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The island that revealed the essence of humanity
A quarter century ago, the doctor Kári Stefánsson began examining the DNA of Iceland’s inhabitants in search of the genetic causes of illness
A quarter century ago, the doctor Kári Stefánsson began examining the DNA of Iceland’s inhabitants in search of the genetic causes of illness
From his militancy in M-19, where he named himself after a character in ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude,’ to his exile in Belgium, the 62-year-old’s journey to this point has been something of an odyssey. Will he be able to defeat Rodolfo Hernández at Sunday’s election?
The former mayor of Bucaramanga, a 77-year-old, multi-millionaire “outsider” with a sharp tongue and short temper, and who was broadly unknown before the presidential election campaign, has sold himself as a product ahead of Sunday’s run-off
The recent massacres in Texas and Buffalo are just the tip of the iceberg of what is a systemic crisis. In 2020, almost 23 million firearms were purchased in the country
A university student’s project makes the most of airplane space while allowing passengers to stretch out
After 11 days marked by a sluggish official search effort, an international outcry, and offensive statements by Brazil’s president, the bodies of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira have been found