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An analysis of 106,000-year-old markings in Matalascañas allows scientists to reconstruct how the hominids hunted straight-tusked elephants for survival

The frontrunner in the polls for the 2022 presidential elections talks to EL PAÍS about how he plans to help the Colombian people, and why he will leave politics if he loses the vote

She escaped abuse in her native Romania and worked as a prostitute in over 40 brothels in Spain. Today, Tiganus is an activist who has just published a book about her experiences

In addition to the difficulty of accessing vaccines, some parts of the population are also skeptical about the immunization campaign

At least three flights a day are being operated out of San Antonio to return thousands of people to Port-au-Prince, as hundreds of border control agents are sent to expedite the process

The existence of a new planetary body could explain the peculiar movements of celestial objects orbiting beyond Neptune

Reverend Sereno Edwards Bishop’s research yielded information that today is used to forecast weather over extended periods

Indigenous populations and riverside dwellers endure a routine of threats, forest fires and encroachment on protected land in the state of Rondônia, which has become a key battleground of the president’s environmentally damaging policies in the north of the country

Saeed Shinwari lives holed up at the headquarters of ToloTV, under constant fear of the fundamentalists

For a second consecutive year, the South American nation saw the highest number of killings of environmental defenders, with 65 murdered, according to Global Witness

More than 600 public health specialists met this week in Spain to discuss everything we now know about Covid-19. Here are their main findings

The 7.1 magnitude quake that shook central Mexico on September 7 is close to a 110-km long strip of land that has not registered major seismic activity in a century. Could that soon change?

Diagnostic tests and treatments either fell or stalled worldwide, according to a devastating report from the Global Fund. It is the first such setback in 20 years of investment

Experts say these bursts of light are linked to the energy released during the tremor

People displaced by the Taliban victory are afraid to return to their homes in the provinces, fearing reprisals for supporting government forces

The majority of internees at Hospital Colônia were not insane but “social undesirables.” Now a museum, the site of former atrocities is also a therapeutic residence for mentally ill patients

The secretive Altos Labs, which is said to be backed by Jeff Bezos and Yuri Milner, has recruited leading specialists to find ways of reprogramming cells and ultimately prolong human life

A young female pugilist’s terrible death has sparked doubts about whether she was fit to fight in Canada

Diamond Foundry, a Silicon Valley company that ‘grows’ the precious gems, has chosen Trujillo in Extremadura for an upcoming factory project

The Polish scientist used his typhus vaccine to spare Jews, intellectuals and members of the resistance from the Gestapo while clandestinely distributing doses to opponents of the Third Reich

With discipline, time, diversification and a willingness to accept some risk, it is possible to achieve annual returns in excess of 5%

A study from 2019 provides minute-by-minute information about the events of 66 million years ago thanks to a cylinder of sediment extracted from deep within the Earth

A judge has granted more time to probe allegations that Yoseline Hofmann committed a child pornography offense when she stored a video of a gang rape and insulted the 16-year-old victim on her YouTube channel

The first part of the fifth and final season of the global hit show arrives on Netflix today, and is expected to be more intense and violent than ever

Having reached the top through a supposedly revolutionary technology to diagnose disease, the Theranos founder is now facing 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy and could be sentenced to 20 years