Health & Science

• Saturday, July 17th 2010 - 06:47 UTC

  The Foreign Office report on British Behaviour Abroad 2009/2010

  

  Lack of travel insurance and inadequate preparation compound the hazards faced by many Britons abroad, according to the Foreign Office’s new British Behaviour Abroad report.

• Thursday, July 15th 2010 - 06:12 UTC

  Park for astronomical observation ensures Chile’s prominence in the field

  

  Widely considered a Mecca for astronomy, Chile has further assured its world prominence in the field of astronomy with a new law that will set aside land specifically for astronomical observation for the next 50 years.

• Saturday, July 10th 2010 - 07:27 UTC

  Chile’s Hospitals Anticipate Wave of Respiratory Infections

  

  Hospitals throughout Chile are converting many of their operating rooms into centres for acute respiratory infections, in an effort to cope with the expected dramatic increase of flu-related problems caused by the recent cold weather and storms.

• Thursday, July 8th 2010 - 07:56 UTC

  FAO establishes new standards for melamine in infant food and animal feed

  

  The maximum amount of melamine allowed in powdered infant formula is 1 mg/kg and the amount of the chemical allowed in other foods and animal feed is 2.5 mg/kg, according to new rulings from the United Nations' food standards body, Codex Alimentarius Commission.

• Thursday, July 8th 2010 - 01:27 UTC

  Falklands’ Fisheries scientists discover mating habits of deep-sea squid

  

  The mating habits of deep-sea squid have been revealed for the first time, after the discovery of a male squid with a huge elongated and erect penis, according to an article from the BBC credited to Matt Walker, Editor, Earth News.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2010 - 07:16 UTC

  NASA aerodynamics confirms Jabulani is erratic and unpredictable

  

  Following several trials with the official ball from the South Africa World Cup, the US Aeronautics and Space Agency, NASA, confirmed the famous ‘Jabulani’, seriously criticized by players and goal beepers is “erratic and unpredictable”.

• Tuesday, June 29th 2010 - 05:13 UTC

  Punta Arenas planning International Antarctic Centre

  

  Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile and seat of the country’s Antarctic Institute will have a new complex that will include the Institute’s offices, research laboratories and a museum dedicated to Chile’s strong and long presence in Antarctica.

• Monday, June 28th 2010 - 22:04 UTC

  Argentine satellite for regional communications to be launched 2012

  

  Arianespace will launch the Arsat-1 satellite for Argentine satellite operator Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anonima, or Arsat, in mid-2012 under a contract announced June 28 by the Evry, France-based launch services provider.

• Friday, June 4th 2010 - 22:44 UTC

  Soy consumption could help with prostate cancer and baldness, say scientists

  

  Scientists have claimed that eating soy could help prevent men from developing prostate cancer and from going bald. US researchers found a molecule produced in the intestine when soy is digested stops a hormone which can fuel prostate growth or cause baldness.

• Friday, June 4th 2010 - 00:33 UTC

  Falklands’ scientists detect North Pacific Ocean species in South Atlantic

  

  Deep sea fish species found in the North Pacific Ocean have mysteriously been caught in the southwest Atlantic in Falkland Islands waters. It is unclear how the animals, a giant rattail grenadier, pelagic eelpout and deep sea squid, travelled so far, according to a report by Matt Walker, Editor of Earth News.