(English intro to Spanish lang. post) A Guatemalan journalists explains well that, to preserve a rainforest, giving local communities concessions to exploit it non-destructively is more effective than creation of Natural Parks (especially when the government does not take care of them). In...
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(English intro to Spanish lang. post) A Guatemalan journalists explains well that, to preserve a rainforest, giving local communities concessions to exploit it non-destructively is more effective than creation of Natural Parks (especially when the government does not take care of them). In other stories, a didactic graphic in Peru reveals the effects of climate change in the country. A Chilean weekly magazine explains that sadness is natural but many in our society overreact to it. And in Spain, for 5 hours last night wind mills produced ind 53% of the electricity - an achievement that gives Spanish a notable position among nations turning to renewable energy sources.
Para luchar contra la deforestación en Guatemala, es más efectivo dar concesiones forestales a las...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) Latin American journalists at the Climate Change meeting in Barcelona are making one thing clear: “we are already suffering the consequences of the global warming that you – rich countries -- have caused. You should mitigate – not us - and also give us quite a lot...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) Latin American journalists at the Climate Change meeting in Barcelona are making one thing clear: “we are already suffering the consequences of the global warming that you – rich countries -- have caused. You should mitigate – not us - and also give us quite a lot of money for adaptation”. But as El Comercio (Peru) complains in a fabulously persuasive story, nobody paid attention to L.America in Barcelona. Spanish newspapers say that US is the key player and the country with most cumulative emissions. EU won’t start reducing if US doesn’t have a clear commitment first.
El comercio (Ecuador) cuenta con un enviado especial cubriendo de maravilla la reunión mundial sobre cambio climático que se está realizando en Barcelona, y de la que en teoría...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) Where are the Mexican science journalists when needed? There is much to criticize in the poor reporting about newly approved experiments with GMO maize in Mexico. News outlets lost an opportunity to show what good science reporters are capable of doing, and why...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) Where are the Mexican science journalists when needed? There is much to criticize in the poor reporting about newly approved experiments with GMO maize in Mexico. News outlets lost an opportunity to show what good science reporters are capable of doing, and why their expertise is so necessary in a world that is more and more embeshed in science and technology. Mexican society clamored for clear information. The main newspapers have given them only confusion with accounts biased to the pros or cons. Of course there are exceptions but too few in such an important topic. It should have been treated more carefully. This time, smaller magazines from universities or research centers have done much better work than professional journalists.
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(English intro to Spanish lang. post) A few weeks ago a Spanish nun with a PhD in Public Health became famous after recording a video (here with English subtitles) defending the hypothesis that H1N1 panic is due to exaggeration by WHO to favor...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) A few weeks ago a Spanish nun with a PhD in Public Health became famous after recording a video (here with English subtitles) defending the hypothesis that H1N1 panic is due to exaggeration by WHO to favor pharmaceutical companies, and that they are putting the population at risk with dangerous vaccines. Her conspiracy theory got great impact due to her excellent communication skills, the deep knowledge of the subject she showed, and her evident honesty. After so much about the pros an cons of her statements, El País finally takes a deep look. It finds plenty to criticize in the the arguments expressed by the newly, most famous nun in Spain.
Just today, as it happens, an article in El Universal (Venezuela) uses quotes from the sister as evidence to believe that the AH1N1 was created in a laboratory.
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(English intro to Spanish lang. post) A news story at El Universal (Mex) today explains that the Moon may have caverns that might be used for protection against radiation by visitors. Another very good story in El Pais implies this might only occur much further into...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) A news story at El Universal (Mex) today explains that the Moon may have caverns that might be used for protection against radiation by visitors. Another very good story in El Pais implies this might only occur much further into the future than we might expect ... Under the headline “Projects without Money” is a very good analysis of NASA’s Human Space Program. Another article about the Guinness record in Mexico by simultaneous telescopes observing the Moon, seems to suggest that to understand the Universe we might not need to spend so much money trying to travel around in it.
