Health & Science

Sunday, April 5th 2009 - 06:20 UTC
In Brazilian school books Columbus arrived in America in 1942

Christopher Columbus must be having nightmares: according to the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo latest edition of public school books, the Genoa navigator arrived to America in 1942, that is 67 years ago and not in 1492.
Saturday, April 4th 2009 - 07:08 UTC
Mercosur experts elaborate plan to address dengue epidemic

Mercosur sanitary experts met this week in Asuncion, Paraguay to address the mosquito transmitted dengue disease which is affecting all countries of the region (except Uruguay and Chile) with tens of thousand cases confirmed.
Thursday, April 2nd 2009 - 13:23 UTC
Huge population of rare dolphins discovered in South Asia

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has announced the discovery of a huge population of rare dolphins in South Asia—but warns that the population is threatened by climate change and fishing nets.
Thursday, April 2nd 2009 - 10:58 UTC
Brazilian inmates use pigeons to smuggle cell phones

Brazilian police have discovered inmates using carrier pigeons to smuggle cell phones onto a prison farm in the south eastern state of Sao Paulo.
Monday, March 30th 2009 - 14:30 UTC
Dengue reported and confirmed in outskirts of Buenos Aires

The mosquito transmitted dengue viral epidemic has reached the outskirts of Buenos Aires according to the head of the Epidemiology Department from the province of Buenos Aires.
Friday, March 27th 2009 - 06:45 UTC
Argentina admits dengue epidemics in northern provinces

Argentina officially admitted that the mosquito transmitted dengue disease which has ravaged neighbouring Bolivia and Paraguay has epidemic characteristics in several Northern provinces with 2.270 cases reported and confirmed.
Friday, March 27th 2009 - 06:43 UTC
Voracious crustaceans terminate Antarctic waters fertilization experiment

A controversial geo-engineering experiment that Greenpeace campaigned against has concluded, and researchers say their findings deal a major blow to the geo-engineering technique known as ocean fertilization.
Thursday, March 26th 2009 - 17:58 UTC
UN underlines HIV-tuberculosis link

The head of the United Nations agency charged with coordinating the fight against HIV/AIDS is in Brazil this week promoting awareness of the link between the epidemic and tuberculosis and the necessity to address discrimination in the South American country’s response to HIV.
Friday, March 20th 2009 - 06:57 UTC
UN blames surging food prices on large-scale speculation

Both the surging food prices from 2007 to 2008 and their subsequent drop in some areas are a result of large-scale speculation by financial investors, according to a new report by the United Nations trade body, which called for greater regulation to protect millions of poor people worldwide.
Thursday, March 19th 2009 - 16:40 UTC
Antarctic ice cap melting much faster than predicted

Two more scientific studies show a large part of the Antarctic ice cap melting at a much faster rate than previously predicted.