Interior Ministry releases in-depth analysis of murder rates in Spain
The three-year study of 632 homicides, the first of its kind, contradicts popular notions on homicide and its links to immigration and race
DNA tests cast doubt on Spain’s “stolen baby” network
In 81 results, the remains of newborns suspected of being given away under the Franco regime genetically matched their parents
The invasion that wiped out every man from Spain 4,500 years ago
New research indicates all local males on the Iberian peninsula were killed by hostile invaders with superior technology
Pioneering study finds more than 200,000 rats in Barcelona’s sewers
Many specimens were discovered to be carrying bacteria and worms that can be passed on to humans
Coca-Cola paying millions to medical and scientific societies in Spain
Beneficiaries deny a research bias, but study finds sponsorship serves company’s commercial purposes
Labs that experiment with animals start to lift veil of secrecy
But two years after Spanish centers signed a transparency agreement, 20% have yet to offer visits
Advances in DNA analysis help Spanish police solve old crimes
A legal loophole allows greater scope in turning genetic samples into leads that help nail suspects
Do heat waves fuel domestic violence?
A study has found that soaring temperatures can increase the risk of gender-based homicide by 40%
The forgotten report that slammed Spain’s healthcare under Franco
A 1967 study by leading figure Fraser Brockington flagged up numerous shortcomings in the dictator’s public health system
Pollution has killed 93,000 people in Spain in the last decade
Experts are calling for urgent action to tackle the problem, which causes more deaths than car accidents
How penguins toppled two Chilean government ministers
Division over a mining project located near a unique marine nature reserve in Chile has taken its first political casualties
Spanish cave art was made by Neanderthals, new test reveals
Uranium-thorium dating system finds that the drawings pre-date modern humans by 20,000 years
Spanish-led research finds “starting grid” for most lethal kind of cancer
International team led by oncologist Paco Real discovers state of the pancreas that leads to tumors
Menorca’s mysterious trepanned dead
A newly discovered cave conceals 3,300-year-old human remains with holes in their skulls
Catalonia: it’s all in the head
Nobel laureate Ramón y Cajal quashed the pseudoscientific theories fueling separatism in Catalonia
The veterinarian working to save man-eating animals
A Madrid-based doctor is fighting the common diseases that infect tigers and other endangered animals
The spectacular flowering of Chile’s Atacama Desert
Unusual winter rains lead to display involving more than 200 species of native plants
What is going on with Europe’s bees?
Existing data is either inconsistent or non-existent, say experts at interdisciplinary summit in Brussels
How Spain used “alternative facts” to bury environmental protest in 1888
Troops were sent in when miners demanded an end to open-air pyrite roasting at Riotinto copper mines
Film crew captures first-ever footage of wild Iberian wolves hunting
Scene just one of many stunning sequences in new Spanish nature documentary ‘Cantábrico’
Neanderthals had their own kind of ‘aspirin’
Dental records from Spanish cave suggest they chewed poplar bark, a source of salicylic acid
Finding a solution for supermarket tomatoes that don’t taste like tomatoes
Scientists in Valencia are using a technique to cut and paste DNA in a bid to reclaim fruit’s flavor
The ‘red’ scientist who was pardoned by Franco
Previously unseen material documents the extraordinary life of the physician Rafael Méndez
Spanish Ebola survivor recalls ordeal: “I felt Death leaning on my shoulder”
Nursing assistant Teresa Romero was the first case of transmission outside West Africa
Spain’s CJ-3: a cave as beautiful as it is deadly
Scientists are investigating why this well-known chasm has suddenly run out of oxygen
Spanish planet hunter and “gravity spy” from Argentina on Top 10 Scientists list
Nature magazine hails work done by Guillem Anglada-Escudé and Gabriela González in 2016
Held for fraud: Spanish parents of sick girl who raised €150,000
Police investigating claims money not used for rare disease treatments in US and Afghanistan
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