In the state of Nuevo Leon in northern Mexico, mountains and rocks form an arid landscape where urban development has replaced the desert plains for several decades. A few million years ago, however, this limestone landscape gave way to a uniform blue, that of the sea. Towards the end of the Late Cretaceous (-140 million … [Read more…]
Science continues to surprise us. Are you familiar with soft robotics? This area of robotics, which seems to have attracted increasing interest since the beginning of the 21st century, involves so-called “soft” robots. These are devices made of elastic, deformable or even flexible structures or materials, including plastic, rubber, silicone and various polymers. This area … [Read more…]
The universe is full of secrets. New research published in the September issue of the American Astronomical Society’s Research Notes journal suggests that a number of exoplanets at the edges of our galaxy may have formed continents over time. In this way, they would have advanced life five billion years earlier than Earth, reports Live … [Read more…]
With a view to the immensity of the sky, the questions multiply. It is impossible for us to grasp this vastness as a whole, to understand the structure of galaxies and the physics of stars. To solve some of these mysteries, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Gaia mission ten years ago. An ambitious … [Read more…]