North African-linked stone tools reached Iberia 700,000 years ago, evidence suggests

When nuclear accidents happen, many people imagine radiation spreading everywhere and lasting forever. The reality is more complex. Radioactive materials move, change and sometimes disappear faster than people expect.

In the 2022/2023 academic year, according to figures from the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports, 92% of public secondary schools in Spain had virtual learning environments that students could access with devices such as computers and tablets. Digitalization opens up countless opportunities in the classroom, linked to the acquisition of the new skills and competencies needed to meet the challenges of the 21st century, but it also entails a rethinking of learning methods, which

A new study comparing invasive cane toads in Japan and Australia has found substantial changes in body size and shape have developed much more rapidly than suggested by long-held ideas of the pace of evolution. Researchers measured and weighed wild-caught cane toads (Rhinella marina) on subtropical Ishigaki Island in southern Japan and compared them to toads measured in Australia, Hawai'i and South America. The work appears in Royal Society Open Science.

A final-stage trial has started of an mRNA vaccine against the bird flu strain infecting many animals – and occasionally people – worldwide