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Ethical dilemmas of modern science

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This article discusses several ethical issues raised by recent science and technology advances. Some of the issues discussed are hacking into medical devices, climate change, cars that drive themselves, and more. These dilemmas were published by the John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values at the University of Notre Dame. You can read that list here.

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"Hackers" get together to promote computer programming

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Students and developers who share a poassion for computer programming and coding celebrated the second Puerto Rico Hackathon last Sunday. They shared insights on how to develop web and mobile apps, software, and hardware for various applications.

Several awards were given to notable projects including

Best Hack for a college audience: EncryptedStudentID

Rafael Esparra
Roxana Gonzalez
Xiomara Figueroa

Best Hack for a Web Platform: Projected Pong

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Save the Parrot with Style / Desfile de Moda pro Cotorra Boricua, Casa Isleña, Puntas, Rincón

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Save the Parrot with Style
Saturday, March 16
Casa Isleña, Puntas, Rincón

Featuring:
- Miss Turismo Latino P.R.
- Jewelry Collection by Greetchen Díaz presented by models of the West Fashion Week
- Live music, raffle gifts from local shops and restaurants
- Free food

Donation: $5
To benefit The Puertorrican Parrot Genome Project and the Caribbean Genome Center (University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez)

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Clean water for our rivers and lakes

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César Irizarry Resto - redaccion@elperiodicopr.com

Water runoff reaches rivers and lakes and can contaminate them. To raise awareness about this issue, the town of Caguas begun a campaign to label sewers and drains and educate the public about the need to keep them clean and unclogged.

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Climate change puts the coquí at risk of extinction

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Laura M. Quintero

Three out of seventeen species of coquí have undergone extinction due to temperature changes, loss of their habitat and the spreading of the Bd fungus. Climate change is threatening at least 11 more species which would have a devastating effect on the ecosystem.

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Scientists to study the genome of the Paso Fino horse in Puerto Rico

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Mariam Ludim Rosa Vélez (mariamludim@uprm.edu)

Scientists from the UPR Mayagüez Genomics Center who sequenced the genome of the Puerto Rican parrot are now hoping to sequence the genome of the Puerto Rican Paso Fino horse.

 

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UPR students call for a general meeting on Wednesday

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Por Alba Y. Muñiz Gracia / alba.muniz@gfrmedia.com

Students at UPR-RP will have a general meeting on Wednesday at 10:00am in the theater.

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Students and professors from Natural Sciences Department at UPR-RP participate of the project ALFALFA at the Arecibo Observatory

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Students and professors from Natural Sciences Department at UPR-RP participate of the project ALFALFA 9 Arecibo Legacy Fast Arecibo L-band Feed Array Survey) at the Arecibo Observatory

For more info, call 787-764-0000, ext. 2311.

 

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