Trust between rider and horse on display at the Paris Olympics shows the best of a sport that has been rocked by scandals | Calla Wahlquist

aAbout five minutes into the eight-minute cross-country race, the oldest horse in Olympic history, 21-year-old Forever Young Wundermask, jumped his jockey out of the saddle and galloped off as he approached the second water obstacle. Watching from home in Australia, I couldn’t help but laugh when a soaked Ecuadorian jockey, Ronald Zavala Getchell, stood up […]

Your heartbeat could soon unlock an iPhone, new patent shows

Nothing beats this technology. a New Apple Patent Eventually, an iOS update could allow users to unlock their iPhones with their heart rate. Apple Insider reported:. The technology is already present in the Apple Watch, which monitors heart rhythms through an electrocardiogram (ECG) app. New iPhones in the future may be able to be unlocked […]

video shows Georgia Chick-fila-A employee fight off gun-wielding burglar

Last month, a brave Chick-fil-A employee in Georgia risked his life to heroically thwart an armed robbery. A fascinating video shows the fast-food worker struggling with the suspect for three minutes. The violent crash happened around 4:30 a.m. on July 1 at a Chick-fil-A in Stone Mountain, Georgia, about 30 minutes northeast of Atlanta. The […]

Harvard-Harris Poll Shows 80% Continue to Support Israel

A new Harvard-Harris poll finds that support for Israel remains strong and is getting stronger among American voters. The poll, conducted July 26-28 among 2,196 registered voters with a margin of error of 2.1 percentage points, found that 80% of voters continue to support Israel in its war against Hamas, the same percentage as in […]

Gen X, Millennials face higher risk of cancer than previous generations, study shows

Gen X and millennials are at higher risk of developing certain types of cancer than previous generations, according to a major new study released Wednesday. In a study published in 2011, The Lancet Journal of Public HealthResearchers from the American Cancer Society (ACS) looked at 34 of the most common cancers and found that cancer […]