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Just a few months ago, a team of Catalan scientists undertook a curious journey with extraterrestrial overtones. In mid-April, a group made up of astrophysicists, biologists, engineers, mathematicians and journalists landed in a 'Martian simulator' located in the middle of utah desert (United States) and for 12 days they lasted under the same conditions in which, one day, the future inhabitants of the red planet could live. "It has been quite an adventure", the members of the first Hypatia mission explain enthusiastically, now back in Barcelona, ​​after announcing the call for a second expedition of Catalan women on Mars in…

Why mosquitoes prey on some people and pass on others remains a mystery, although many studies point to the smell that humans give off. Now, a new study suggests that the aroma of a soapcombined with the personal odor of some individuals, it can attract or repel mosquitoes. The detailed studies, carried out by scientists of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)are published this wednesday in the magazine 'iScience'. Research has found that an individual, extremely attractive to mosquitoes when unwashed, "can become even more attractive for mosquitoes with a soapand become repulsive to mosquitoes with another,"…

After two weeks of tragic denouement of the titanthe submersible with five occupants that imploded on Sunday in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean while descending towards the remains of the TitanicDetails of the accident that killed the millionaire Pakistani businessman continue to emerge shahzada dawood and his son suleman, 19 year old student; the british explorer Hamish Harding; the french explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet and the CEO of the firm OceanGate, stockton fever. In this case, the engineer and merchant marine Jose Luis Martin Ha launched to the newspaper 'Nius' his opinion that the submarine suffered a "free fall" of…

This year, in mid-April, a team of Catalan scientists traveled to a remote corner of the Utah desert to simulate what a future manned mission to the red planet would be like. His trip has been the first of Hypatia project: an initiative created to develop research projects, promote scientific dissemination and increase the visibility of women scientists. Now that their journey has been successfully completed, the machinery is put back into gear to prepare for the next mission. As explained by the promoters of this project, in 2025 Hypatia II will take off and, from now on, The crew…