Mallorca 1820: X‑raying Europe’s last major plague epidemic
El País Englishby Miguel Ángel Criado18 Aug 2026
That summer must have been terrifying: between May and October, one in three residents in the area died of plague.
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top 88%Between the jungle and the oil: The Amazon municipality to which Colombia owes an energy transition
El País Englishby María Mónica Monsalve18 Aug 2026
In Orito, Putumayo, a Colombian municipality in the Amazon foothills, the classic tourist sign reading “I love” followed by the place name is set against a backdrop of a pumpjack and an abandoned...
Can the existence of an afterlife be proven? The scientists looking for God
El País Englishby Daniel Soufi18 Aug 2026
Now that singer Rosalía has embraced mysticism and the “[Spanish protest movement] 15-M philosopher” Ernesto Castro has converted to Christianity, it is not surprising that science is being seduced...
A government of multimillionaires: Trump appointed 57 officials worth as much as $100 million
El País Englishby Jesús-Sérvulo González Moreno18 Aug 2026
Donald Trump measures success by the number of zeros in a bank account. The U.S. president has put some of the richest people in the world in charge of running the country.
Rocky Balboa’s lesson: How to combine cardio and weights to live longer and healthier
El País Englishby Aser García Rada17 Aug 2026
Any film buff passing through Philadelphia should sprint up the steps of the city’s Museum of Art, the institution in the birthplace of American independence immortalized by Rocky.
Sara Wickström, cell biologist: ‘Cells do not just follow chemical orders; they also sense the forces around them’
El País Englishby Daniel Mediavilla17 Aug 2026
For decades, scientists described biology as a chemical conversation. Cells made decisions by following a manual written in their genes, executed through chemical signals.
A flop album, ‘Camp Rock’ and a place in Disney history: How the Jonas Brothers have stayed on top
El País Englishby María Porcel Estepa17 Aug 2026
How wonderful failures can be, at times. Even though nobody likes them, of course, and they are not always positive, sometimes a stumbling block is the best way forward.
Jolina Gisèle, the Pokémon princess, is selling her multimillion‑dollar card collection: ‘We could no longer keep it at home because of its size and its value’
El País Englishby Nerea Basterra17 Aug 2026
Long before he became the father of Pokémon, Satoshi Tajiri spent his childhood roaming the rural outskirts of Machida, west of Tokyo, collecting insects and studying them with the curiosity of a...
When 100,000 adults dress up as Disney princesses: D23 pumps millions into Southern California
El País Englishby María Porcel Estepa17 Aug 2026
At the Anaheim Convention Center in California, there were no small bags. Of course, there were no paper ones either, since plastic is king here.
JoAnna Mendoza, Arizona Democratic congressional candidate: ‘Undocumented people deserve a pathway to citizenship’
El País Englishby Isaías Alvarado17 Aug 2026
The smell of tortillas cooking on a comal used to wake JoAnna Mendoza every morning. It was 4 a.m., and her mother was already preparing breakfast for the family: burritos.
Alejandro Betancourt, the under-investigation billionaire linking Delcy Rodríguez to Trump
El País Englishby María Martín17 Aug 2026
A private plane from Palm Beach landed in Caracas on June 27. A Venezuelan businessman under investigation for embezzling billions from state oil company PDVSA disembarked.
‘The Eiffel Tower is a suppository riddled with holes’: When great monuments aren’t to everyone’s liking
El País Englishby Ianko López16 Aug 2026
If the line between the sublime and the ridiculous is thin – according to the maxim attributed to Napoleon (among others) – in some examples of architectural projects, that line is never even...
Las Ketchup, the Spanish girl group: ‘We were very badly advised. Nobody cared that our bodies ached’
El País Englishby Ángeles Caballero16 Aug 2026
On Sunday July 19, while the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina was being played, millions of people heard The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) playing as the first hydration break began.
No more photos, profiles, or matches: In the future of dating apps, AI will choose your partner
El País Englishby Marita Alonso16 Aug 2026
At the end of last year, Justin McLeod, the founder of the dating app Hinge (thanks to which New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met his wife, Rama Duwaji), left his role as CEO to create another...
From clothing to yerba mate and cell phones: smuggled goods flood Argentina
El País Englishby Delfina Torres16 Aug 2026
In recent years, the circulation of smuggled goods has increased significantly in Argentina. This is something that consumers and business owners can attest to, even though the phenomenon eludes...
Nancy Cartwright, philosopher: ‘People distrust science because they feel the system has abandoned them’
El País Englishby Selva Vargas Reátegui15 Aug 2026
Are scientific laws enough to explain how the world works? Nancy Cartwright, 81, has spent more than half a century asking whether they really are.
Reactionary Americas: The global laboratory of the right
El País Englishby Javier Lafuente15 Aug 2026
Nayib Bukele has turned El Salvador into a global showcase for public security, albeit at the cost of, at the very least, undermining the country’s institutions and leveraging his undeniable...
Pramila Jayapal, Democratic congresswoman: ‘We have to prepare in case Trump tries to steal the elections’
El País Englishby Iker Seisdedos García15 Aug 2026
Representative Pramila Jayapal, 60, arrived in the United States at the age of 16 to study and, in 2017, after a career as a civil rights activist, became the first Asian American to represent...
Sixty years of post-credits scenes: A history that began long before Marvel
El País Englishby Constanza Pérez Z.15 Aug 2026
When the end of Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives, moviegoers in the theater know they should stay in their seats because it’s Marvel tradition to insert a small treat after the credits.
The science behind the feeling that childhood summers never end
El País Englishby Irene Mollá Segura15 Aug 2026
A two-year-old boy watches, mesmerized, as ants march in a line across the sand. He pokes at them with a stick; some climb up his arm.