Science news articles about 'mexico'

  • Archaeologist uses satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico

    ... the southern state of Oaxaca, where the Zapotec people formed the first state-level and urban society in Mexico. “If you ask someone off the street about Mexican archeology, they’ll say Aztec, Maya. ...
  • Mexico Navy hunts for sharks after attacks

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican Navy searched for sharks in the ocean near Pacific surfing beaches on Monday, after two bathers were killed and another maimed in a rare spate of shark attacks.
  • Mexico to tag sharks after deadly attacks

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Biologists in Mexico plan to tag hundreds of sharks off the Pacific Coast to help understand the cause of a rare spate of deadly attacks on humans, the local government said on ...
  • Mexico's Poor Seek Relief From Tortilla Shortage

    Mexico's iconic flatbreads have become a rallying cry for needy Mexicans angry at the country's biofuels and trade policies. Part of Global Food Crisis: A Special News Series.
  • Montezuma’s palace unearthed in Mexico

    Mexican archaeologists say they have unearthed the remains of an Aztec palace once inhabited by the emperor Montezuma in the heart of what is now downtown Mexico City.
  • Gulf of Mexico water quality studied

    WASHINGTON, June 16 (UPI) -- A U.S. governmental task force has released a plan that involves state and federal officials in reducing hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
  • FDA: Part of Mexico cleared in salmonella probe

    (AP) -- One part of Mexico - Baja California - has been cleared of suspicion in the outbreak of salmonella-tainted tomatoes, which U.S. officials said Monday now has sickened 277 people.
  • Health varies widely across different regions of Mexico

    ... , a change known as the "epidemiological transition." The study's findings indicate that Mexico as a nation is at an advanced stage of the epidemiological transition—because of its improved economic ...
  • Floodwaters to widen 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico

    ... farm runoff are heading down the Mississippi River, and scientists fear the deluge will dramatically increase this summer's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, covering an area the size of Maryland....
  • Mexico recovers 929 pre-Columbian pieces

    MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico recovered more than 900 pre-Columbian artifacts seized from smugglers in the U.S. and Canada, including 800-year-old fiber sandals, spears and hunting bows looted from ...
  • Mexico and Central America 'to have environmental plan'

    Mexico and Central America have agreed to create a plan addressing climate change for 2009.
  • Floodwaters to widen 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico

    ... with farm runoff are heading down the Mississippi River, and scientists fear the deluge will dramatically increase this summer's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, covering an area the size of Maryland.
  • Early origins of maize in Mexico

    ... ancestors of maize originally grew wild in Mexico and were radically different from the plant that is now one of the most important ... Society of Plant Biologists in Mérida, Mexico (June 28, 8:30 AM). ...
  • Gulf of Mexico's dead zone expands

    RESTON, Va., July 12 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said heavy streamflows are sending record amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus into the Gulf of Mexico.
  • AIDS 2008 - Mexico

    ... it's vacation time in Cozumel (scuba diving!) and after that I'll attend the AIDS 2008 conference in Mexico (where I will present some results of my PhD). I'll do my best to keep the site updated, but ...

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