
Yesterday marked the 508th anniversary of the death of Christopher Columbus. Everybody knows the story of Columbus, right? He was an Italian explorer from Genoa who set sail in 1492 to enrich the Spanish monarchs with gold and spices from the orient. Not quite. For too long, scholars have ignored Columbus’s grand passion: the quest [...]

Due to the large size of the olive trees in the Mediterranean region, many experts have claimed that they are millennia old but “there had never been a scientific study to verify this,” as explained to SINC by the ecologist Bernat Claramunt from the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF). A team from [...]
May 18 2012 | Posted in
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There has been, up until now, a slight bit of comfort that the strange Sky Noise Phenomena that UDCC has been reporting on since last spring, was `localized’. Localized at least in the sense that the vast vast majority of the odd sounds have been only heard over limited areas – even the famous Florida [...]
One of Andalucia’s most important archaeological sites, Acinipo in Ronda, has reportedly been the victim of pillaging. Despite the importance of the site, it is very poorly conserved and lacks basic safety measures. There are guards during the day, but at night, the National and Local Police are in charge of its safety, although the [...]
En rueda de prensa posterior a la reunión de ministros de Transporte, José Blanco ha subrayado que las decisiones se irán tomando junto con Eurocontrol y “siempre anteponiendo la seguridad” Bruselas. (Agencias).- Los países de la UE accedieron hoy a flexibilizar las restricciones del espacio aéreo por la nube de cenizas procedente de un volcán [...]
Apr 19 2010 | Posted in
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