https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A jawbone fragment discovered in northern Spain last month could be the oldest known fossil of a human ancestor found to date in Europe, Spanish paleontologists said Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20220709/oldest-european-human-fossil-possibly-found-in-spain Sat, 09 Jul 2022 11:42:35 +0200 oldest-european-human-fossil-possibly-found-in-spain Four scientists considered pioneers in the field of artificial intelligence, including two Britons and one Canadian, were on Wednesday awarded Spain's prestigious Princess of Asturias prize for scientific research. https://www.thelocal.es/20220615/four-ai-pioneers-win-top-spanish-science-prize Wed, 15 Jun 2022 17:34:08 +0200 four-ai-pioneers-win-top-spanish-science-prize Researchers are restarting a DNA study of the remains of Christopher Columbus to try to settle the question of where the explorer came from. https://www.thelocal.es/20210520/was-columbus-actually-spanish-a-new-dna-study-aims-to-discover-explorers-true-origins Thu, 20 May 2021 11:12:10 +0200 was-columbus-actually-spanish-a-new-dna-study-aims-to-discover-explorers-true-origins Margarita Salas Falgueras, Spain's leading female scientist whose work shaped the study of DNA, has died just before her 81st birthday. https://www.thelocal.es/20191107/margarita-salas-spains-leading-female-scientist-dies-aged-80 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 13:35:44 +0100 margarita-salas-spains-leading-female-scientist-dies-aged-80 A rare genetic mutation that causes a form of muscular dystrophy affecting the limbs also protects against HIV infection, Spanish scientists reported Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190830/spanish-scientists-make-breakthrough-in-hiv Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:05:03 +0200 spanish-scientists-make-breakthrough-in-hiv On the 50th anniversary of man's historic moon landing, Pedro Duque, a former astranaut who became Spain's Science minister, remembers how every child wanted to be an astronaut in 1969. https://www.thelocal.es/20190710/former-astronaut-pedro-duque-the-moon-landings-still-have-a-lot-to-teach-us Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:40:56 +0200 former-astronaut-pedro-duque-the-moon-landings-still-have-a-lot-to-teach-us An 80-year-old Spanish scientist whose work has shaped the study of DNA testing has just won a life time achievement award and we at The Local think everyone should know her name. https://www.thelocal.es/20190620/this-80-year-old-marquise-is-spains-most-inspiring-woman Thu, 20 Jun 2019 18:59:52 +0200 this-80-year-old-marquise-is-spains-most-inspiring-woman Spanish authorities have called off phase two of a scientific experiment to see if electric shocks administered to the brains of violent prisoners could curb aggression. https://www.thelocal.es/20190312/spain-halts-experiment-on-violent-inmates-using-brain-zapping-to-curb-aggression Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:33:38 +0100 spain-halts-experiment-on-violent-inmates-using-brain-zapping-to-curb-aggression Scientists have long known that some beaked whales beach themselves and die in agony after exposure to naval sonar, and now they know why: the giant sea mammals suffer decompression sickness, just like scuba divers. https://www.thelocal.es/20190130/spanish-scientists-discover-sonar-may-provoke-suicide-in-whales Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:00:03 +0100 spanish-scientists-discover-sonar-may-provoke-suicide-in-whales Scientists have discovered a fossilised footprint from about 247 to 248 million years ago in the Pyrenees mountains in Spain which they believe was made by a previously unknown species of reptile. https://www.thelocal.es/20170421/this-ancient-reptile-patrolled-the-river-beds-of-the-spanish-pyrenees-scientists-believe Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:14:18 +0200 this-ancient-reptile-patrolled-the-river-beds-of-the-spanish-pyrenees-scientists-believe Spain's top research institution said Thursday it has patented an HIV test that can detect the AIDS-causing virus within a week of infection, the fastest yet. https://www.thelocal.es/20170217/spanish-researchers-develop-test-to-diagnose-hiv-within-a-week-of-infection Fri, 17 Feb 2017 11:06:23 +0100 spanish-researchers-develop-test-to-diagnose-hiv-within-a-week-of-infection Hugh Herr, this year's winner of Spain's top science prize, tells The Local how a tragic accident transformed him from a lazy student to a scientific pioneer and why he really doesn't like the term 'disabled'. https://www.thelocal.es/20160603/interview-hugh-herr-bionic-asturias-prize Fri, 03 Jun 2016 15:55:34 +0200 interview-hugh-herr-bionic-asturias-prize We may all believe that we are complex individuals but Spanish researchers have worked out that most people fit into one of four personality types. https://www.thelocal.es/20160921/spanish-study-finds-four-personality-types-which-are-you Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:05:31 +0200 spanish-study-finds-four-personality-types-which-are-you High profile chefs and scientists are to gather in Spain to investigate some of the most burning questions to do with taste. https://www.thelocal.es/20160720/top-chefs-scientists-to-gather-in-spain-to-explore-taste Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:48:17 +0200 top-chefs-scientists-to-gather-in-spain-to-explore-taste Police arrested a 41-year-old American woman who had threatened to kill the scientist as he attended a conference in Tenerife this week. https://www.thelocal.es/20160701/stalker-held-in-tenerife-for-stephen-hawking-death-threats Fri, 01 Jul 2016 14:07:49 +0200 stalker-held-in-tenerife-for-stephen-hawking-death-threats American mechanical engineer and biophysicist Hugh Herr has won the 2016 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research. https://www.thelocal.es/20160601/american-bionic-scientist-wins-top-spanish-prize-hugh-herr-asturias Wed, 01 Jun 2016 14:25:15 +0200 american-bionic-scientist-wins-top-spanish-prize-hugh-herr-asturias Scientists in Spain have created human sperm from skin cells, a medical feat which could eventually lead to a treatment for infertility. https://www.thelocal.es/20160428/spanish-scientists-create-human-sperm-from-skin-cells Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:29:17 +0200 spanish-scientists-create-human-sperm-from-skin-cells Observatories recorded brilliant footage of two different meteors plummeting towards Spain at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.es/20160223/ball-of-fire-flying-across-sky-wows-spain Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:28:03 +0100 ball-of-fire-flying-across-sky-wows-spain A Spanish team was involved in the major breakthrough announced this week that confirmed Albert Einstein’s theories from 100 years ago in a way not even he thought was possible. https://www.thelocal.es/20160212/meet-the-spaniards-who-helped-confirm-einsteins-theory-100-yrs-later Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:24:07 +0100 meet-the-spaniards-who-helped-confirm-einsteins-theory-100-yrs-later The first ever seahorse living around the Cíes Islands off the coast of Galicia has just been discovered. Now the little fellow needs a name. https://www.thelocal.es/20160211/spain-discovered-sea-horse-nature Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:13:43 +0100 spain-discovered-sea-horse-nature