THE SALT OF LIFE “There is nothing more useful than salt and the sun.” This saying, attributed to the Roman writer and soldier Pliny the Elder almost 2,000 years ago, highlights the importance that humanity has given since ancient times to one of the main products extracted from seawater. The salt The salt…
LA SAL DE LA VIDA “No hay nada más útil que la sal y el sol” Esa sentencia, atribuida al escritor y militar romano Plinio el Viejo hace casi 2000 años, pone de manifiesto…
IN SEARCH OF IMMORTALITY The search for immortality has been one of the obsessions of human beings since they became aware of their own death. Leaving aside any other approach, and looking at it from a purely biological point of view, we can consider any living being as a physical system. And, consequently,…
Humans across all eras, cultures, and civilizations have always sought to explain the phenomena we observe. Sometimes, the scientific knowledge of the time has provided a clear and reasoned explanation for these phenomena, but in many other cases, it has not. When we cannot explain certain events with the knowledge available to us, we are…
The day before yesterday, on December 13, 2022 (yes, yes, I know it was Tuesday the 13th, but I’m not superstitious), the new platform CaixaForum+, dedicated exclusively to culture, was publicly launched at CaixaForum Madrid. Surely, just by seeing the platform’s name, you’ve already guessed that Fundación La Caixa is behind this wonderful initiative—a bold…
