Feliz Navidad y
Sunday, December 22 2019
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December 2019
Ransomware Goons Had
Friday, December 20 2019
Source: GizmodoRansomware operators are closing out a year of extorting local governments, hospitals, and schools across the country with a bang, with at least four more U.S. cities falling victim to...
Nature’s 10: Ten
Friday, December 20 2019
Source: Nature 1) RICARDO GALVÃO: Science defenderRicardo Galvão nearly passed out when he heard the news and realized he was being targeted by his own president. On 19 July, Brazil’s leader, Jair...
“Todo lo que sabías
Friday, December 20 2019
Fuente: El PaisShoshana Zuboff está cansada. Su libro, La era del capitalismo de la vigilancia, salió en enero y lleva un año de conferencias, entrevistas y viajes. No hay nada para un autor como...
Falklands' lifestyle
Friday, December 20 2019
Source: MercoPressNearly 600 residents have contributed to a major snapshot of health and lifestyle in the Falkland Islands. The Health and Lifestyle Survey 2019 has just been published by the...
Seis medidas para
Friday, December 20 2019
Fuente: SciDev Representantes de un grupo compuesto por unos 30.000 científicos, ingenieros y profesionales de la salud aprovecharon la Cumbre de Cambio Climático de Madrid (COP25) —que finalizó el...
Cómo configurar el
Wednesday, December 18 2019
Fuente: El PaisLa privacidad está en juego más que nunca y, en este sentido, todas las precauciones que se adopten a la hora de navegar por la Red son pocas. Contar con un servicio VPN, sobre todo...
Aplicaciones que
Wednesday, December 18 2019
Fuente: El PaisDimitri Kanevsky, científico ruso de Google que padece sordera desde su infancia, tenía un sueño desde hace más de 30 años: desarrollar un sistema de reconocimiento de discursos para...
Double burden of
Wednesday, December 18 2019
Source: MercoPressLow and middle-income countries risk seeing their development progress slashed by the double-edged sword of obesity and under-nutrition, both caused by a lack of access to affordable...
América Latina en la
Wednesday, December 18 2019
Fuente: SciDev La sensación generalizada tras el cierre de la cumbre de la ONU sobre Cambio Climático (COP25) de Madrid, el último domingo, es que se perdió una nueva oportunidad de atacar con...
Huawei rolls out 5G
Tuesday, December 17 2019
Source: ContxtoIn SummaryWhile other major tech brands like Microsoft, Google, Qualcomm, Panasonic and Intel have already cut ties with Huawei due to alleged security reasons, the Asian company is...
Huawei announces
Tuesday, December 17 2019
Source: Invest ChileThe general manager of Huawei in Chile, Dou Yong, considers that Chile has great potential to become the region’s technological hub. For this reason, the company plans to make its...
Chinese Technology’s
Tuesday, December 17 2019
Source: Pan DailyChinese technology companies have grown in scale and confidence and are increasingly looking to influence internet revolutions in other regions across the world. Much has been said...
La jefatura de la
Monday, December 16 2019
Fuente: El Nuevo Dia El presidente de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR), Jorge Haddock Acevedo, llegó hasta la capital federal para recabar apoyo de congresistas para evitar que la institución...
Argentina recupera
Monday, December 16 2019
Fuente: SciDev La creación del Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva fue una de las primeras medidas del nuevo presidente de la Nación, Alberto Fernández. De esta manera dio una...
Training scientists
Monday, December 16 2019
Source: Latin American ScienceLatin America is home to 10% of the world's population but contributes only 5% to global scientific knowledge, as measured by scientific publications and patents. On the...
Teotihuacan: The
Monday, December 16 2019
by David M. Carballo (Editor), Kenneth G. Hirth (Editor), Barbara Arroyo (Editor)Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection (2020)Teotihuacan was a city of major importance in the Americas between...
Far from Becoming
Monday, December 16 2019
by María Belén Albornoz (2020)Assessing the Left Turn in EcuadorSPRINER, 2020AbstractThis chapter explains the paradigmatic Ecuadorian STI policy change throughout the analysis of the most salient...
GEOPOLITICS,
Friday, December 13 2019
EDITED BY MARÍA DEL PILAR BLANCO AND JOANNA PAGE “The most inclusive, informative, and up-to-date volume I have seen regarding science and culture in Latin America. An excellent choice for both the...
Holy Science: The
Friday, December 13 2019
By Banu SubramaniamSeries edited by Banu Subramaniam and Rebecca HerzigPUBLISHED: June 2019SUBJECT LISTING: Science and Technology Studies, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Asian Studies /...
Children Put Canada
Friday, December 13 2019
Source: EartherThe teens are pissed. Perhaps you’ve heard.Young people have cranked up the pressure all year on world leaders in an attempt to get them to address climate change. In September, 16...
