University and University of Tokyo Health Sciences) recently published an article in Science about hormonal changes that dogs and their owners produce to each other. Researchers put 30 dogs to interact with their owners...
Jorge Wagensberg “Algunos años después”
08/05/2015
Jorge Wagensberg es un profesor, investigador y escritor español nacido en Barcelona. Creador y ex director del Museo de la Ciencia CosmoCaixa de la Fundación “La Caixa”. En su más reciente libro Algunos Años Después, basado en recuerdos de infancia, el autor explica cómo terminó en el mundo de la ciencia. La librería No LLegiu invita a...
Greg Gage: How to control someone else’s arm with your brain
04/05/2015
Greg Gage is on a mission to make brain science accessible to all. In this fun, kind of creepy demo, the neuroscientist and TED Senior Fellow uses a simple, inexpensive DIY kit to take away the free will of an audience member. It’s not a parlor trick; it actually works....
Ciclo de conferencias “Ciencia abierta al barrio”
30/04/2015
La Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Barcelona ha organizado el ciclo de divulgación sanitaria Ciencia abierta al barrio. El ciclo consta de tres conferencias que tratarán sobre la malaria, la voz y la curación de los linfomas. Todas las charlas se realizarán en el Aula Magna de la Facultad de...
Talk “Culture and Science in the Digital Era”
Undoubtedly, technological advances have expanded the possibilities of access to culture and science, but also changed the social perception of the rigor of knowledge. How are we related to culture and science in the digital era? This will be the focus of the talk Culture and Science in the Digital Era....
Wikimaratón de Ciencia Ciudadana
20/04/2015
Una wikimaratón es una actividad donde un grupo de wikipedistas se encuentran físicamente en un lugar para ampliar lo máximo posible un artículo y/o una temática determinada de la enciclopedia. Esta actividad, organizada en el marco del Festival NOVUM, está dirigida a todas las personas que quieran aportar a la...
XVI Exporecerca Jove
23/03/2015
Exporecerca Jove es una muestra de trabajos de investigación que acoge la participación de jóvenes de 12 a 30 años. Los objetivos principales son: favorecer la investigación entre los jóvenes, potenciar el intercambio de experiencias y el conocimiento, y potenciar la participación en ferias y congresos de ámbito nacional e internacional. La...
Semifinal FameLab 2015
19/03/2015
El British Council y la Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT), con la colaboración de la Obra Social ”la Caixa”, han seleccionado ya a los doce semifinalistas de la edición española de Famelab, el concurso internacional de monólogos científicos que competirán en la semifinal en Barcelona. Los...
20 Minutes of Science in Òmnium – Girona
16/03/2015
The University of Girona (UdG) and Omnium Cultural Gironès have organized the conference series “20 minutes of science” aimed to disseminate scientific knowledge. With a brief presentation and subsequent discussion, the conferences are an introduction to current news, innovative study or theme. The conferences will take place the second Thursday of...
Social Science Research Council -SSRC
12/02/2015
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is a U.S.-based, international, independent nonprofit organization founded in 1923. In the SSRC participate practitioners, policymakers, and academic researchers in the social sciences, related professions, and the humanities and natural sciences in order to construct interdisciplinary and international networks, link research to practice and...
Los caminos de la ciencia son infinitos
13/11/2014
Un proyecto organizado conjuntamente por la Unidad de Cultura Científica e Innovación (UCC+i) y la Escuela de Doctorado de la Universidad de Barcelona pone en contacto a estudiantes de doctorado con escuelas de primaria y secundaria que quieran conocer de primera mano el día a día de un investigador. Con el nombre de Caminos Infinitos, porque...
MIT Open Course Ware
12/11/2014
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all Massachusetts Institute of Technology course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. Through OCW, educators can improve courses and curricula, making their schools more effective; students find additional resources to help them...
One more reason to get a good night’s sleep
19/10/2014
The brain uses a quarter of the body’s entire energy supply, yet only accounts for about two percent of the body’s mass. So how does this unique organ receive and, perhaps more importantly, rid itself of vital nutrients? New research suggests it has to do with sleep.
World Wide Science
15/10/2014
World Wide Science is a federation of scientific portals developed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) of the Department of Energy of the United States. It encompasses 95 databases, approximately, which have open access and open domain belonged to more than 70 countries. From these databases it is...
Biblioteca Electrónica de Ciencia y Tecnología
01/10/2014
La Biblioteca Electrónica de Ciencia y Tecnología de la República Argentina funciona en el marco de la Subsecretaría de Coordinación Institucional, dependiente de la Secretaría de Articulación Científico Tecnológica del Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva. Fue creada en diciembre de 2002, como resultado del Acuerdo Bilateral con Brasil....
Open Education Consortium
12/09/2014
The Open Education Consortium is a worldwide community of hundreds of higher education institutions and associated organizations committed to advancing open education and its impact on global education. They seek to instill openness as a feature of education around the world, allowing greatly expanded access to education while providing a...
Virtualidad, Educación y Ciencia – Virtuality, Education and Science (VEsC)
07/07/2014
La revista Virtualidad, Educación y Ciencia-Virtuality, Education and Science (VEsC) es una publicación académica, editada por la Maestría en Procesos Educativos Mediados por Tecnologías del Centro de Estudios Avanzados de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina), centrada en trabajos sobre las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación integradas en...
The emergent patterns of climate change
15/06/2014
An illuminating talk of climate scientist Gavin Schmidt at the TED platform. According to Schmidt, one can not understand climate change in pieces. It’s the whole, or it’s nothing. In this talk, Schmidt explains how he explains how he studies the big picture of climate change with mesmerizing models that illustrate...
Revista Electrónica de Enseñanza de las Ciencias, REEC
06/06/2014
Revista Electrónica de Enseñanza de las Ciencias (REEC) is a four-monthly, scientific journal published through the Net, which is devoted to innovation and research on science teaching and learning in the various educational levels (Kindergarden, primary and secondary school and University). The whole process of revision, edition and publication is...