María La Calle, Author at SciGlam

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Entomologist and evolutionary biologist Cody Cardenas explains the function of the abdominal division of beetles and how this structure, and many others, are used by beetles and other insects to…

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Aug 2024Photo ByLeonel Ramos

SciGlam AnswersPhoto ByLeonel Ramos

Why Doesn’t Science Include Pleasure as the Tenth Sense?

Some have considered pleasure to be a sensation, however, science today considers only nine senses. Why doesn’t science include pleasure as the tenth sense? The psychologist and neuroscientist Kent Berridge…

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Jul 2024Photo ByElia Poveda

ArtPhoto ByElia Poveda

The Things We Hide

Hiding something from others can make our lives a little easier, but it comes with a weird feeling sometimes. The American painter Joseph Hopkins (aka POH, Seattle, 1993) has portrayed…

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Oct 2023

Art

A Trip to the Imaginary World of Christian de Massy

Canadian illustrator Christian Robert de Massy’s first solo exhibition, titled Phorésie, symboise de l’animalerie humaine, opens today at Whisbone Art Gallery in Montreal. De Massy is known for recreating heterotopic…

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May 2023Photo BySanti Nuñez

SciencePhoto BySanti Nuñez

From Neuroscience to Apiculture. A Love Story

We shared World Bee Day with the neurobiologist Javier Navas who, for several years, has been combining his scientific career in a hospital in Madrid with his passion for honeybees…

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Apr 2023Photo ByAroa Moreno

ArtPhoto ByAroa Moreno

MIYAYA: Towards a Zero Waste Life

MIYAYA, by artist Carla García, is a craft project that has captured the attention of major fashion and design magazines. It offers a variety of ingenious functional ceramic pieces that…

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Feb 2023Photo ByE. L. Norman

SciencePhoto ByE. L. Norman

Dr. Olayanju by Day, Dr. Pilgrims by Night

Today, cell cultures are considered essential tools in biomedical research and regenerative medicine. They allow us to create disease models or biological systems for drug screening more quickly and economically…

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Dec 2022Photo ByGuerrero

SciencePhoto ByGuerrero

Till We Run Out of Gas

The energy crisis in Europe resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has once again demonstrated how dependent we are on an energy source controlled by very few countries in the…

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Oct 2022Photo ByFrancisco Úbeda Llorente

ArtPhoto ByFrancisco Úbeda Llorente

Finding Thomas Neukirch

We closed the summer by traveling to eastern Andalusia in the south of Spain to meet with painter Thomas Neukirch (Aufsess, Germany, 1961) in an abandoned olive press.

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Sep 2022Photo ByAnna Franco

SocietyPhoto ByAnna Franco

Unseem, Femininity in All Diversity

Skirt brand unseem was born with a purpose: making people of all genders feel free, safe, and powerful while expressing their femininity.

María La Calle

What Are the Abdominal Divisions of Beetles For?