The best strategy against superbugs: Wait 48 hours before taking antibiotics, and only use them if symptoms worsen
El País Englishby Oriol Güell Domínguez·1d ago
The so-called “delayed prescribing” is an evidence-based strategy that remains underused despite concerns over the misuse of antibiotics and the rise of superbugs, which are responsible for an...
Joel Abadal, Brad Pitt’s stunt double: ‘I’m very professional, but I was freaking out. Mr Pitt right in front of me!’
El País Englishby Anxo F. Couceiro·1d ago
Brad Pitt’s recent visit to Spain revealed his affinity for the local culture. The actor greeted crowds outside the Hotel María Cristina in San Sebastián; he viewed the abstract works sculpted by...
Sarah Schulman, writer: ‘Perpetrators now present themselves as victims’
El País Englishby Pablo León·1d ago
Victimhood, its exploitation and its political use to justify cruelty have been among the topics most extensively researched by Sarah Schulman.
Mariana Mazzucato, economist: ‘Housing is a human right and the foundation for everything else’
El País Englishby Rafa De Miguel·1d ago
The economist Mariana Mazzucato believes in getting out into the field, rolling up her sleeves and seeing how her ideas are put into practice to improve people’s lives.
The AI labor apocalypse is on hold (for now)
El País Englishby Claudi Pérez·1d ago
There are three versions of Saint John’s Book of the Apocalypse, a text that never loses relevance and now seems to presage the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI).
Students recruited via Telegram, amateur saboteurs and hitmen: How Russia outsources its operations in Europe
El País Englishby María Sahuquillo·1d ago
On the night of March 20, 2024, unusually humid and mild in London, three people in their twenties pulled up at an industrial estate in the east of the city in a cherry-red Kia Picanto.
Families of victims abducted from Canadian-owned mine in Mexico criticize company’s inaction
El País Englishby Pablo Ferri·1d ago
It was all thanks to a small metal screw – an orthodontic mini-screw, to be precise – that was placed in the jawbone underneath José Antonio Jiménez’s gums.
More than 100 feet away and no whistles: Activists train to respond to ICE at the midterms
El País Englishby Patricia Caro·1d ago
From the government, officials speak of unnecessary “alarmism,” but thousands of citizens are not convinced.
‘Choosin’ Texas’: The music phenomenon that has conquered (most of) the world
El País Englishby Carlos Marcos·2d ago
The music phenomenon of the moment is called Choosin’ Texas, an apparently innocuous country-pop song performed by Ella Langley, a 27-year-old artist from Alabama.
From charming toys to unsettling creatures on a catwalk: When did robots start to scare us?
El País Englishby Miquel Echarri·2d ago
Yumi Nu is one of the world’s most sought-after models. An American citizen of Dutch and Japanese descent, and the niece of DJ Steve Aoki, she has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated and...
A journey to Ningde, the Chinese city turned world capital of batteries for electric cars
El País Englishby Inma Bonet Bailén·2d ago
Zhong Zihao, 20, has heard that the area around Chijian Lake, in southeast China, was farmland before the rice paddies gave way to factories.
Europe’s major rivers are drying up, threatening energy security and trade
El País Englishby Manuel Planelles·2d ago
This past summer has been, for Europe, “the summer of truth,” as Ursula von der Leyen said a couple of weeks ago in her State of the Union debate speech.
Eleni Aggelakopoulou, chief conservator at the Acropolis in Athens: ‘I, too, have cried in front of the Parthenon’
El País Englishby Jacinto Antón·2d ago
As Mary Beard writes in her highly entertaining book on the Parthenon, it is the monument that has moved more people to tears than any other, perhaps second only to the Taj Mahal.
Challenging the neoliberal agenda from the left: The proposals of the world’s leading progressive economists
El País Englishby Francisco de Zárate·2d ago
Between global warming, a rampant inequality whose clearest expression is the housing crisis, and artificial intelligence (AI), much of the world lives with a sword of Damocles hanging over its...
Are men turning away from Trump?
El País Englishby Antoni Gutiérrez-Rubí·2d ago
In early 2025, Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl. He had just returned to the White House and his approval ratings were higher than ever.
From police officer to store employee: The life change of a ‘Dreamer’ who turned in his badge
El País Englishby Isaías Alvarado·2d ago
Édgar Vázquez Silva’s worst fears came true. His boss at the Stone County sheriff’s office in Mississippi called him and asked him to turn in his badge and uniform.
The midterm elections: Seven battles that will define the post‑Trump future
El País Englishby Macarena Vidal Liy·2d ago
There is less than a month left until the midterm elections on November 3. The outcome will determine which party controls both houses of Congress and begin shaping the post-Donald Trump era.
Digital surveillance and control spread across Latin America under governments of all stripes
El País Englishby Dacil Lanza·2d ago
Digital surveillance and data leaks may seem far removed from everyday life, but they are becoming increasingly common.
The rise of the intellectual influencer: Why the fashion industry is turning to writers and artists
El País Englishby Karelia Vázquez·2d ago
White Nights, a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky first published in 1848, is the latest literary discovery of Generation Z. TikTok users seem to be talking about little else.
The story of a divided Brazil, as told from a Copacabana apartment building
El País Englishby María Martín·2d ago
Ten years ago, a 92-foot banner hung from the rooftop of an Art Deco building in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro’s iconic beachfront neighborhood.
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