News tagged with bite force

Great white's mighty bite revealed

Aug 04, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (9) | 7

The bite force of a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is the highest known for any living species, according to new research to be published in the Journal of Zoology. This is the first time that scientists have e ...

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Senior-citizen volunteers fight Medicare fraud

Medicine & Health / Health

4 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The first box that arrived at Shirley Shupp's door was filled with braces to help with her arthritis. Then came a motorized scooter, just like the one the 69-year-old already owned. She hadn't asked for any of it ...

New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Dec 28, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- O'treng village doesn't look like the epicenter of anything. Just off a muddy rutted-out road, it is nothing more than a handful of Khmer-style bamboo huts perched crookedly on stilts, tucked among ...

House and Senate look to final health care talks

Medicine & Health / Health

Dec 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- How many Americans will get subsidized medical coverage - plus who will pay for it - will be front-burner issues when Congress returns next month to complete President Barack Obama's health care remake.

High-tech vehicles pose trouble for some mechanics

Technology / Other

Dec 27, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 5

(AP) -- A sign inside the Humming Motors auto repair shop says, "We do the worrying so you don't have to."

First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Dec 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 6

(AP) -- It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.

As shuttle's career nears an end, NASA turns focus to satellites

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 26, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (8) | 2

NASA heads into 2010 with the bittersweet assignment of retiring the space shuttle after nearly three decades. But that's not all the agency has planned: There are also launches of three new satellites aimed at better understanding ...

China defends role at Copenhagen

Space & Earth / Environment

Dec 25, 2009 | 1.8 / 5 (5) | 5

China has defended its role at this month's climate change talks in Copenhagen, saying Premier Wen Jiabao played a key part in sealing an accord, after critics blamed Beijing for blocking negotiations.

An easy way to see the world's thinnest material

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 23, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (12) | 1

It's been used to dye the Chicago River green on St. Patrick's Day. It's been used to find latent blood stains at crime scenes. And now researchers at Northwestern University have used it to examine the thinnest material ...

Filipino troops try to keep volcano evacuees safe

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 23, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(AP) -- Police and soldiers donned Santa hats and red clown noses and belted out songs in crammed evacuation centers in hopes of keeping 47,000 displaced residents from sneaking back to their homes on the ...