Health & Science

• Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:14 UTC

  Overwhelming Majority of Uruguayan Children access Internet Regularly

  

  An overwhelming majority of Uruguayan children between the ages of 6 to 11 regularly use Internet according to a recent report from consultants Radar. The Seventh Profile on Uruguay’s Internauts shows that 85% of children use the net which represents a 30% increase over 2008 when the rate was 55%.

• Thursday, April 29th 2010 - 06:08 UTC

  More Sex to Combat High-Blood Pressure Recommends Brazilian Minister

  

  Brazil’s health minister has an interesting solution for the nation’s high blood pressure problem: more sex.

• Thursday, April 29th 2010 - 05:45 UTC

  Viagra Patent Expires June 20, Rules Brazilian High Court

  

  Brazil's High Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that the Brazilian patent for the drug Viagra is due to expire June 20.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2010 - 01:33 UTC

  Chile Wins Bid for World’s Largest Telescope to be Built in Atacama Desert

  

  Chile has won its bid for the world’s largest telescope to be constructed on its shores. The 42-metre European Extremely Large Telescope will be built in Chile’s north—3,060 meters above sea level on a mountain known as Armazonas.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 05:36 UTC

  Scientists Discover Deep-Ocean Current Moving Northward from Antarctica

  

  Work in Japan and Australia has revealed that a deep-ocean current is carrying frigid water rapidly northward from Antarctica along the edge of a giant underwater plateau.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 01:11 UTC

  One meter giant deep-sea crab caught off the Isles of Scilly

  

  A giant deep-sea crab has been caught in a fisherman's nets off the Isles of Scilly. The one meter box crab, which has been named Spud, has a missing claw and is being cared for at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium. The species can grow up to 2m and is normally found at depths of 2.3km.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 02:49 UTC

  Brazil, US top list of nations demanding private information on Google users

  

  Brazil and United States topped the list of nations demanding private information about Google users, according to a tool the web giant unveiled Tuesday.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 14:56 UTC

  Chile is the world’s leader in star gazing with the most powerful telescopes

  

  Many of the world’s largest investments in the field of astronomy can be found in Chile for the same reasons that Cerro Armazones, in the Antofagasta region, may become home to a new telescope that would produce images 15 times shaper than the Hubble telescope.

• Monday, April 19th 2010 - 21:09 UTC

  Fossil of giant predator squid found in northern Mexico

  

  Mexican and German researchers have found the fossil of a giant squid that lived in northern Mexico about 100 million years ago, the daily La Jornada reported Friday.

• Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 00:04 UTC

  FMD emergency in Korea: 26.000 animals at 211 farms culled

  

  Shortly after declaring itself “clear” of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on March 23, South Korea is yet again battling the animal disease that was found to have contaminated a local cattle farm last Friday.