Race against time to study HMS Northumberland as shifting sands expose part of well-preserved wreck off Kent The British warship HMS Northumberland was built in 1679 as part of a wave of naval modernisation overseen by Samuel Pepys, a decade after he had stopped writing his celebrated diary and gone...
Planetary scientist Michele Dougherty made first female UK astronomer royal
Physicist who worked on Nasa Cassini mission ‘absolutely delighted’ after being awarded 350-year-old title A planetary scientist whose research revealed the possibility of extraterrestrial life on one of Saturn’s moons has been made the first female astronomer royal. Prof Michele Dougherty, a leading space physicist who was a researcher for...
Checking airways before CPR on athletes may increase risk of death, study says
First response should be chest compressions rather than preventing ‘tongue swallowing’, researchers suggest It is the simple life-saving sequence taught in many a first aid lesson: when someone collapses, first check their airways, then breathing and finally circulation before starting chest compressions if needed. But experts have warned this approach...
Parents want more warnings after a brain-eating amoeba killed their son on a South Carolina lake
Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a brain-eating amoeba that was living in the warm water
Wall Street tiptoes around its records as its busy week picks up momentum
U.S. stock indexes are tiptoeing around their record levels as a busy week for Wall Street picks up momentum
Anchorage warns hikers after 2 bear attacks in a week
Officials in Alaska are warning hikers to steer clear of streams and rivers where salmon are running after bears mauled hikers on two different occasions within a week in Anchorage
UCLA reaches $6 million settlement with Jewish students and professor over campus protests
The University of California, Los Angeles, has reached a $6 million settlement with three Jewish students and a Jewish professor who filed a lawsuit alleging UCLA violated their civil rights
Officials work to unravel how and why gunman carried out deadly attack on NYC office building
Investigators are piecing together more details about how a former high school football player who blamed the game for his mental health problems carried out a deadly attack on an office building that is home to the NFL
Massachusetts man sentenced to 26 months for attacking a flight attendant with a broken spoon
A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 26 months in prison for attempting to stab a flight attendant with a broken metal spoon
Crews struggle to contain wildfire on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon
Historically dry and windy conditions are making it harder for crews to contain a wildfire burning along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon