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¿Es real el Tiempo Imaginario?, por Ángel J. Murcia, en el Blog de Madri+d

¿Cómo serían nuestras vidas si no tuviéramos la noción de tiempo? Desde luego, resultaría prácticamente imposible concebir tal sociedad, ajena al concepto de tiempo. Al fin y al cabo, toda actividad humana empieza en un determinado momento, tiene una duración y finaliza. Cuando quedamos con nuestros amigos, concretamos una hora para vernos.

Inclusive science is the only possible one

CSIC centers at the UAM campus join the celebration of the 28th of June, International LGTBIQA+ Pride Day 2020,  asserting that inclusive science is the only possible one

Europe updates its strategy for Particle Physics

On June 19 the CERN council has unanimously voted the 2020 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics. The press release can be found here

Video of the Special Invisibles Event "Call for action on diversity and inclusion in academia"

Several members of the "Invisibles'' community have actively joined the worldwide actions followed by thousands of scientists to join the strike for  Blacklives (#Strike4BlackLives, #ShutDownSTEM and  #ShutDownAcademia). Universities, scientific organizations, and scientific journals have participated in this unprecedented global movement.

Video of the Outreach talk by Álvaro de Rújula: The Higgs Boson and the Coronavirus

Álvaro de Rújula gave the following outreach talk at the webinar series organized by IFC: "The Higgs Boson and the Coronavirus (Basic Science after the Pandemic)".

Pilar Coloma returns to the IFT as a Ramón y Cajal fellow

Pilar Coloma returns to the IFT as a Ramón y Cajal fellow, starting May 2020. She got her MSc and PhD from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 2011. After that, she spent 5 years as a postdoctoral fellow in the US, first in Virginia Tech and then at Fermilab, where she got a tenure-track position in 2016.

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