Health & Science

Thursday, October 8th 2009 - 04:17 UTC
IAATO members’ passenger ships will be fitted with satellite tracking devices

The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has approved a resolution requiring members' passenger ships to be fitted with satellite tracking devices based on Iridium (Iridium Communications Inc.). The devices will report ships' positions at least once per hour when cruising in Antarctic waters.
Thursday, October 8th 2009 - 01:00 UTC
Rare vintage photo of first expedition to reach the South Pole

The only known vintage print of the first expedition to reach the South Pole has been uncovered at the National Library of Australia. The small brown photograph shows Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen's arrival at the pole in 1911.
Wednesday, October 7th 2009 - 09:46 UTC
NASA Operation Ice Bridge takes off from Punta Arenas

Starting next Monday and operating from Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile NASA will fly its largest aircraft, --a DC-8, a 157-foot-long airborne laboratory-- to study changes in Antarctica’s sea ice, ice sheets and glaciers as part of its Operation Ice Bridge.
Wednesday, October 7th 2009 - 05:53 UTC
Unasur agrees to create a council to combat drugs’ trade

Security ministers from the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, agreed to the creation of a South American Council to Combat Drugs Trafficking, announced Bolivia’s Home Secretary in an official release from La Paz.
Tuesday, October 6th 2009 - 11:39 UTC
IT set to create 5.8 million new jobs and 75.000 new businesses by 2013

Worldwide growth in the Information Technology sector will create 5.8 million new jobs and 75,000 new businesses in the next four years, research from Microsoft has forecast.
Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 05:07 UTC
Four million HIV positive people receiving life-saving treatment

More than 4 million people in low-and middle-income countries were receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) at the close of 2008, representing a 36% increase in one year and a ten-fold increase over five years, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
Friday, September 25th 2009 - 23:42 UTC
Argentina, Chile and Uruguay lead broadband use in South America

A recent survey by the Cisco Latin America Broadband Barometer showed that Chile has the highest percentage of broadband Internet connections in South America. The study found that 9.7% of Chile’s population has access to broadband.
Friday, September 25th 2009 - 13:56 UTC
Water molecules confirmed in the moon’s polar region surface

US space agency NASA said India’s maiden lunar mission had confirmed the presence of water molecules in the polar region of moon’s surface. Indian Space Research Organisation’s. ISRO, chairman G Madhavan Nair called the finding “path breaking”.
Wednesday, September 23rd 2009 - 12:13 UTC
Big drop in heart attacks after smoking bans, according to several studies

The ban on smoking in public places, such as bars and restaurants, has been one of the greatest public health debates of the early 21st century. Now, two large studies suggest that communities that pass laws to curb secondhand smoke get a big payoff -- a drop in heart attacks.
Monday, September 21st 2009 - 11:20 UTC
Surprise, surprise: when in summer try watermelons

A juicy slice of watermelon may be more than just delicious; it could be the answer to problems with erectile dysfunction, or ED. The idea of eating watermelons for erectile dysfunction treatment might sound absurd but it is a reality according to latest medical reports from the US.