Largest dinosaur fossil in Europe discovered by chance by a landowner in Portugal
Sometimes, doing yard work is very conducive to science.
Tag: Spain
Spanish archeologists may have found the oldest human fossil in Europe last Friday
Not bad for a Fossil Friday!
Spain and Portugal are the driest they’ve been in over a thousand years, due to climate change
This is one development that we'd best not ignore.
Spain set to try a four-day working week amid Covid-19 burnout
It's just a pilot, but it could have massive effects.
Ancient woman may have ruled Bronze Age society in modern-day Spain
The consensus is that all Bronze Age societies in Europe were patriarchal -- maybe not this one.
Orcas are orchestrating attacks on sailboats near Spain and Portugal, leaving scientists scratching their heads
Better watch out if you're going out to sea.
Only 5% of Spain’s population has COVID antibodies, casting further doubt over herd immunity strategy
This suggests that herd immunity cannot be reached without unacceptable human loss.
Spain is buying robots to increase coronavirus tests
As cases expand, the government seeks ways to increase number of tests.
Coronavirus cases in Spain: maps, charts, stats, and news
The latest cases, fatalities, and recoveries for COVID-19 in Spain.
A new study looked at how early complex European cultures farmed and ate
They seemed to be doing alright for themselves.
Mainland Spain ran a full day without burning coal
The plan is to go fully-renewable by 2050.
Giant geode large enough to fit people inside grew slow and steady
Temperature fluctuations, maybe from climate or maybe from geothermal systems, amplified a natural process that grew the crystals.
Madrid wants to get rid of parakeets, now threatening native species
They were once cherished as a quirk of the city -- but some claim they've become a real problem.
Bronze-age Iberians included domesticated foxes and dogs in their burial practices
They say modern life is the best but I won't be convinced till I have a pet fox myself.
Portugal and Spain brace for record-breaking temperatures
I don't wanna say it's global warming, but it sure quacks like global warming.
Neandethals in Spain outlived their kin by thousands of years thanks to a big river and an Italian volcano
The research suggests that human interbreeding was more of a 'step-by-step' event.
Study documents accelerated climate change in Spanish mountains
Yet another piece of definitive evidence in the case of climate change.
Skin impression of one of the last dinosaurs found in Spain
Some 60 million years ago, one dinosaur laid down to rest -- creating something unique in the whole of Europe.
It’s the Motherload: $17 Billion in Loot Found on Sunken Galleon off Colombian Coast
A ship missing for over 300 years has been rediscovered, according to Colombian authorities - a boat with an estimated ...
Wind power was Spain’s top source of electricity in 2013 – CO2 emissions go down by 23%
It may be one heck of a coincidence, or it could be the fact that renewable energy causes a major ...
The oldest giant panda relative found in Spain
Paleontologists have come across the oldest fossils identified as a relative of the giant panda in Spain, dated from 12 ...
Carnivorous humpback dinosaur surprises paleontologists
About 125 million years ago, these hunchback dinosaurs roamed today's central Spain, measuring approximately 6 meters and feasting off of ...
In Madrid and Barcelona cocaine is in the air
It's quite impossible not to be aware of the fact that someone is smoking marijuana somewhere around you because of ...