Health & Science

• Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 13:58 UTC

  IAATO announces 2019 Antarctica Fellows: Martina (Argentina) and Daniela (Spain)

  

  The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), meeting at Plovdiv, Bulgaria have announced the recipients of this year's IAATO Antarctic Fellowship, funded by IAATO.

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  “City-killer asteroid” zoomed past the Earth with little previous detection

  

  A large asteroid barely known to science zoomed past the Earth on Thursday, speeding by within 73,000km of the planet. That might sound far but it's about a fifth of the distance to the Moon, scientists said, and a pretty close call.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  Mystery brain illness of US and Canada embassy staff in Havana remains unsolved

  

  Advanced brain scans of U.S. Embassy employees who reported falling ill while serving in Havana revealed significant differences from a control group, according to a new study published on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  “Seabed Constructor” which discovered the ARA San Juan has located a French sub lost near Toulon in 1968

  

  A French submarine that went missing in the western Mediterranean in 1968 has been located during a search mission, officials said on Monday, ending a 51-year wait for families of the deceased who continue to seek answers to the naval disaster.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Ebola experimental vaccines trigger cabinet dispute in Congo

  

  
Congo's health minister, Oly Ilunga, resigned on Monday in protest at the presidency's announcement last week that it was stripping his team of control over the response to the Ebola outbreak.

• Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 18:05 UTC

  Buzz Aldrin, second human to walk on the moon, tells Trump he is disappointed with current lunar agenda

  

  When President Donald Trump asked Buzz Aldrin, the second human ever to walk on the moon, what he thought about the United States' current ability to operate in space 50 years after the Apollo 11 mission, the ex-astronaut had a ready response.

• Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 07:47 UTC

  Bolsonaro denies hunger in Brazil; FAO says 5.1 million are “undernourished”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday there was no hunger in the country, citing the lack of “poor people in the street with a skeletal physique” as evidence. Speaking to foreign journalists, Bolsonaro blamed “populists” for propagating “a big lie” that some of Brazil's 209 million people did not have enough to eat.

• Friday, July 19th 2019 - 09:42 UTC

  African swine fever: Pork prices in China soaring and the worst is yet to come

  

  Pork prices have been sent soaring and herds devastated as African swine fever tears through China's massive pig-farming industry, forcing the country to ramp up imports to satisfy demand - but analysts warn worse is yet to come.

• Friday, July 19th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Trump administration lifts ban on pesticide chlorpyrifos, linked to children health issues

  

  The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it will not ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which has been linked to health issues in children, from use on U.S.-grown fruits and vegetables.

• Tuesday, July 16th 2019 - 22:52 UTC

  Humanitarian project identifies Argentine soldier #114 at Darwin

  

  A new body has been identified, raising the number of Argentine combatants fallen during the 1982 Falklands War who now have a name on their graves to 114, thanks to the Humanitarian Project underway.