I Slept With My
Friday, December 13 2019
Source: GizmodoHe was on his way home from the grocery store when he got the call. After a weekend out of town, John’s kids were finally asleep in his Houston area home. His wife, too, had been...
MINISTERIO DE
Tuesday, December 10 2019
Fuente: El ColombianoLos estudios para varios países muestran que el gasto en ciencia y la tecnología tiene un efecto positivo sobre la productividad y por esa vía sobre el crecimiento de una...
Los alcances que
Tuesday, December 10 2019
Fuente: El TiempoEn la noche del domingo, a pocas horas de terminar el primer periodo de sesiones ordinarias, el Congreso de la República tomó una de las decisiones más determinantes de la historia...
Colombia tendrá
Tuesday, December 10 2019
Fuente: COBISCon esta iniciativa, que fue aprobada en el último debate por el Senado, se busca el fortalecimiento del sector y el fomento de nuevos proyectos de innovación en el país.Uno de los temas...
Science publishers
Monday, December 9 2019
Source: NatureTwo science publishers are reviewing the ethics of research papers in which scientists backed by China’s government used DNA or facial-recognition technology to study minority groups in...
El ingeniero que te
Monday, December 9 2019
Fuente: El PaisAprender un idioma cuesta. Esfuerzo, tiempo y, en ocasiones, también dinero. Pero en pleno siglo XXI no siempre es necesario estudiar una lengua para poder comunicarse en cualquier...
El derecho a la
Monday, December 9 2019
Fuente: SciDev De la ciencia se ha dicho mucho: que es el motor de las sociedades, que facilita la vida a la población, que es esencial para entender el mundo que nos rodea. Pero con mucho menos...
Puerto Rico's Hidden
Sunday, December 8 2019
by Rodrigo FernósPuerto Rico has a hidden problem, that is increasingly becoming more evident as time goes on: white collar slavery. It is the type of social phenomenon that is insidious, but...
How Knowledge Moves:
Friday, December 6 2019
Source: AmazonHow Knowledge Moves: Writing the Transnational History of Science and Technology Paperback – January 10, 2019by John Krige (Editor)Knowledge matters, and states have a stake in managing...
Mexico's urban
Friday, December 6 2019
Source: Latin American ScienceIn Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, tourism development is closing in on the Selva Maya, the home of the great jaguar, Panthera onca, which like other species has been...
Investigadores de la
Friday, December 6 2019
Fuente: UPRComo resultado de un proceso sumamente competitivo entre universidades de Estados Unidos y sus territorios, investigadores de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) obtuvieron una subvención...
Animals and the
Thursday, December 5 2019
Source: PalgraveAuthors: Woods, A., Bresalier, M., Cassidy, A., Mason Dentinger, R.Animals and the Shaping of Modern Medicine: One Health and its HistoriesPalgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2018 editionAbout...
Hugh Cagle,
Thursday, December 5 2019
Source: Society for the Social History of MedicineHugh Cagle, Assembling the Tropics: Science and Medicine in Portugal’s Empire, 1450–1700 , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. xix + ...
México dentro de los
Thursday, December 5 2019
Fuente: La VerdadVenezuela se sitúa en el lugar 139 de 141 a nivel mundial, sólo por arriba de Argelia y Afganistán, los países con la velocidad de internet más baja del mundo, según los análisis...
Brasil é o único
Thursday, December 5 2019
Fuente: Minha OperadoraSegundo pesquisa da Viavi Solutions, o Brasil é o único país da América Latina que conta com internet com velocidade de gigabit. No relatório, a operadora TIM, por meio do seu...
Pruebas PISA: qué
Thursday, December 5 2019
Fuente: BBCChina desplazó a Singapur como el país con la mejor educación del mundo, según los últimos resultados del Programa para la Evaluación Internacional de los Alumnos (PISA, por sus siglas en...
UCF Marks 1st Year
Monday, December 2 2019
Source: UFC NewsUCF celebrates its first anniversary this month of operating the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.The observatory is the first national research center that UCF has led. It is home...
“No queremos vivir
Monday, December 2 2019
Fuente: El PaisEs el responsable de ciudades inteligentes del Foro Económico Mundial. Pero Jeff Merritt (Pensilvania, Estados Unidos, 41 años) se crio en un entorno rural, en Saltsburg, un pueblo de...
Stand up and
Monday, December 2 2019
Source: MercoPressTeenagers worldwide are jeopardizing their health by failing to get enough exercise to reduce their risk of obesity and cardiovascular diseases, a World Health Organization-led study...
Brazil’s
Monday, December 2 2019
Source: Science MagazineDevelopment, most of it illegal, destroyed more than 9700 square kilometers of Brazilian Amazon rainforest in the year ending in July, according to a government estimate...