29 junio 2013

The 18-year-old voice of Chile's nationwide student uprising | World news | guardian.co.uk

 The Guardian:

The 18-year-old voice of Chile's nationwide student uprising

Moisés Paredes speaks for a movement which has defied police brutality to put education reform high on the election agenda
On Wednesday, Moisés Paredes helped organise a march of 100,000 protesters through the streets of Chile's capital, Santiago, calling for free university education. That night, he organised a press conference to defend the occupation of dozens of polling stations before Sunday's presidential primaries. On Thursday, he and his fellow activists were roused by riot police in a dawn raid.

The 18-year-old voice of Chile's nationwide student uprising | World news | guardian.co.uk

11 junio 2013

Zoë Robot Returns To Chile's Atacama Desert On NASA Mission To Search For Subsurface Life | SETI Institute


dry lake yungai atacama

 PITTSBURGH - The autonomous, solar-powered Zoë, which became the first robot to map microbial li fe during a 2005 field expedition in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is heading back to the world’s driest desert this month on a NASA astrobiology mission led by Carnegie Mellon University and the SETI Institute. This time, Zoë is equipped with a one-meter drill to search for subsurface life.
Zoë Robot Returns To Chile's Atacama Desert On NASA Mission To Search For Subsurface Life | SETI Institute