Science News
Long in the tooth: the Greenland shark may live four centuries
WASHINGTON The Greenland shark, a big and slow-moving deep-ocean predator that prowls the frigid waters of the Arctic and North Atlantic, can claim the distinction of being the planet's longest-living vertebrate, with a lifespan perhaps reaching about 400 years.
Piltdown breakdown: new details about a famed scientific hoax
WASHINGTON Researchers applying modern forensic techniques to a century-old puzzle have laid bare intriguing new details about one of the most notorious scientific hoaxes on record, the so-called Piltdown Man, and are confident in the culprit's identity.
What3words keeps Olympics visitors on track in Rio
An innovative addressing system that assigns every patch of earth in the world an easy to remember three-word address is being used to help visitors get around at the Olympics in Rio de Jeneiro. Some 500,000 foreigners are expected to pass through the city during the Games that run until August 21. | Video
Paralysis partly reversed using brain-machine interface training
Paraplegic patients recovered partial control and feeling in their limbs after training to use a variety of brain-machine interface technologies, according to new research published on Thursday in the journal "Scientific Reports." | Video
Tethered drone could fly 'forever’
An unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed by engineers from the University of Southampton uses a powered tether to provide unlimited flight time for drones. The developers say it could offer a more cost-effective solution for aerial monitoring and surveillance than other options on the market. | Video
‘Flying Bum’ edges out of hangar before debut flight
The Airlander 10, known in Britain as 'the flying bum' because of its unique structure, has slowly edged its way out of a hangar in central England ahead of its debut flight as a civilian aircraft. | Video
Thaw could release Cold War-era U.S. toxic waste buried under Greenland's ice
OSLO Global warming could release radioactive waste stored in an abandoned Cold War-era U.S. military camp deep under Greenland's ice caps if a thaw continues to spread in coming decades, scientists said on Friday.
Spiders and scorpions join fight against superbugs
A British lab is searching for new medicines in the poisonous secretions of some of the world's deadliest creatures, addressing the increasingly desperate challenge of finding viable new drugs. | Video
Hear! Hear! Exquisite fossils preserve ear of prehistoric whale
WASHINGTON Fossils unearthed in a South Carolina drainage ditch are providing insight into the development of ultrasonic hearing in prehistoric whales, a trait closely linked to their uncanny ability to hunt and navigate using sound waves and echoes.
Private company wins U.S. clearance to fly to the moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. A Florida-based company won U.S. government permission on Wednesday to send a robotic lander to the moon next year, the firm's founder said, marking the first time the United States has cleared a private space mission to fly beyond Earth’s orbit.
Healthwatch
Avoid injuries by wearing the right running shoe
The wrong running shoe can cause problems in your knees, ankles, feet and more. Reuters talked to an exercise physiologist who specializes in treating runners about how to find the perfect sneaker.
U.S. government shifts $81 million to Zika vaccine research
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has shifted $81 million in funds from other projects to continue work on developing vaccines to fight Zika in the absence of any funding from U.S. lawmakers. | Video