Monumental controversies in Mexico
Who deserves the eternality of a statue, and who should be removed from sight? Mexico City’s planned removal of a Christopher Columbus statue and replacement with an indigenous woman’s head has reopened the debate
Who deserves the eternality of a statue, and who should be removed from sight? Mexico City’s planned removal of a Christopher Columbus statue and replacement with an indigenous woman’s head has reopened the debate
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 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 fundamentalist group
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 outbreak in California is the most closely researched of its kind so far during the pandemic. Analysis reveals the vulnerability of the classroom given the explosive spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus
Getting old is increasingly a poor man’s business, as we move towards a world where rejuvenation is only for those who can afford it
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” banished to the sanitarium in Minas Gerais. 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 development of a 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 behind bars
The rap superstar has dedicated his 10th studio album to his ‘momager,’ who passed away 14 years ago from heart failure caused by multiple postoperative factors
The author of 'Kindred,' an authoritative book about our extinct relatives, talks to EL PAÍS about some of the great discoveries made by the species and the prejudices that still exist against them
A team from southern Spain has become a leader in the use of new technology to map out underground sites; in just a few years it has explored six Roman towns and uncovered a Punic port
Self-organized patrols protecting native communities from illegal activities are now also dealing with assassination threats against people with coronavirus as well as growing government hostility