AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoAncient DNA in Chile: Researchers recovered the first ancient smallpox genomes from naturally mummified Indigenous people in northern Chile, finding two infections in Inca-Colonial remains and linking the virus’s arrival in the Americas to European colonization, with results published in Science. Exoplanet Atmosphere (Chile-based telescope): Astronomers using Chile’s Magellan Observatory detected helium escaping from rocky super-Earth LHS 1140 b in the habitable zone, a key step toward finding atmospheres on potentially life-friendly worlds. Climate & Coasts: A new mapping effort pinpoints UNESCO coastal World Heritage sites most exposed to rising seas, while the UN warns the climate crisis is accelerating as El Niño intensifies heat and disruption. Space Cataloging: Germany’s eROSITA DR2 released nearly two million X-ray sources, including a major census of faint binary systems that help explain the Milky Way’s X-ray glow. Tech & Policy (Chile-adjacent): Chile’s Antarctic energy debate gets a boost from a student proposal combining renewables with a nuclear microreactor to cut diesel use at research stations.
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