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Castro-Gómez, Zero-Point Hubris (2021)

Zero-Point Hubris: Science, Race, and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Latin America By Santiago Castro-Gómez  Bloomsbury Publishing · 2021 Operating within the framework of postcolonial studies...

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Why science warns that Latin America’s cloud forests could disappear by 2070

Source: Noticias Ambientales The cloud forests of Latin America face a critical threat and could disappear by the year 2070. A recent study warns that the degradation of this ecosystem would put the...

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Cybercrime in Latin America Now Resembles an Organized Industry

Source: Latin American Post    Latin America now confronts industrialized cybercriminal networks that engage in theft, extortion, manipulation, and destabilization. Weak defenses, talent shortages,...

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Scientists push for greater climate role for Latin America’s overlooked ecosystems

Source; Mongbay Efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change have focused largely on the protection of tropical forests like the Amazon Rainforest, important carbon sinks that can store between...

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Editorial: Ocean acidification in Latin America

Editorial: Ocean acidification in Latin America Source: Frontiers Ocean acidification is among the most significant threats to marine ecosystems worldwide, with profound implications for biodiversity,...

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Sagredo Baeza, Ciencia-Mundo (2021)

Ciencia-Mundo Orden republicano, arte y nación en América By Rafael Sagredo Baeza ·  Editorial Universitaria de Chile 2021   El papel del conocimiento científico en la conformación de la realidad, su...

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Championing the Freedom and Safety of Scientists in Latin America and the Caribbean

Fuente: UNESCO       The 4th edition of the Foro Abierto de Ciencias de América Latina y el Caribe (CILAC), held in San Andrés, Colombia, from 2 to 4 December 2024, served as a platform to address a...

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La ciencia respalda las leyes antitabaco

Fuente: SciDev   [GINEBRA, SciDev.Net] Aunque los nuevos dispositivos de tabaco y nicotina se promueven como de menor riesgo respecto al tabaco convencional, especialistas reunidos en la Conferencia...

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Deforestación vinculada a miles de muertes por calor cada año

Fuente: SciDev [LIMA, SciDev.Net] La deforestación en América Latina está dejando una huella en la salud humana. En la región, alrededor de 2.520 personas mueren cada año por golpes de calor...

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Pueblos afrodescendientes manejan sus tierras de forma sostenible

Pueblos afrodescendientes manejan sus tierras de forma sostenible Fuente: SciDev   [RIO DE JANEIRO, SciDev.Net] A pesar de que ocupan menos del uno por ciento del territorio total de sus países, las...

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BRICS ponen a la ciencia y la IA en el centro de su agenda

BRICS ponen a la ciencia y la IA en el centro de su agenda Fuente: SciDev [GOIÂNIA, SciDev.Net] En un encuentro marcado por la defensa del multilateralismo y el esfuerzo por construir un orden...

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3,427 trafficked baby turtles rescued in Mexico

3,427 trafficked baby turtles rescued in Mexico Source: Popular Science Wildlife trafficking of turtles, parrots, and more in Mexico—with most transactions conducted on social media—is threatening the...

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Latin America and the Caribbean Mobilize Regional Scientific Capacity to Counter Emerging Viral Threats

Source: Global Biodefense As climate change accelerates the spread of vector-borne diseases and viral outbreaks, public health leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean gathered for a pivotal...

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GM corn and glyphosate science: Documents from Mexico-US trade dispute

Source: USRTK In February 2023, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador issued a presidential decree restricting the use of genetically modified (GM) corn in tortillas and other minimally...

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Breaking the glass Latin America is a leader in nonprofit open-access journals. But it struggles to give them global visibility

Breaking the glass Latin America is a leader in nonprofit open-access journals. But it struggles to give them global visibility Source: Science In 2016, Marcus Oliveira, a biochemist at the Federal...

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América Latina producirá nueva vacuna contra la neumonía

Fuente: SciDev [RÍO DE JANEIRO] Un acuerdo entre la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), la empresa Pfizer, el gobierno argentino y la farmacéutica Sinergium-Biotech hará posible la...

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2024 bate récords históricos en ciberataques, que con ayuda de la IA son cada vez más precisos

Fuente: El Pais   En el tiempo que lleva leer el titular de esta historia, ciberdelincuentes repartidos por todo el mundo habrán intentado concretar más de 3.000 ataques informáticos. Arremeterán...

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Las noticias más leídas de América Latina en 2024

Fuente: SciDev Las noticias más leídas de SciDev.Net América Latina en este 2024 reflejan el interés por temas que cruzan fronteras y disciplinas: desde innovaciones en reciclaje y construcción hasta...

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Breaking the glass

Latin America is a leader in nonprofit open-access journals. But it struggles to give them global visibility Source: Science In 2016, Marcus Oliveira, a biochemist at the Federal University of Rio de...

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Casi mitad de los corales del Atlántico en riesgo de extinción

Fuente: ScieDev [SÃO PAULO] Casi la mitad de las especies de corales de aguas poco profundas del Atlántico corre el riesgo de extinguirse en las próximas décadas debido al cambio climático y otros...

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Scientists in Latin America struggle to get key chemicals and other reagents for experiments. A group has begun to help

Source: Science For his experiments monitoring heavy metal pollution in aquatic environments, Daniel Guerra Giraldez relies on large amounts of a common lab enzyme that is sensitive to mercury in...

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History of Science in Latin America: Essays in Honor of Juan José Saldaña González (2025)

History of Science in Latin America: The Construction of an Intellectual Field (20th Century) Essays in Honor of Juan José Saldaña González (2025) Switzerland: Springer Nature 2025 This book provides...

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Don’t look down on Latin American science

Source: Chemical & Engineering News   Take a look at this year’s edition of C&EN’s Trailblazers featuring chemists with roots in Latin America, and you’ll see that we open with a map of the...

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Latin America University Rankings 2024: results announced

Source: Times Higher Education   A Brazilian university has taken the top spot in the Times Higher Education Latin America University Rankings for the first time in six years, ending Pontificia...

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Health and Development (2023)

Health and Development Bernard Harris, Iris Borowy De Gruyter, 2023   Health and development require one another: there can be no development without a critical mass of people who are sufficiently...

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