Health & Science

• Monday, January 31st 2011 - 21:00 UTC

  Future cars will not obey drivers with high blood alcohol level

  

  Future technology may put the brakes on drunk drivers and save many lives as researchers in the United States are developing a system that will prevent a car from starting if the driver's blood alcohol level is higher than the legal limit.

• Monday, January 31st 2011 - 20:48 UTC

  Loss of Antarctic glacial ice expected to trigger changes in ocean circulation patterns

  

  The loss of a massive “tongue” of glacial ice on the Antarctic coast — a natural protective barrier nearly the size of Luxembourg (2.500 square kilometers) — could affect ocean circulation patterns and anticipate changes to come from global warming, scientists on a mission to the frozen continent say.

• Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 21:44 UTC

  Bill Gates Donates U$120 Million To Fight Polio

  

  Last year at the World Economic Forum, Bill and Melinda Gates called for the next ten years to be the decade of vaccines. This week as talks reconvene in Davos, Switzerland, Gates in partnership with the United Kingdom, has donated an additional $120 million dollars to fight polio in particular. This news comes in light of the Global Health Fund fraud accusations that Gates has $150 million invested in.

• Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 21:24 UTC

  North Pole Waters Will Soon Be Ice Free New Report Says

  

  The north Atlantic current flowing in to the Arctic Ocean is warmer that it has been for at least 2000 years and is a sign that global warming is likely to bring ice free seas around the North Pole in a few years time, a new study finds

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 19:19 UTC

  Foot and Mouth Worst Outbreak In South Korean History

  

  South Korea's farm minister has offered to step down over the worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the country's history.Almost three million cattle have so far been culled at a cost of $1.34bn (£841m) since the disease was first confirmed last November.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 19:09 UTC

  Death Toll From Cholera in Haiti Nearly At 4,000

  

  Over 3,900 Haitians have died of cholera since the outbreak began mid-October, officials in the western hemisphere's poorest nation informed.

• Thursday, January 27th 2011 - 18:26 UTC

  Two Billion Internet Users Worldwide and Mobile Phone Users Increases

  

  The number of Internet users worldwide has rocketed to reach the two billion mark, the head of the United Nation's telecommunications agency, Hamadoun Toure, said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2011 - 22:45 UTC

  Coca-Based Drink Launched in Bolivia

  

  Coca Brynco was launched in Bolivia earlier this week. It is the first mass produced soft drink of its kind and the project is supported by the government of President Evo Morales.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2011 - 20:42 UTC

  Chile to Increase Smoking Ban

  

  Chile’s Health Minister Jaime Mañalich announced his support this week for a more strict smoking ban.

• Monday, January 17th 2011 - 17:22 UTC

  Over 1.5 Million Latin Americans Infected by Dengue in 2010

  

  Latin American governments are increasing dengue prevention campaigns after more than 1.5 million people in the region were infected and over 1,000 died of dengue in the past year.