The ongoing search for effective pain therapies
Treating chronic ailments requires a combined psychological, social and biological approach
Argentina’s vice-president blasts ‘firing squad’ overseeing her corruption trial
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who claims to be a victim of political persecution, is facing 12 years in prison and a lifetime ban on holding office if she is found guilty on December 6 of leading a scheme that diverted $1 billion in state funds
Documentary | Reconstructing the truth about the migrant deaths on the border of Morocco and Spain’s Melilla
El País / lighthouse reports|
A joint investigation by EL PAÍS and Lighthouse Reports reveals new details about the events through the analysis of more than 140 videos, 40 interviews and the 3D reconstruction of the border post
Tokyo opens first poop museum to explore a taboo topic among Japanese youth
The new institution, which adheres to the ‘kawaii’ esthetic, mixes the cute and cheesy with the grotesque. Social media influencers are its target demographic
‘The Woman King’: When African women created a military regiment to defend themselves
Viola Davis leads the cast of an adventure film about feminism, sisterhood and reclaiming one’s power based on the Agojie warriors of the 18th and 19th centuries
Ukraine’s farm of horrors: 2,000 dead cows and fields of anti-tank mines
Russian shelling wiped out much of the livestock on a large farm in the Kharkiv region early in the invasion. Kyiv’s agriculture sector has suffered losses of $40 billion due to the war
Fifty years of Lou Reed’s ‘Transformer’: Life without the wild side is not worth living
One of the most unorthodox, dazzling and wild albums in the history of pop music marks half a century
‘Strange World’: Disney finally features a gay couple as protagonists
In the animated film, a teenager tells his father that he is in love with another boy
Iran and the US prepare for ‘mother of all games’ at Qatar World Cup
A win for either side will be enough to secure a place in the last 16 but the match has been overshadowed by protests following the death of Mahsa Amini and the USSF’s alteration of the Iranian flag
Saying goodbye to Ellen Pompeo, TV’s civil servant
We first met Meredith Gray in November 2005, when she was a medical intern in Shonda Rhimes’s drama. Now, she is leaving the show after 270 hours on screen
Camilla breaks with tradition: Queen Consort will not have ladies-in-waiting
The wife of King Charles III will instead have ‘Queen’s companions’ to provide her with assistance at public events
The medieval monks who forged a nobleman’s will to appropriate a valuable church
Spanish scientists have discovered that the religious community of San Pedro de Cardeña doctored the document out of greed - but forgot to eliminate the original
‘Houston, we have a new record’: ‘Orion’ goes further than any other spacecraft designed to carry astronauts
The NASA capsule traveled nearly 270,000 miles from Earth on its trip to the Moon, a greater distance than the Apollo 13 program achieved in 1970
Global cryptocurrency scams: Call centers, fake brokers and thousands of victims
An international investigation has identified some of the criminal networks behind more than 470 fraudulent investment websites
Tracing Columbus’s DNA: Two exhumations in Spain seek to determine the explorer’s lineage once and for all
The project will compare genetic remains from the Spanish region of Galicia, with those taken from the navigator’s tomb in Seville. If the results match, it would change 500 years of history
Europe says goodbye to ‘airplane mode’: Passengers can talk on the phone while flying
The European Union will serve frequencies of the new 5G network so that travelers can use their cellphones from the air
Parasite makes wolves bolder, more likely to become pack leaders
A recent study revealed that among the wolves in Yellowstone National Park, those affected by toxoplasmosis usually engage in riskier behaviors