Arqueas. Organismos procariotas que suelen encontrarse en hábitats extremos (alta temperatura, presión y/o salinidad) y que constituyen, junto con bacterias y eucariotas, uno de los tres

What about the other genomes? 1995 saw the publication of the first complete genome sequences of prokaryotic cells and a year later the first sequences of an eukaryotic organism were

The genome and the complexity of living beings. The genome of an organism is the total dna content of its cells, including genes and intergenic regions. In prokaryotes (Archaea and

The biology of “sex-appeal”: mate selection in humans. Until recently, it was thought that standards for physical

 El punto de no retorno: presente y futuro de la sexualidad humana. Actualmente, la selección natural continúa influyendo en las poblaciones humanas, condicionando nuestra forma de ser y nuestro comportamiento.

Homosexual behaviour in humans: What do studies with primates show? Despite its wide diffusion, homosexual behaviour

Post-copulatory sex selection: sperm competitiveness and selection. In the last 20 years research into the reproductive

La alta producción de espermatozoides por parte de los machos, en comparación con el número relativamente bajo

Plant sexuality. Plant sexuality is much more complex than we could have imagined The absence of movement

Cópula de dos lagartijas ibéricas (Podarcis hispanica). Durante la cópula el riesgo de ser depredado es alto,

 El sexo es un tema de trascendental importancia en nuestras vidas por muchas razones diferentes. La más evidente es que todos nosotros existimos como consecuencia de las relaciones sexuales que

Cork: the natural guardian of wines. The cork oak (Quercus suber) covers its trunk and branches

Wine: food, drug or medicine perhaps? In this article the author looks at the many beneficial effects of

Innovative oenological biotechnology. In recent years, many winemakers have started to use pure wine yeast strains to

Plant heritage: vine varieties. The vineyards of Catalunya and Valencia posses a heritage of vine varieties, in

Wine: culture and economy. Above all, wine is a food product, which, on gaining commercial importance, has

Tras unas cuantas décadas de regresión, caída del consumo e incluso rechazo oficial y popular, el vino vuelve a ser uno de los productos estrella tanto

Valencia, the cradle of experimental particle physics in Spain. Around 1950, J. Catala de Alemany, Catedratic

Internet and the world wide web. A world-wide web has been developed at CERN to allow researchers, taking part in large scientific collaborations, to interchange data

From Nuclear and Particle Physics to Medicine. A little bit of history. A revolution in the

The LEP adventure. LEP, the e+ e- collider at CERN, has been successfully operating since 1989. During

Particle Accelerators: “the super-microscopes”. We describe the importance of accelerators in particle physics, their basic principles, different types and uses. We include a detailed study of

Exotic Nuclei: Per ardua ad astra. Atomic nuclei, the tiny objects at the hearts of atoms, make up 99.8 % of the matter in our Universe.