by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Scientists from various universities and research groups identified the 5½-inch shark as the American Pocket Shark, or Mollisquama mississippiensis.
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
A new US analysis has found that those who stick to a plant-based diet appear to have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes of those who follow the diet less closely. Carried out by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
After the panic, the prosecution: investigators in Paris have opened an enquiry to track down the source of false reports last week that drinking water in the French capital had been contaminated. In a viral message spread on the WhatsApp messaging...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Christopher Kraft, a key architect behind several early NASA programs and the agency's first flight director, died 50 years after moon landing.
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Hundreds of Portuguese firefighters aided by overnight rain gained the upper hand against massive wildfires raging in a central region for four days and said they hoped to bring them under control on Tuesday. The blazes have ripped through the heavi...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
While the sleepy 1960s Western ballad "Sin City" wafted through Brooklyn's B61 Bar, a salmon squirmed beneath a bear's claws as the hungry omnivore chomped on the fish's fatty brains. At B61 Bar, named for the city bus line that...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Sri Lanka customs Tuesday ordered the return of container loads of hazardous mortuary and clinical waste illegally imported into the island from Britain under the cover of metal recycling. Customs officials said the racket dating back to 2017 was un...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
(Bloomberg) -- Sign up for Next China, a weekly email on where the nation stands now and where it's going next.The frenzy that greeted China’s new Nasdaq-style stock board is already fading.All but four of the 25 new listings dropped Tuesday, wit...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
NASA's first flight director Chris Kraft, who played a critical role in the American space race, has died just days after 50th anniversary celebrations for the first Moon landing, the agency said. The 95-year-old joined NASA in 1958 and developed th...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Thousands are languishing in displacement camps in Laos a year after a dam break unleashed floodwaters and killed dozens of people in the impoverished state, a new report on the anniversary of the disaster said Tuesday. For the past decade, Laos has...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Multidrug-resistant forms of malaria-causing parasites are spreading across southeast Asia leading to "alarmingly high" treatment failure rates of widely used frontline medication, researchers warned Tuesday. In twin studies published in The Lancet...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
If city officials in Kent have their way, Washington state will have three landmarks that are out of this world. Literally. This week, the City of Kent will seek landmark designation from King County for the Boeing-built rovers that were left behind...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
India sent a spacecraft to explore water deposits on the far side of the moon in a successful launch Monday after a technical problem caused a week's delay. Scientists at the mission control center burst into applause as the rocket lifted off in cle...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Chris Kraft, the founder of NASA's mission control, died Monday, just two days after the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Kraft made key decisions on launches as the U.S. was learning how to put a man into space. Kraft had to decide...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. and China are moving closer to their first face-to-face trade negotiations in months, with a meeting between tech chief executives and President Donald Trump on Monday marking another step toward easing a ban on sales to China...