A review from 2010 listed 10 studies of telomere length and early death, of which five found no association whatsoever. Different groups also tried and failed to link the length of telomeres with patientsâ blood pressure, lung function, and grip strength (an indicator of overall health).
World's longest commercial flight - a 9,534 mile route over the Arctic Circle - completes its final journey. The world's longest commercial flight completed its final 9,534mile journey from New Jersey to Singapore this weekend. Singapore Airlines had been running the grueling near-19 hour flight since 2004, but finally decided to pull the journey from its schedules reportedly because it was becoming too expensive to run.
That will leave Qantas Flight 7, a Boeing 747 from Sydney to Dallas, atop the list of world's longest nonstops by distance, at 8,600 miles. The longest nonstop by time will be Delta's Flight 201 -- a 777 from Atlanta to Johannesburg which clocks in at about 17 hours.