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.
Edit: By November 2013, SQ21 mentioned below is no longer operational. The current longest flight by June 2014 is Qantas QF 8 from Dallas/Fort Worth to Sydney. (see list). The longest non-stop flight (by time and by distance) is Newark to Singapore on Singapore Airlines flight SQ21 which is a 18 hour 50 minute flight of 15,345km.