Spanish HIV Researcher Faces €210,000 Fine Over Unauthorized Clinical Trial
A Spanish HIV/AIDS researcher is facing a hefty fine for violating clinical trial regulations. A court of appeals has upheld most of a lower court’s verdict against Vicente Soriano, a physician at the...
View ArticleAdaptive Cruise Control and Traffic-Jam Assistants
On the A-1 highway north of Madrid, Ford Spain’s press fleet manager, Eusebio Ruiz, locks his car’s radar onto another vehicle perhaps 75 meters ahead. An outline of the car appears on the dashboard...
View ArticleMadrid Begins Electric Bike Sharing
For something that took years to arrive, Madrid’s public bicycles sure get off to a fast start. Pedal once and the 36-volt, 10-ampere, electric motors will give you a sudden boost. Going up one of...
View ArticleSpanish HIV Researcher Faces €210,000 Fine Over Unauthorized Clinical Trial
MADRID—A Spanish HIV/AIDS researcher is facing a hefty fine for violating clinical trial regulations. A court of appeals has upheld most of a lower court’s verdict against Vicente Soriano, a physician...
View ArticleAdaptive Cruise Control and Traffic-Jam Assistants
On the A-1 highway north of Madrid, Ford Spain’s press fleet manager, Eusebio Ruiz, locks his car’s radar onto another vehicle perhaps 75 meters ahead. An outline of the car appears on the dashboard...
View ArticleMadrid Begins Electric Bike Sharing
For something that took years to arrive, Madrid’s public bicycles sure get off to a fast start. Pedal once and the 36-volt, 10-ampere, electric motors will give you a sudden boost. Going up one of...
View ArticleWild bees: Lone rangers
In a green field outside Madrid, at the foot of the snow-covered Guadarrama mountain range, lies a sun-faded snail shell. Its opening sealed with a cap of dried mud, the shell contains the larva of a...
View ArticleThe cultivation of weed
Packets of cannabis seeds line the shelves of legal grow shops in Madrid. Many carry labels reporting the percentage of sativa and indica, two types of cannabis. Breeders often label plants that...
View ArticleInterpreting: The Fake Paralympians
I interpreted an interview in Madrid for “The Fake Paralympians” a BBC podcast produced by Simon Maybin and presented by Paralympian swimmer Dan Pepper . The interview is from around 12:00 to 17:25 in...
View ArticleAudio recording: Gut Feeling
I recorded the Madrid end of an interview for Gastropod. The interview, with Stefanie Malan-Müller, is woven into the Gut Feeling episode: https://gastropod.com/gut-feeling
View ArticleRacism: The shame of Spain
In Madrid, a few years ago, two teams of kids were playing football. A young boy scored a goal and set off in celebration, but then something odd happened – the opposing team’s managers asked the...
View ArticleFeminism moves too fast for football
Spanish women greeted the overdue resignation of Luis Rubiales as head of the Spanish FA with a weary nod of approval. Even women attending a feminist monologue in one of the most progressive...
View ArticleSpain faces an amnesty, a shooting and a new coalition
On Thursday November 9, Spain got a new government. On that same day, in Madrid, the far-right commentator and Vox party co-founder Alejo Vidal-Quadras was shot in the face, and nobody quite knew what...
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