The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) have reported that in the future hardly any chimpanzees will be used for biomedical research, considering that their use is "not necessary" in most cases, thus accepting the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine ( IOM). In fact, they have announced that they will not fund any new research projects using chimpanzees.
Two Spanish high school students are part of the European finalist team in the SpaceLab contest, co-financed by ESA, whose winners will be able to send their experiment proposals to the International Space Station (ISS) during the summer of 2012. In addition, the experiments will be carried out by astronauts will be broadcast globally on YouTube.
Yesterday the 60 finalists of the YouTube Space Lab contest were announced, in which students between 14 and 18 years old from all over the world propose their experiments to be developed by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). Of the 21 shortlisted European proposals, four are Spanish.
July 21 is the winter solstice (the shortest day in the southern regions), and it has always been a designated day in the Antarctic calendar. "Since the days of Shackleton and Scott, all explorers on this continent have celebrated this day that marks the middle of winter, and that means more to us than Christmas," says Robert Farrell.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
