News of science

Scientists worried by spate of Península Valdés whale deaths

05-10-2022 11:47 The death of at least 13 southern right whales in recent days in Patagonia has sparked concern among scientists, who think a micro-algae could be to blame.

JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE

NASA telescope reveals never-before-seen details, heralding new era of astronomy

13-07-2022 14:38 From its celestial perch almost one million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope is giving humanity its deepest look ever into the farthest reaches of the universe.

ASTRONOMY & SPACE

Webb telescope reveals deepest image of early universe

12-07-2022 10:20 James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful to be placed in orbit, has revealed the clearest image to date of the early universe, going back 13 billion years.

Dino discovery

'Death shadow' dinosaur unearthed by palaeontologists in Argentina

04-05-2022 08:00 Argentine palaeontologists announce discovery of 'Maip macrothorax,' an apex-predator dinosaur and the largest megaraptor unearthed to date.

ENVIRONMENT

Chilean scientists study climate change at 'end of the world'

05-01-2022 17:20 Chilean scientists studying organisms in one of the most remote places on Earth are urging regional leaders to step up efforts to tackle climate change.

BLOOMBERG

Argentine woman whose HIV vanished gives hope for finding elusive cure

17-11-2021 15:50 Thirty-year-old mother from Esperanza, Santa Fe Province, has the clinical features of an HIV “elite controller” – meaning her infection has been undetectable for years.

SCIENCE & NATURE

In Patagonia, the early bird gets the truffle

04-11-2021 07:00 A new study shows that the ground-dwelling birds of Patagonia seek out and disperse truffles.

Global pandemic

Covid-19 brings tourism, science to a halt on Galapagos Islands

28-04-2021 11:03 With the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, human activity on the Galapagos Islands ground almost to a halt, leaving giant tortoises, iguanas and other endemic species to themselves.

TRANS RIGHTS

Brazil trans twins undergo gender confirmation surgery together

24-02-2021 11:14 Growing up as identical twins, Mayla and Sofia always did everything together, and their decision to undergo sex reassignment surgery is no exception. Now, they have made the transition they long dreamed of together, in what their doctor calls a first.

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists reveal impact of climate change on Antarctic phytoplankton

18-02-2021 23:52 Argentine scientists reveal that rising temperatures and diminished salinity have altered phytoplankton in the Antarctic.

LIFE ON MARS?

Touchdown: NASA's Perseverance rover ready to search for life on Mars

18-02-2021 23:22 After seven months in space, NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars, ready to embark on its mission to search for signs of past life.

DINO DISCOVERY

New Patagonian dinosaur may be largest yet: scientists

21-01-2021 12:11 Scientists have unearthed massive, 98-million-year-old fossils in southwest Argentina they say may have belonged to the largest dinosaur ever discovered.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Covid patient who took chlorine dioxide dies in hospital

15-01-2021 18:25 Outrage after judge compels private clinic to administer chlorine dioxide to 92-year-old coronavirus patient in a case medical doctors labelled "a scandal."

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentine judge orders chlorine dioxide be given to Covid patient

11-01-2021 16:28 Outrage as judge compels private clinic to administer chlorine dioxide to a coronavirus patient in a case medical doctors have labelled "a scandal."