Why do we make irrational decisions?

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 07/06/2016

07/06/2016

Often people make decisions that are not “rational” from a purely economical point of view — meaning that they don’t necessarily lead to the best result. Why is that? Are we just bad at dealing with numbers and odds? Or is there a psychological mechanism behind it? Sara Garofalo explains...

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The best stats you’ve ever seen

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 26/02/2016

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.”

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FameLab 2016

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 01/12/2015

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:...

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100 años de la Teoría de la Relatividad General

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 25/11/2015

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

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 13/11/2015

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...

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Can we, as adults, grow new neurons?

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 13/10/2015

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.

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A visual history of human knowledge

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 08/09/2015

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...

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EscoLab 2016

Posted by Antonio Membrive Date 07/09/2015

07/09/2015

EscoLab is a set of free scientific activities, aimed at students of secondary school (ESO), Spanish baccalaureate and vocational training. These activities open the door to different laboratories and research centers and offer the opportunity to dialogue with researchers working in the advancement of society. It is an initiative of...

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CocoCiència: joves que divulguen ciència

14/07/2015

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

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 09/06/2015

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...

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Jorge Wagensberg “Algunos años después”

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 08/05/2015

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...

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Greg Gage: How to control someone else’s arm with your brain

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 04/05/2015

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....

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Ciclo de conferencias “Ciencia abierta al barrio”

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 30/04/2015

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...

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Talk “Culture and Science in the Digital Era”

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 30/04/2015

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....

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Wikimaratón de Ciencia Ciudadana

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 20/04/2015

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...

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XVI Exporecerca Jove

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 23/03/2015

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...

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Semifinal FameLab 2015

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 19/03/2015

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...

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20 Minutes of Science in Òmnium – Girona

Posted by Mariana Largo Date 16/03/2015

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...

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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...

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...

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...

Com combatre la desafecció escolar?

Posted by Anna Engel Date 26/06/2014

26/06/2014

Després dels 10 anys de Debats d’Educació, començarem un nou debat dedicat a la desafecció escolar. Comptarem amb la participació de Valerie Hannon, creadora de l’exitós programa internacional Learning Futures i Learning Frontiers – transformant la participació de l’alumnat i de la comunitat educativa. Un projecte dissenyat des de les...

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Ambientech: science, technology and environment

24/06/2014

Ambientech is a non-profit organization whose main objective is to develop and expand training in science and technology with a focus on environmental protection, an understanding that environmental education is a cross field which should be included in all curricula intended for students of all ages. The Ambientech program is...

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...

To Space and back

13/06/2014

Esta exposición temporal de CosmoCaixa Barcelona, muestra cómo los avances científicos y tecnológicos para la exploración espacial han generado conocimientos y recursos utilizados en beneficio de la sociedad. Muchos de los aparatos utilizados en la medicina y en la vida cotidiana en general fueron desarrollados a partir de tecnologías pensadas...

Khan Academy

09/06/2014

Khan Academy is a non-profiteducational website created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan to provide “a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.” Students can make use of our extensive library of content, including interactive challenges, assessments, and videos from any computer with access to the web. The website features thousands...

Edu3.cat

Edu3.cat es un portal de radio y televisión educativas por internet impulsado por el Departament d’Ensenyament de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Dispone de más de 5000 materiales audiovisuales elaborados por el propio Departament, Televisió de Catalunya (TV3) y Catalunya Radio, entre otros, organizados por niveles educativos. En particular, ofrece secciones...

iTEC – Designing the future classroom

05/06/2014

ITEC: designing the future classroom has been an example of a very successful project of integration of ICT in education and training, with the support and funding from the European Commission. iTEC’s aim is to bring about systemic change, not through radical technological advances, but through progressive adoption of innovative...

Educ@conTIC

01/06/2014

Es un sitio dirigido a los docentes que recopila una amplio abanico de recursos TIC y prácticas educativas mediadas por las TIC, así como noticias y eventos relacionados con la enseñanza, el aprendizaje y las tecnologías digitales. Educ@conTIC pone a la disposición del profesorado las redes sociales más importantes del...

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