Health & Science

Sunday, June 19th 2011 - 22:37 UTC
Argentine Coast Guard seizes 444 kilos of cocaine en route to Uruguay sea resort

Argentina’s Coast Guard reported that a total of 444 kilos of cocaine were seized on Saturday, after being found on a sailing boat manned by a Spanish crew, close to the main port of the Olivos. The vessel was heading for Piriápolis, in neighbouring Uruguay.
Friday, June 17th 2011 - 05:54 UTC
Naked Russian woman scientist dances in Arctic waters with Beluga whales

Braving subzero temperatures and underwater conditions, Natalia Avseenko, 36 threw away her inhibitions and her clothes to dive in with the Arctic Beluga whales, in an extremely interesting yet controversial experiment, trying to test the theory that the Beluga whales don’t like to be touched like diving suits, for example.
Thursday, June 16th 2011 - 23:08 UTC
US scientists close to producing super-wheat resistant to deadly-rust variants

United States scientists say they are close to producing super varieties of wheat that will resist from variants of Ug99, a new and deadly form of wheat rust and at the same time boost yields by as much as 15%.
Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 14:04 UTC
Nepal designated landmine free country; UK main contributor to the milestone

The UK Government congratulated Nepal for the successful clearance of its last remaining minefields and its designation as a landmine free country. On the culmination of the task, the Foreign Office called on the Nepalese government to join the Ottawa Convention
Monday, June 13th 2011 - 12:53 UTC
E. coli outbreak has killed 35; tests to determine if bean sprouts are the cause

The death toll from a killer E. coli outbreak centred on Germany rose to 35 Sunday as health officials said it was the worst of its kind on record and the German government feared more people could die. Meantime laboratory tests are trying to confirm suspicions that organic bean sprouts could be the origin of the outbreak.
Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 10:38 UTC
Successful launching of Argentine/NASA satellite to map oceans’ surface salinity

The joint Argentine/US satellite Aquarius/SAC-D (Satellite de Aplicaciones Cientaficas) mission was successfully launched Friday from Vandenberg military air base in California. Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said the Argentines “on this day should feel happy and proud”.
Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 21:04 UTC
IATA unveils Checkpoint of the Future to enhance security and reduce queues

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) unveiled the first mock-up of a Checkpoint of the Future, designed to enhance security while reducing queues and intrusive searches at airports, using intelligence-driven risk-based measures.
Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 02:54 UTC
Pressed by outraged farmers EU increases compensation for E.coli outbreak losses

Pressed hard by outraged farmers, the European Union farm chief on Wednesday increased his offer of compensation for the E. coli outbreak to Euro210 million.
Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 06:23 UTC
French team retrieves all salvageable bodies from 3.900 metres deep Atlantic

The French search team has retrieved all salvageable bodies from the sunken wreckage of an Air France airliner which crashed in the sea off Brazil two years ago, victims' families said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, June 7th 2011 - 03:10 UTC
NASA and Argentina launching satellite to measure salt levels at ocean surface

Scientists are launching an international mission to measure salt levels at the surface of the ocean. A rocket carrying an Argentine-built spacecraft is set to lift off Thursday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base along the central California coast.