The use of the preterite tense in Spanish does not differ too much from the use of the past simple tense in English. As usual, Spanish has 3 infinitive endings in -ar, -er and -ir from which different forms of the preterie derive. Verbs ending in -ar... (read more)

April 21st 2012 will be a day to remember in the history of Real Madrid for its victory against Barcelona in Camp Nou after a long, long time of successive defeats. Particularly, the last time that Real Madrid defeated Barcelona in Camp Nou was in the... (read more)

The Popocatepetl vulcan (which in nahuatl language means "smoking mountain") has been spewing ash and molten rock for a week in Mexico city, situated... (read more)

La Barceloneta is a charming working class neighbourhood situated in Barcelona's port. Its narrow streets covered with hanging clothes drying in... (read more)

A day like today, 25 years ago, Paul Simon released an album that rocked the world: Graceland. The reason why it rocked the world and created so much controversy is that it not only fused western and african styles but that Paul Simon performed... (read more)

Chelsea defeated Barcelona 1-0 in yesterda's first leg of the Champion League semifinal. Although FC Barcelona ruled the game from head to toe (82% of ball possession), Chelsea managed to score in one of the few occassions they had. On the match played... (read more)

The Discovery space shuttle has been finally put to rest after more than 28 years, 365 days and 148 million miles of service in space. the reason why the discovery retires is thus its age. The space shuttle has become too old to cope with the burning... (read more)

Former British Home and Foreign secretary Jack Straw is facing legal action as he was Foreign Minister in 2004 when Libyan commander and former... (read more)

Complex systems is a concept that belongs to the field of complexity theory, which is founded on the assumption that reality cannot be understood properly only terms of cause and effect, in the manner of the classical analytical method. Complex systems... (read more)

It has been reported that the population of bees has dramatically dropped to 50% in the last 25 years. this is very worrying as bees are crucial for the pollination of plants and flowers that give us much of our vegetable produce. (read more)