In democratic societies, mass media have been defined as the "fourth power" because of their social influence and their function as a counterbalance to possible abuses by the other powers. In this sense, the media are seen as a tool for invigorating the...
A doctoral thesis conducted at the Department of Computer Science of the UAB has studied which parts of an image attract our attention the most and which parts seem aesthetically pleasing to us and which not. The study suggests that regions that attract our attention can be predicted by the...
Earth’s biodiversity is severely threatened by human-induced climate change. It is fairly trivial to mention that most organisms would be pushed either to evolve or migrate to new locations. Some current biodiversity models used to assess the vulnerability of species to climate...
