Health & Science

• Monday, December 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Survey shows Chileans among least happy in Latinamerica

  The latest in a string of international happiness surveys shows that 66% of Chileans describe themselves as “happy” or “very happy” — yet they are less happy than people in almost every other Latin American country.

• Thursday, December 14th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Bajii Yangtze dolphin “is functionally extinct”

  

  The Baiji Yangtze Dolphin is with all probability extinct reports a scientific expedition from the Institute for Hydrobiology Wuhan, China, and the Swiss-based baiji.org Foundation. During six weeks they desperately searched the Yangtze River for a specimen but in vain.