En El Universal (México) encontramos una interesante nota de...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) Big controversy has spread in Mexico due to the government's decision to allow cultivation of the first genetically modified corn in the country. Environmentalists say it could ruin the nation's native crop. It’s difficult to balance risks and...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) Big controversy has spread in Mexico due to the government's decision to allow cultivation of the first genetically modified corn in the country. Environmentalists say it could ruin the nation's native crop. It’s difficult to balance risks and opportunities in this issue. And here is where good journalism could have something to say. “La Jornada” is the newspaper with the most coverage. Yet none of the multiple stories it published explains a single positive side of this decision.
Menuda polémica en México sobre la reciente aprobación de 15 permisos para la siembra experimental de maíz transgénico. El gobierno asegura que todo está bajo control, mientras que grupos ambientalistas y académicos aseguran que dicha decisión pone en riesgo a la rica variedad de...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) On the prowl for original stories, the Spanish language tracker found a severe critique of mathematics education in Colombia, a great story in Puerto Rico about the origin of language, a suspicious new anti-aging therapy based on nanocapsules filled with...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) On the prowl for original stories, the Spanish language tracker found a severe critique of mathematics education in Colombia, a great story in Puerto Rico about the origin of language, a suspicious new anti-aging therapy based on nanocapsules filled with antioxidants in México, a south-south collaboration on biodiversity between Peru and Ethiopia, and a distinctly presented story about nutrition in Brazil.
El Rastreador científico ha estado buscando notas científicas en los periódicos latinoamericanos que se alejen de la rigurosa noticia, y encontró algunos ejemplos a compartir con vosotros
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(English intro to Spanish lang. post) Época (Brazil) has an excellent story that compares the political views of different countries regarding nuclear energy. It opens with Germany’s decision to extend the life of its nuclear power stations, and then extends its analysis to other regions. The...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) Época (Brazil) has an excellent story that compares the political views of different countries regarding nuclear energy. It opens with Germany’s decision to extend the life of its nuclear power stations, and then extends its analysis to other regions. The conclusion is that nuclear energy is gaining ground worldwide. Another story interviews the UK secretary of climate change, who now favors this source as a transition to renewable. And as for emissions, she says that if Obama doesn’t start doing something EU won’t reduce them significantly either.
La información sobre cambio climático y fuentes de energía nos suele llegar fragmentada. No podemos hacerlo de otra manera; es demasiado complejo. ¿os podéis imaginar una pieza que...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) The Argentine Página 12 has an excellent special on the 100 anniversary of the description of Chagas disease. The package includes very detailed stories about its biology, treatment, and evolution during this century, plus a biography of Carlos...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) The Argentine Página 12 has an excellent special on the 100 anniversary of the description of Chagas disease. The package includes very detailed stories about its biology, treatment, and evolution during this century, plus a biography of Carlos Chagas. Also in Argentina, Al Gore’s visit has received wide coverage although it seems he hasn’t said anything really new. And it’s been funny to see how the vegetarian spider is from Costa Rica if you go by La Nación, and Mexican if you read Milenio (very good story in this last outlet too).
Se conocen 40.000 especies de arañas en el mundo, y sólo una se alimenta principalmente de vegetales. El descubrimiento de Bagheera Kiplingi ha...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) In El Pais, one of the most widely read newspapers in the Spanish-speaking world, the Nobel Prize to Barack Obama is the third most read story. The first two today are from the science section. Can someone still argue that people are not interested on science?...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) In El Pais, one of the most widely read newspapers in the Spanish-speaking world, the Nobel Prize to Barack Obama is the third most read story. The first two today are from the science section. Can someone still argue that people are not interested on science? Just a remark: one story is about food safety and the other about how the contraceptive pill affects partner selection. Both are topics intimately related to our daily life. We track also a story from Colombia that interviews a local scientist working in the NASA mission that today crashed two spacecraft into a crater of the Moon, a new study in Mexico saying that many people got infected with swine flu without knowing it, and a very pertinent interview of the Spanish Research Secretary on government cuts to research funding.
