The Australian researcher questions the reliability of longevity data and argues that conflicts of interest underpin the so-called ‘blue zones,’ where people are believed to live longer than anywhere else in the world
Geneticist Antonio Alonso, who oversaw the paternity test carried out on the artist, proposes using biological samples taken from his tomb to search for clues to his personality
Jeremy Hansen, who flew on the Artemis 2 mission, explains to EL PAÍS why he is supporting a ‘smart city’ built around a giant replica of the Moon
The scientific satellite is expected to re-enter the atmosphere late Tuesday night, in a band near the equator that covers parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America
The homosexual relationship between the two animals has left scientists puzzled: ‘Their sexual interactions were tightly linked to a selective social bond’
In ‘No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson,’ the former reporter for ‘The New York Times’ details the corruption, lies and impunity behind one of the most highly regarded companies in the United States
This remote spot in the middle of the Atlantic could hide the formula to fight desertification elsewhere on the planet. A Spanish scientist has set out to investigate it. EL PAÍS traveled there to learn how
The scientist and Starmus founder resumed his research on interplanetary dust 30 years after putting it on hold for a life in music
A monumental study involving millions of fruit flies shows that the same type of proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases are involved in forming memories, and points to how to protect them in old age
Giving patients more medicine to address problems caused by other drugs is a common and dangerous practice that drives up avoidable hospitalizations
Tegucigalpa receives water every nine days in a region where farmers have not harvested for 11 months. The government uses silver iodide to trigger rainfall, even if it’s ‘a bandage for a fracture’
The head of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons coalition warns about the dangers of the military use of artificial intelligence, which has already made mistakes that could have easily led to armed conflict: ‘It is absolutely terrifying’
The winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics warns of Silicon Valley’s fascist drift and says that if Trump wins the midterm elections, it will be the end of American democracy
The system, trained on more than 40 million photographs, found a link between looking older than one’s actual age and a poorer prognosis
The astronaut and scientist speaks with EL PAÍS about her experience during the historic Artemis 2 mission and warns of the dangers of the space race with China
Two Cuban scientists, who began their careers a few years after the Dolly the sheep milestone, have created the country’s first identical copy of an equine
An analysis of 300 million clinical tests from more than one million women reveals an abrupt biological shift affecting bone density, liver and kidney function, and cholesterol levels
Scientists are attempting to map the vortex’s internal structure and improve the ability to predict these weather phenomena
Spain’s Health Ministry and regional governments are promoting delayed prescribing for respiratory infections, a safe strategy to curb antibiotic resistance that still faces resistance from patients
Chinese and European scientists have unveiled prototypes that usher in a new era of timekeeping, using thorium-229 as their ‘pendulum’
Notes by the scientist pointing to a helical structure once again challenge the distorted account of her role in the discovery
A researcher at Madrid’s Royal Botanic Garden has brought to light new tree species from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, but says there is still much work left to do
Health authorities maintain that the researcher died of a case of pneumonia of unknown cause
SpaceX is focused on its giant Starship rocket to expand the Starlink network and deploy orbital AI data centers, rather than on returning humans to the Moon or launching satellites for other customers
The co-director of the Atapuerca archaeological site shares with EL PAÍS the key points of his new book, ‘The Answer,’ a luminous text that exudes admiration for our own species and love for nature
The European Space Agency and Airbus are testing a prototype of the rover in Tabernas — controlled from Turin — that they plan to send to the Martian surface in 2028
The NASA astronaut, who will visit Spain in October to attend the Starmus Festival, gives an exclusive interview to EL PAÍS after his historic trip around the satellite
