SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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Mexico Puts Disaster Warnings in Your Pocket Without Charging for the Lifeline
Mexico is expanding cellphone alerts beyond earthquakes, turning ordinary handsets into emergency messengers. Across Latin America, the promise is enormous:…
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Argentina Faces a Chilling Economic Reckoning as Perito Moreno Loses Its Footing
Argentina’s Perito Moreno glacier is retreating, shaking a tourism economy built on seemingly dependable ice. As the country loosens glacier…
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Latin America Braces for Thousands of Deaths as Super El Niño Intensifies
El Niño could bring thousands of additional heat deaths to Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela, exposing a regional fault line: surviving…
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Colombia Seeks Solid Ground as August Earthquake Aftershocks Could Last for Years
Colombia’s August earthquake may keep producing aftershocks for years, scientists warn. But renewed shaking in Chocó and Tolima raises a…
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Argentina Confronts a Whale Death Mystery Where Patagonia’s Ocean Giants Begin Life
Hundreds of southern right whale deaths along Argentina’s Patagonian coast have unsettled a crucial breeding ground. As scientists investigate a…
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Chile Unwraps 222 Smuggled Fossils Declared as Household Glassware Instead of History
Chilean customs officers found 222 marine fossils inside a shipment declared as jewelry and household ornaments. The 110-million-year-old pieces, attributed…
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Stanford Uses AI to Erase Hispanic Student, Then Removes the Posters Too
Stanford removed promotional posters after artificial intelligence replaced a Hispanic student and altered two classmates. The university acknowledged violating its…
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Latin America Chases Space Race Billions but Must First Deliver on Earth
From Ecuador’s equatorial coast to Brazil’s launchpads, Latin America is courting a booming space economy. But behind ambitious investment proposals…
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Honduras Turns Lasers on Copán’s Hidden Maya Past Before More History Disappears
A drone survey at Copán in Honduras will seek hidden Maya structures and assess damage from farming and construction. Behind…
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Panama Turns Caribbean Sargassum Crisis Into Unexpected Weapon Against Deadly Malaria Threat
A school science project in Panama has transformed an environmental nuisance into a promising biomedical lead. Researchers found that Caribbean…
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