"I hope to make you proud," says the new astronaut as he sends a message to Puerto Rico during an interview with El Nuevo Dia.
Houston, Texas - Recognizing the importance of representing Puerto Rico and the Latino community, Marcos Gabriel Berríos officially became a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut on Tuesday, with the opportunity to go, in the coming years, to the International Space Station (ISS) and be the first Puerto Rican to set foot on the moon.
"I hope to make you proud. Thank you for the support you have given me," Berríos said in an interview with El Nuevo Día shortly after the ceremony, speaking to Puerto Rico, to whose beaches he hopes to return for vacation in as soon as two weeks.
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We have compiled a list of reliable and scientific sources to help you learn more and stay informed about earthquakes, the science behind these seismic events, mental and public health, as well as a list of media outlets and journalists who have been covering the earthquakes in Puerto Rico. Most of the news articles and blog posts are in Spanish, unless otherwise indicated by the title.
More than a month since Maria hit Puerto Rico, there is still a lot of standing water and a large number of households with little or no access to potable water, which increases the possibility of diseases such as leptospirosis, gastroenteritis, dengue, zika and chikungunya. However, many of these diseases are preventable if citizens take the right precautions.
The Puerto Rican astronaut, Joseph Acabá, went into space where he will collaborate on the research conducted in the International Space Station (ISS).
For the full article, please refer to the Spanish version of this site.
José Zamora, a researcher from the Agriculture Extension Service at the University of Puerto Rico, warns about the risk of importing pineapple seeds from Costa Rica due to the possible presence of the fungus Fusarium Oxysporum which could terminate local pineapple production.
For the full article, please refer to the spanish version of this site.
Por: Amira C. Odeh Quiñones
Geógrafa, actualmente se encuentra realizando su maestría en Recursos Hídricos en la Universidad Austral de Chile.
En Marruecos se llevó a cabo COP22, la conferencia más importante del año donde los líderes del mundo discutieron cómo trabajar sobre el cambio climático. Esta culminó el viernes, 18 de noviembre de 2016 con aún mucho que trabajar en el tema.
A new image taken at 4:00 pm on March 2, 2016 as the International Space Station was above Puerto Rico, shows the San Juan metropolitan area with great detail.
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Puerto Rico has been undergoing a drought for several months now. Georges Félix discusses a model that combines agriculture and stockbreeding to fight drought.
The original version of this article is in Spanish. You can read it by clicking on ESPAÑOL at the top right corner of your screen.
Two recent issues of “Physics Today”, a physics journal published by the American Institute of Physics, highlights the work of three local scientists, Drs. Daniel Altschuler, Sixto González and Víctor Blanco.
The text is available in Spanish.
