5+ hour, 31+ min ago   (200+ words) The discovery that remote Mediterranean islands were colonised before the invention of agriculture has upended long-standing views about the maritime capabilities of Europe's last hunter-gatherers. New evidence from Malta published today (28 July 2026) in PNAS Nexus now shows that these hunter-gatherers…...

5+ hour, 32+ min ago   (360+ words) The income gap between the global North (the advanced economies of the core) and the global South (the developing economies of the periphery) has increased by between 170% and 270% since 1960, according to a study by ICTA-UAB, recently published in the journal…...

1+ day, 52+ min ago   (306+ words) Mirage News Each time the Moon covers the Sun during a total solar eclipse - darkening daytime skies and briefly revealing the Sun's ethereal outer atmosphere, the corona - it presents new opportunities to better understand our star and its influence on…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (147+ words) Twenty-five people participated over the course of the four-week dig, including lecturers, researchers, and students of the UAB bachelor's degree in Archaeology, who were able to carry out their practical fieldwork training. A significant Early Neolithic Cardial occupation This exceptional…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (212+ words) Today, the European Commission and the United Kingdom have signed the EU-UK Agreement in respect of Gibraltar. This Agreement, which will enter into provisional application on 15 July 2026, is the result of more than four years of negotiations and completes the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (319+ words) Mirage News Today, the European Commission decided to refer Ireland, Spain, France and the Netherlands to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to notify measures transposing the NIS2 Directive on securing network and information systems ( Directive (EU)…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (291+ words) The glow of a century-old ceramic glaze, a microscope tip covered with platinum and a network of proteins that looks like a galaxy. These three beautiful images won the Physics Image Award 2026 at Leiden University. The first winning image shows…...

4+ week, 8+ hour ago   (445+ words) As European transport officials scramble to deal with melting train tracks and buckling roads amid a crushing heatwave, a UN report released Tuesday warns of more extreme weather in the decades ahead for Europe, Central Asia and North America. Extreme…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (437+ words) Mirage News MADRID, June 29, 2026 - The World Bank Group today announced the opening of its office in Madrid, deepening its partnership with Spain to scale investment and mobilize private capital for growth and job creation in emerging markets. For nearly 70 years,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (423+ words) Bronze Age rock carvings suggest communities across Europe were far more connected than previously thought. That is according to a new study led by our Department of Archaeology. The research compared ancient rock carvings, or 'petroglyphs', of boats across 12 sites…...