Health & Science

• Tuesday, September 15th 2009 - 06:24 UTC

  Re-sail of Darwin’s global travel calls in Falklands next November

  

  The international project “Beagle, on the Future of Species” a re-sail of Charles Darwin’s global travels which 150 years ago drastically changed the concepts of creation and evolution, but now geared to investigate the earth’s future is scheduled to call in the Falkland Islands next November

• Tuesday, September 15th 2009 - 04:31 UTC

  French unions against military technology transfer to Brazil

  

  French unions are not pleased with the transfer of military technology to Brazil recently agreed between presidents Nicholas Sarkozy and Lula da Silva, according to press reports.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2009 - 02:30 UTC

  Scientists confirm link between declining CO2 levels and Antarctica ice cap

  

  The link between declining CO2 levels in the earth's atmosphere and the formation of the Antarctic ice caps some 34 million years ago has been confirmed for the first time in a major research study.

• Monday, September 14th 2009 - 09:12 UTC

  Brazilian minister calls for the de-criminalization of marihuana

  

  Brazil’s Environment Minister Carlos Minc called on the country’s Supreme Court to imitate Argentina and de-criminalize possession of drugs by adults for personal consumption.

• Monday, September 14th 2009 - 09:01 UTC

  Father of the Green Revolution and Nobel Peace Prize dies in Texas

  

  Norman Borlaug, the man known as the father of the Green Revolution in agriculture, died in Texas aged 95. Prof Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for agricultural innovation and the development of high-yield crops.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2009 - 02:51 UTC

  Re-enactment of Darwin’s expedition arrives in Montevideo late October

  

  A re-enactment of Charles Darwin global scientific expedition in the eighteen hundreds was launched on September first from Plymouth, England and should be calling in Montevideo, Uruguay at the end of October.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2009 - 02:28 UTC

  How did Easter Island statues obtain their red hats?

  

  Archaeologists believe they have solved one ancient mystery surrounding the famous Easter Island statues. At 2,500 miles off the coast of Chile, the island is one of the world's most remote places inhabited by people.

• Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 08:53 UTC

  The war on drugs has failed. Now we need a more humane strategy

  

  By Fernando Henrique Cardoso (*)
  The war on drugs has failed and should make way for a global shift towards de-criminalising cannabis use and promoting harm reduction, says the former president of Brazil, writing in Sundays’ edition of The Observer. Fernando Henrique Cardoso argues that the hard-line approach has brought “disastrous” consequences for Latin America, which has been the frontline in the war on drug cultivation for decades, while failing to change the continent's position as the largest exporter of cocaine and marijuana.

• Thursday, September 3rd 2009 - 03:40 UTC

  H1N1 virus out-competes seasonal flu but not likely to mix into “super-bug”

  

  The new H1N1 virus appears to out-compete seasonal flu, making it less likely to mix with other circulating flu viruses into a “super-bug” as some had feared United States researchers said this week.

• Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 12:28 UTC

  Chile launches trucks’ scrappage plan to boost economy and fight pollution

  

  The Chilean government will subsidize the purchase of more fuel-efficient trucks for citizens through a program set to start later this year. The program, called “Cambia tu Camión,” or “Change your Truck,” will offer a bonus of 4, 8 or 12 million pesos (7.200, 14.500 or 21.700 US dollars respectively), toward the purchase of a new, more fuel efficient car, with the trade-in of a truck over 25 years old.