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(English intro to Spanish lang. post) An article in the Chilean “La Tercera” tells readers that if they are over 40 and want to lose some fat in their bellies, they must eat lots of meat and saturated fat. Butter and bacon with eggs will help you to loose weight. And don’t worry about cholesterol...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) An article in the Chilean “La Tercera” tells readers that if they are over 40 and want to lose some fat in their bellies, they must eat lots of meat and saturated fat. Butter and bacon with eggs will help you to loose weight. And don’t worry about cholesterol because it’s a substance that your body needs. The reporter extracts the information from a recently published book. At the end of the story a nutritionist says he wouldn’t recommend this diet. One wishes to have seen a much more critical analysis of such an important issue.
El tracker ha recibido una sugerencia de la farmacéutica y comunicadora científica Mar Santamaría, escandalizada por una nota leída en la sección de salud del periódico chileno La Tercera...
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(English intro to Spanish lang. post) The news explosion on Ardi includes very good coverage in Spanish language outlets. Some journalists stress that she is the oldest known hominid, others focus...
NOTE: The English language post is updating regularly. Find it a few items down.
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) The news explosion on Ardi includes very good coverage in Spanish language outlets. Some journalists stress that she is the oldest known hominid, others focus on the differences between her and the chimpanzees; a few note that the creature's incipient bipedalism contradicts the savanna hypothesis; only a few briefly mention her canines as social behavior clues. The diversity show us that there are still still plenty of stories to be extract from the 11 papers published on Science. The Spanish language Knight Tracker was in AAAS headquarters yesterday. It's obvious that this new line of research has just started.
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(English intro to Spanish lang. post) Three stories today. A National Geographic expedition in Cocos Island has found illegal fishing and damage to protected species. The scientists are explaining it in their blogs, and La Nación is using them effectively as background information. BBC Mundo has a...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) Three stories today. A National Geographic expedition in Cocos Island has found illegal fishing and damage to protected species. The scientists are explaining it in their blogs, and La Nación is using them effectively as background information. BBC Mundo has a story where one can see that Latinamerica needs more adaptation than mitigation on climate change. Some Argentine mathematicians are using computer technologies for a modern version of the classical Freudian studies of words associations.
Una expedición del National Geographic está explorando los fondos marinos de la remota isla de Coco en los mares de Costa Rica. La Nación está reportando a partir de los blogs que los...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) El Pais takes a critical look at private industry funding and at conflicts of interest in oncology research. One wouldn’t say that the data presented are completely unexpected, or that the “bias” introduced by industry funding is unusual, but the story goes into...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) El Pais takes a critical look at private industry funding and at conflicts of interest in oncology research. One wouldn’t say that the data presented are completely unexpected, or that the “bias” introduced by industry funding is unusual, but the story goes into depth by talking to several actors involved. They seem, for all that, to think "it’s not so bad…”
De 1534 investigaciones sobre cáncer publicadas en revistas científicas de alto impacto, el 29% tenían conflictos de interés con la industria farmacéutica. En el 17% de casos las empresas habían financiado trabajos, y el 12% tenían autoría compartida con empleados de las farmacéuticas. Esto es lo que establecía el pasado Mayo un...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) Two fascinating stories today. Argentine researchers have a study in Nature Neuroscience saying that patients in vegetative states might still be able to learn via classical Pavlovian conditioned response. This can be used to predict recovery. La Nación (...
(English intro to Spanish lang. post) Two fascinating stories today. Argentine researchers have a study in Nature Neuroscience saying that patients in vegetative states might still be able to learn via classical Pavlovian conditioned response. This can be used to predict recovery. La Nación (Costa Rica) explains in depth what an isotope of oxygen is, how it will be used to understand the hydrological cycle of the Tempisque aquifer, and thus how much water it can yield in a sustainable way.
Hoy destacamos dos notas, tanto por bien elaboradas, como por lo interesante de su contenido.
En La Nación (Costa Rica), se han atrevido a explicar en medio de un periódico qué son los isótopos. Bravo por...
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