Health & Science

• Tuesday, March 31st 2026 - 01:03 UTC

  NASA begins countdown for first crewed Moon mission in over 50 years

  

  The countdown for the Artemis 2 mission began Monday at 4:44 p.m. local time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with liftoff targeted for 6:24 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1. It will be the first time astronauts have traveled toward the Moon since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

• Thursday, March 26th 2026 - 09:27 UTC

  Patagonian pumas add penguins to their diet in unprecedented predator-seabird interaction

  

  A group of pumas in Monte León National Park, in Argentina's Santa Cruz province, has incorporated penguins as a regular part of its diet — an unprecedented phenomenon being studied by a National Geographic-funded scientific team, according to a report published by Argentine newspaper La Nación.

• Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 02:49 UTC

  Brazil to expand Antarctica activities with new polar vessel Comandante Saldanha

  

  Brazil is expanding its Antarctica presence and activities with the introduction of a new polar vessel currently under construction in the county. The vessel “Almirante Saldanha” is considered an operational and scientific leap for the Brazilian Navy in the context of the strategic development of the Brazilian Antarctic Program.

• Thursday, March 19th 2026 - 02:02 UTC

  Falklands, concerns on the Meningitis B outbreak in UK; Islands’ children have been vaccinated since 2025

  

  The Falkland Islands Directorate of Health and Social Services is aware of growing concerns from parents with children studying in the UK, arising from an outbreak of Meningitis B. These concerns are entirely understandable.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2026 - 23:31 UTC

  Argentina officially withdraws from the WHO: How will this affect the country?

  

  Argentina formally completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization on March 17, a move announced by Javier Milei’s government a year ago and now confirmed by Secretary for International Economic Relations Pablo Quirno. In his statement, Quirno said the country would continue promoting health cooperation through bilateral and regional channels while fully safeguarding its sovereignty over public health policy.

• Monday, March 9th 2026 - 16:53 UTC

  Falklands, Uruguayan scientists join UK project to study biodiversity on the Islands’ sandy beaches

  

  A team of researchers from the Marine Sciences Laboratory at the Faculty of Sciences of the Uruguayan national university (Universidad de la República) is working in the Falkland Islands on the UK sponsored project “Biodiversity Assessment of Sandy Beaches in the Falkland Islands”.

• Saturday, February 21st 2026 - 04:27 UTC

  NASA targets March 6 for Artemis II after passing key SLS fueling rehearsal

  

  NASA said on Friday it is targeting March 6 as the earliest launch date for Artemis II, the mission that will send four astronauts on a flight around the Moon and back, after completing a second full countdown-and-fueling rehearsal of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.

• Tuesday, February 17th 2026 - 23:59 UTC

  Argentine court declares “king of beef” bankrupt as he remains hospitalized in Punta del Este

  

  An Argentine commercial court has declared meat businessman Alberto Samid—widely known in Argentina as the “king of beef”—bankrupt, ordering broad asset restrictions and imposing a travel ban until July 3, 2026. The ruling emerged as Samid was hospitalized at the Cantegril clinic in Punta del Este, Uruguay, and he has now been transferred to Buenos Aires on a medical flight.

• Tuesday, February 17th 2026 - 12:00 UTC

  Under Antarctic ice, Earth’s deepest gravity “low” points to a 70-million-year story

  

  A new study has reconstructed the evolution of the planet’s strongest nonhydrostatic geoid depression —the Antarctic Geoid Low (AGL)— finding that the feature has persisted for at least 70 million years and underwent a major shift in both position and strength between roughly 50 and 30 million years ago.

• Tuesday, February 17th 2026 - 04:06 UTC

  US, Canada and Mexico face measles outbreaks months before World Cup 2026

  

  With fewer than four months to go before the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off, the United States, Canada and Mexico —the tournament’s three host countries— are reporting significant measles resurgences, a highly contagious disease that had been pushed back across the region through routine immunization. Health authorities and international bodies are urging stronger vaccination and surveillance as public trust in vaccine guidance frays.