Health & Science

• 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.

• Friday, May 28th 2010 - 04:42 UTC

  OIE praises Mercosur for its coordinated effort in the eradication of FMD

  

  The joint work displayed by the Standing Veterinary Commission, CVP, from the Southern Cone of the Americas for the control and eradication of foot and mouth disease, FMD, has been praised as an example for other areas in the globe by the World Organization for Animal Health, OIE

• Friday, May 28th 2010 - 04:40 UTC

  Paraguay closer to achieving full free of FMD with vaccination status

  

  The World Organization for Animal Health, OIE, will examine the South American request to consider free of foot and mouth disease with vaccination the border areas of Paraguay with Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia.

• Friday, May 28th 2010 - 04:37 UTC

  Sociologists Touraine and Bauman awarded the 2010 Prince of Asturias awards

  

  French Sociologists Alain Touraine and Polish born Zygmunt Bauman received on Thursday the 2010 Prince of Asturias Awards for Communication and Humanities.

• Friday, May 28th 2010 - 04:31 UTC

  Ancestors of modern squid identified by Canadian researchers

  

  The ancestors of modern squid may have existed half a billion years ago - a lot earlier than previously thought. In a new study, Canadian researchers identified a previously unclassifiable fossil that was long believed to belong perhaps to the shrimp family.