SANDY SPRING, Md., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- With the number of centenarians growing, scientists have been researching the secrets of living to age 100 and beyond, the Baltimore Sun says.
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Conservationists in Britain are reporting an exponential increase in the population of swans, which are currently under protection by the Royal Charter.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A magnetic resonance imaging machine at the University of Illinois at Chicago tracks neurons in a way that reveals how real-time thoughts form, a report says.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Thinning kelp beds off Southern California are expected to flourish again after completion of one of the country's biggest artificial kelp reefs.
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Scientists say humankind will be a predominately urban species in 25 years, with roughly 60 percent living in towns or cities, a report out of Britain says.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is advising all pregnant women to undergo Down syndrome testing of their unborn children.
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Britain's public health minister will announce this week that the country's legal minimum age to buy cigarettes will be raised from 16 to 18, a report says.
BARCELONA, Spain, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A 67-year-old woman has become the world's oldest mother after giving birth to twins in a Barcelona, Spain, hospital, a report says.
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Las Vegas has ruled that the roundup of wild horses and burros in Nevada's Spring Mountains can proceed.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Anyone listing getting in shape as a 2007 goal should start with a properly fitted pair of shoes, health experts at Texas A&M University said.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Patients seeking vision correction surgery had good results from both LASIK and LASEK procedures, a study by the University of Illinois at Chicago showed.
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Adults living with children eat more fat than adults who don't have children in their households, a study by two U.S. universities said.
PARIS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A space telescope designed to seek out planets not much bigger than Earth has been launched into space from a location in Kazakhstan.
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A cancer specialist in New Zealand is doing what he admits is stupid -- a smoking protest -- to focus on patient suffering during a radiographers' strike.
OTTAWA, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A huge ice shelf 500 miles from the North Pole broke up, leaving a large floating island of ice in the Canadian Arctic, scientists said.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Small bugs in some of the most remote areas of the United States are showing signs that the world is getting warmer, researchers said.
HOUSTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- International Space Station residents spent the week processing more than two tons of materials left by the space shuttle Discovery, U.S. officials said.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Safety experts said more planning is needed to ensure nanotechnology-safe workplaces across the United States in the future.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Six new tsunami reporting stations were deployed in the Pacific Ocean, providing more lead time for U.S. areas at the greatest risk, federal officials said.
ROME, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A new design could be the answer for people who risk damaging their bones by hauling heavy books and other items in backpacks, Italian back experts said.
GALVESTON, Texas, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Twenty-six states are participating in an eye-scanning project that helps identify missing children or adults afflicted with memory loss.
U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012 as former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, her husband Mark Kelly (R) and Vice President Joe Biden look on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on February 10, 2012. UPI/Pat Benic...
