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A comet will be observed from Puerto Rico

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Puerto Ricans will get the chance to observe comet C/2011 L4 (PanStarrs) on March 5th and 6th.

 

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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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