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Not only the heat causes the seas to rise

Submitted on 30 September 2007 - 11:33pm

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Geological studies demonstrate an increase in the sea level that started 20,000 years ago. According to the International Panel on Climate Change, the melting of the polar caps after the last ice age has caused a significant increase in the sea level. However, the big worry is the annual increase of 1 to 2 mm observed in the past 100 years.

Alzheimer related deaths increase in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 30 September 2007 - 10:21pm

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Although the Alzheimer related deaths in Puerto Rico have increased to a point where the mortality is higher than in the United Status, the reasons behind this increase are unknown, according to the director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Genes, Brain and Mind, Irving E. Vega.

Arecibo Advocates Agitate to Reverse Planned NSF Cut

Submitted on 30 September 2007 - 10:14pm

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Supporters of the world's largest radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, gathered last week in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol in hopes of keeping the observatory alive. But time is running short, and the advocates face an uphill struggle to keep the 40-year-old observatory, whose receiving dish extends 305 meters across a natural sinkhole, operating into the next decade.

St. Jude Medical with new facilities

Submitted on 20 September 2007 - 10:22pm

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The company St. Jude Medical, in Arecibo, inaugurated their new facilities, where pacemakers and their parts, among other things, will be manufactured. The new facilities were built with and investment of $40 million, and will create1,200 new jobs in three years.

Pessimism on the health of Puerto Ricans

Submitted on 12 September 2007 - 10:07pm

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If we keep up the bad eating habits and the lack of exercise, adult Puerto Ricans will their offspring die of cardiovascular diseases, stated cardiologist and former president of the Puerto Rican Society of Cardiology, Luis Molinary, as he announced the celebration of the World Day of the Heart 2007, on September 30. This event, on Sunday, September 30, at the Luis Muñoz Rivera, in Puerta de Tierra, will include talks and demonstrations about exercises, nutrition and health.

Few options left to save the Arecibo Observatory

Submitted on 12 September 2007 - 9:58pm

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Experts say the Arecibo telescope is running out of options to be saved from being closed. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has given the Arecibo Observatory until 2011 to find at least half of the $8 million that has been cut from its budget. If no new funding mechanisms arise, the NSF will cut their funding to the Observatory and the telescope will cease operations.

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