Chinese Man Gets
Monday, December 25 2017
Source: Hacker NewsWhile continuing its crackdown on services that help Chinese citizens to bypass Great Firewall, Chinese authorities have sentenced a man to five-and-a-half years in prison for...
December 2017
Calculan impacto del
Monday, December 25 2017
Fuente: SciDev [CURITIBA] La epidemia de dengue en Brasil causó pérdidas en su economía equivalentes a US$307 millones en 2013, correspondientes al 0,02% del Producto Interno Bruto del país.Al menos...
Chemicals less and
Sunday, December 24 2017
Source: MercoPressOver almost two decades, a plant disease known as Asian rust has infiltrated soybean fields across Brazil -- the world’s biggest exporter of the versatile oilseed used in countless...
Estudio relaciona
Sunday, December 24 2017
Fuente: NoticelUn estudio encontró que existe relación entre las prácticas militares con bala viva en Vieques y la prevalencia de cáncer en los residentes de la Isla Nena, debido a la exposición a...
Uber Wishes Its
Saturday, December 23 2017
Source: GizmodoOn Friday, Uber tried to celebrate the anniversary of the Puerto Rican flag’s creation on social media. Unfortunately, the company commemorated Puerto Rican Flag Day with an image of...
El cáncer no
Saturday, December 23 2017
Fuente: El Nuevo DiaSu gran ejército de médicos, familiares y amigos le construyeron una fuerte barrera de protección. Se apostaron a su lado casi por instinto de unidad. Lo resguardaron con las armas...
Half of the world
Thursday, December 21 2017
Source: MercoPressAt least half of the world’s population cannot obtain essential health services, according to a new report from the World Bank and WHO. And each year, large numbers of households are...
La ‘narcocultura’
Thursday, December 21 2017
Fuente: El Pais El Pirata comenzó su carrera en las redes sociales inconsciente. El mundo viral lo adoptó como su mascota el día en que unos supuestos amigos lo grabaron rompiéndose la frente contra...
Más patentes pero
Thursday, December 21 2017
Fuente: SciDev [BUENOS AIRES] En América Latina, la cantidad de patentes solicitadas como resultado de investigaciones locales aumentó casi 30% entre 2005-2015, sobre todo de la mano de Chile y...
La Comisión de
Thursday, December 21 2017
Fuente: El Nuevo DiaRomán indicó que el borrador del reglamento sobre microrredes “se abrirá al proceso tradicional de aprobación y estará disponible para revisión”. (Gerald López Cepero)La Comisión...
After a Biotech Exec
Tuesday, December 19 2017
Source: GizmodoFDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb IMAGE: APSince taking office in May 2017, Food and Drug Administration head Scott Gottlieb has set about working to make drug approval a less “slow and...
Every single Yahoo
Tuesday, December 19 2017
Source: CNN Sitting down? An epic and historic data breach at Yahoo in August 2013 affected every single customer account that existed at the time, Yahoo parent company Verizon said on Tuesday.That's...
El fin de la era de
Saturday, December 16 2017
por Rodrigo FernosCon la aprobación del impuesto estadounidense federal del 12.5% en las corporaciones de la isla, el fin de la era de las 936 ha llegado. Y en buena hora. Sus comienzos databan con...
California Warns
Saturday, December 16 2017
Source: GizmodoSince the earliest days of mobile phones, a small but steady contingent of environmental activists, conspiracy-inclined folks, and some scientists have warned about the hidden damage...
Everything Apple
Saturday, December 16 2017
Source: GizmodoPeople like to believe that Apple is a company that never makes mistakes. Never has that logic been so obviously flawed as it was in 2017. This year, it seemed like Apple couldn’t make...
Rescued radar maps
Saturday, December 16 2017
Source: NatureGlaciologists will soon have a treasure trove of data for exploring how Antarctica’s underbelly has changed over nearly half a century. An international team of researchers has scanned...
