Health & Science

• Saturday, February 20th 2010 - 21:24 UTC

  Census of marine life reveals 5.000 new species and “most advanced chemicals”

  

  A preview of the Census of Marine Life has revealed that the project has discovered over 5,000 new species. These include bizarre and colourful creatures, as well as many organisms that produce therapeutic chemicals.

• Thursday, February 18th 2010 - 23:24 UTC

  Dengue is back in Brazil and northern Argentina

  

  Brazilian sanitary authorities confirmed the existence of a dengue epidemic in several counties of five states. They are Matto Grosso bordering with Bolivia; Matto Grosso do Sul next to Bolivia and Paraguay; Acre neighbouring with Peru and Bolivia; Roraima to the north next to Venezuela and Guyana and the state of Goias in the heart of Brazil.

• Tuesday, February 16th 2010 - 02:02 UTC

  Shackleton “Quest” cabin, new show piece for South Georgia Museum

  

  The cabin in which British polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton died aboard his ship “Quest” looks set to become an important new artefact at the South Georgia Museum.

• Tuesday, February 9th 2010 - 04:21 UTC

  Carnival takes off and Brazilian government hands out millions of condoms

  Brazilian health officials have kicked off an AIDS awareness campaign and will hand out 55 million condoms during the annual Carnival festival that begins this weekend.

• Saturday, February 6th 2010 - 12:18 UTC

  Atlas Air Flight 46 Drops Wing Cover On Approach To MIA

  

  While on a one mile final approach descent to Miami International Airport, an Atlas Air Flight 46, a Boeing 747, had a structural separation of a wing actuator fairing cover that fell onto the parking lot at the International Mall of Americas in Miami, Florida on Friday midday. Flight 46 was a cargo flight out of Santiago, Chile.

• Saturday, February 6th 2010 - 08:53 UTC

  Shackleton Antarctic gift for whisky lovers': century old recipe

  

  Five crates of a century-old lost whisky belonging to Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton have been recovered by conservators. Three crates of the Mackinlay whisky, and a further two crates of brandy, were discovered beneath the hut, and used by Shackleton to launch his journey to the South Pole.

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2010 - 04:44 UTC

  FAO forensic techniques to improve seafood safety for consumers

  

  An unknown percentage of the fish we eat isn't what's it's purported to be and could have fatal consequences. FAO explores how forensic techniques could help address the problem.

• Monday, February 1st 2010 - 05:59 UTC

  Latinamerican teenagers love fast food and are increasingly obese

  

  Chilean teenagers are becoming obese due to increasing fast food consumption while those from Mexico, Venezuela and Guatemala are not far behind.

• Saturday, January 30th 2010 - 14:19 UTC

  Chile hopes to host the world’s “Largest Eye In The Sky

  

  Chile is now competing with Spain for the right to host one of the most important astronomy projects the world has known: the extremely large E-ELT telescope.

• Thursday, January 28th 2010 - 05:52 UTC

  Santiago de Chile pollution has doubled in eight years

  

  A new study by Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) shows fine particulate matter from construction and traffic has more than doubled in the Santiago metropolitan region over the past eight years.