Catalina Muñoz Arranz took the toy with her to her execution, and nearly eight decades later it has been returned to her child, who was just eight months old when she was killed
Archeologists found the toy lying next to the body of Catalina Muñoz, who was shot in 1936 and buried in Palencia, northern Spain
Bernhard Url, head of the European Food Safety Authority, discusses Europeans' concerns about chemicals and pesticides, the obesity epidemic, organic agriculture and sustainable food production
The frozen expanse of Monte Perdido is receding at an alarming rate and could disappear within three decades
After US success, Spanish researchers will conduct similar trials to test new immunotherapy method
Pedro Duque, at the helm of science, innovation and universities in the new Socialist government, has promised to get rid of the bureaucratic barriers to scientific research
Despite big budget, restrictions have triggered firings and shutdowns at the state-of-the-art Almería Solar Platform
The astronomic event of the year can be partially observed from the mainland and the Canaries
Penelope Boston has studied some of the most spectacular caves on Earth in her search for microbial life
Thirty years ago, Jaroslav Pavlicek built the only private base on the frozen continent. But now it could be demolished over safety fears
The vessel, thought to have been carrying fermented fish sauce, sank off Cabrera
Investigators believe results of analysis may help design future asteroid deflection missions
Proxima Centauri b is the nearest exoplanet to Earth and may be covered with water
The number of women seeking terminations has doubled in Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela, says new study
Can politicians prepare the country’s bid to host an EU test facility for nuclear fusion in time?
A Spanish-designed shock absorber and heat shield will be key to a European mission to the Red Planet
University of Oviedo scientists identify protein imbalance that leads to leukemia
The physicist and author has died aged 76. Read here an exclusive interview he granted to EL PAÍS in 2015
EL PAÍS to publish exclusive interview with the renowned British physicist
San Roque Observatory in the Canary Islands wins vote to host Cherenkov Telescope Array
Dental evidence points to fact that males and females performed different jobs