The Barcelona Supercomputing Center is activated to turn art into a driver of science

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center is activated to turn art into a driver of science

Barcelona has a supercomputer that not only processes billions of numbers, simulates the climate, or analyzes DNA sequences. It also puts all its potential at the disposal of artists so they can translate that entire amalgam of data and cold codes into tangible works that can be felt, seen, and heard. But also, and unlike other technological centers, so that artists humanize technology and contribute to science through their work. This is made possible thanks to the Creative Intelligence Lab, a space created by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), where the Marenostrum 5 is located, one of the most powerful computers in the world.

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A man stabs his ex-partner to death in the middle of the street in Figueres

A man stabs his ex-partner to death in the middle of the street in Figueres

In broad daylight and in full view of everyone in a busy square in Figueres, a man stabbed his ex-partner to death this Tuesday. The victim, a 33-year-old transgender woman of Honduran origin, received several stab wounds to the chest, arms, and neck, injuries that proved fatal. The attacker, 48 years old and of Spanish nationality, had a restraining order against the victim but had violated it twice in the past few hours.

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The head of the WHO, "deeply concerned" about the "magnitude and speed" of the Ebola outbreak in Congo

The head of the WHO, “deeply concerned” about the “magnitude and speed” of the Ebola outbreak in Congo

Increasing unease over the Ebola outbreak in the heart of Africa. The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed today his “deep concern” over the “speed and magnitude” of the epidemic that emerged on April 24 in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo and has already recorded cases in highly populated cities such as Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, and even in the capital of neighboring Uganda, Kampala.

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The emotion of Almodóvar after the warm ovation in Cannes for 'Bitter Christmas': “I don't know how to thank you for this generosity”

The emotion of Almodóvar after the warm ovation in Cannes for ‘Bitter Christmas’: “I don’t know how to thank you for this generosity”

Pedro Almodóvar returned this Tuesday to the Cannes festival to compete for the Palme d’Or with Bitter Christmas, seven years after Pain and Glory, and the reception could not have been more emotional. “I am speechless, very moved. It is difficult to speak in this situation, but I recognize that of all the audiences I know from the screenings of my films, the viewers in this great hall are, I believe, the warmest and most affectionate I have ever known,” he said with great emotion after the screening of his new work in the grand Lumière theater.

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The White House defends compensating insurgents who attacked Capitol police

The White House defends compensating insurgents who attacked Capitol police

Donald Trump’s schedule indicated that this Tuesday morning he had “executive time” and “two political meetings,” all closed to the press. But it is clear that the vocation of real estate promoter is part of the genetic code of the President of the United States, so he found time to take journalists on a tour of the construction of his ballroom.

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Russia begins three days of maneuvers of its nuclear forces

Russia begins three days of maneuvers of its nuclear forces

Russia began training exercises for its nuclear forces this Tuesday. In these maneuvers, in which Belarus is also participating, the Russian army will mobilize thousands of men and simulate a threat of aggression against the country to test the readiness level of its strategic forces, announced the Ministry of Defense hours before the arrival of President Vladimir Putin in China.

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Junqueras defends the pact because it solves “everyday problems” and gives more powers to Catalonia

Junqueras defends the pact because it solves “everyday problems” and gives more powers to Catalonia

After signing the first budget agreement with the Government of Salvador Illa, the president of Esquerra Republicana, Oriol Junqueras, has defended the pact reached because it fulfills -in his opinion- a “double function.” On one hand, because it resolves the “everyday problems” of Catalonia with budget allocation and, on the other, because it provides the opportunity to “achieve more powers and tools in favor of the country.”

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