Argentina prepares
Saturday, December 16 2017
Source: MercoPressAfter its success in controlling a devastating fruit fly with nuclear technology, Argentina is gearing up to fight a new enemy: mosquitoes that transmit Zika, in addition to dengue...
62 Rare Nuclear Test
Friday, December 15 2017
Source: GizmodoNuclear test films from 1945 to 1962 are literally rotting away in US government storage facilities. But those highly classified films are now being restored, declassified, and released...
Cambio climático,
Friday, December 15 2017
Fuente: SciDev [BOGOTÁ] Centroamérica y el Caribe concentran gran cantidad de sitios identificados por la UNESCO como patrimonio natural mundial de la humanidad que son amenazados por el cambio...
Avanza proyecto de
Thursday, December 14 2017
Fuente: El Nuevo DiaMario Marazzi, director del Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico. (Archivo / GFR Media)Un proyecto de ley impulsado por el Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico (IEPR) para...
Only 1 in 5
Wednesday, December 13 2017
Source: GizmodoThe survey, conducted by the University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation (PPC) and Voice of the People, a nonpartisan polling organization, found that only one in five...
La maravilla del
Wednesday, December 13 2017
por Josué Montijo/ ENDIEn el número 3 de la calle Bailester, Singapur, existe un local comercial de lo más sugerente. Se llama The Fragment Room y, según su página web, está diseñado para que los...
Former Facebook
Tuesday, December 12 2017
Source: GizmodoLast month, Facebook’s first president Sean Parker opened up about his regrets over helping create social media as we know it today. “I don’t know if I really understood the...
FCC Commissioner
Saturday, December 9 2017
Source: GizmodoFCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel on Friday accused her agency of withholding evidence of fraud, further intensifying the ongoing battle over the future of net neutrality. “To put it...
Argentine scientist
Friday, December 8 2017
Source: Science MagazineA prominent glaciologist, Ricardo Villalba, has been indicted on criminal charges for allegedly favoring a mining company as a consequence of how his former institute designed...
En casi 1,000 las
Friday, December 8 2017
Fuente: NoticelEs oficial. En los primeros 40 días de la emergencia causada por el huracán María en Puerto Rico murieron al menos 985 personas adicionales en comparación con el mismo periodo en...
FEI radicará cargos
Friday, December 8 2017
Fuente: Pulso EstudiantilEl Panel del Fiscal Especial Independiente (FEI) radicará cargos al expresidente de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) Uroyoán Walker, y al exrector del recinto de Río...
Brazil and US
Thursday, December 7 2017
Source: MercosurResearchers have identified the molecule that attracts the insect that transmits citrus greening disease, a development expected to help farmers control a plague that has destroyed...
Archaeologists
Tuesday, December 5 2017
Source: NatureA US government plan to slash protections for one of North America’s richest and best-preserved archaeological landscapes has prompted a wave of concern among researchers. On 4 December,...
Congreso a Puerto
Tuesday, December 5 2017
Fuente: Emilio Pantojas García / El Nuevo DiaEl Congreso de Estados Unidos acaba de aprobar una ley de reforma contributiva que, de no enmendarse, constituye el último clavo en el ataúd de la...
Nueva energía para
Sunday, December 3 2017
Fuente: ClaridadPor lo general, en Puerto Rico se aprende de la manera más dura. Y si no, que lo digan los cientos de miles de abonados de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica (AEE) que aún no tienen...
Controversial Study
Saturday, December 2 2017
Source: InverseIt’s an open secret that Silicon Valley exploits our tendency to seek the neurological rewards delivered by the likes, comments and mentions that pop up on our internet-connected...
Anfibios invasores
Saturday, December 2 2017
Fuente: SciDev.net [SÃO PAULO] Seis especies invasoras de sapos y ranas identificadas en diferentes ecosistemas de Brasil preocupan a investigadores locales, que destacan los desequilibrios...
Supercomputing
Friday, December 1 2017
Source: NatureAt the end of July, workers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee began filling up a cavernous room with the makings of a computational behemoth: row upon row of neatly...