NASA first sample shows asteroid Bennu could be from small ocean world
NASA’s first asteroid sample is the cleanest of its kind. Now, back on Earth, samples taken from the asteroid Bennu are already yielding surprising discoveries about the early solar system and where asteroids came from. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dropped rock and soil samples from the pristine asteroid into the Utah desert last year after a […]
Quirky questions, answers, and observations in a world gone mad
The best summer job of my life was piloting a paddle steamer that carried about 100 passengers on a man-made lagoon near the shores of Lake Erie. The Western Cruises at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio were 20-minute excursions, and my shifts were from 10am to 5pm, Tuesday through Sunday, with new passengers […]
Former defense secretary: Biden looking weak on world stage 'very, very serious'
Former Trump Secretary of Defense Mark Esper expressed concern Sunday about how President Biden’s debate performance was being received on the world stage, suggesting it could sow doubts among foreign allies and adversaries about his ability to do his job. “This is very serious stuff. Any foreigner, any ally, any partner is going to look […]
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks own 400-meter hurdles world record
EUGENE, Ore. — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone once again broke her own world record by winning the 400-meter hurdles in 50.65 seconds at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Sunday. The 24-year-old defending Olympic champion, in just his fourth long-distance hurdle race of the season, cleared 10 obstacles with ease before sprinting to the finish line to set […]
Watch: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ends US Olympic trials with another epic world record
The U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials concluded with a major statement from perhaps the most dominant track and field athlete in the world right now. There was no doubt that 400m hurdles superstar Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone would qualify for Paris. All eyes were on how fast she would run and by how much of a […]
Former World No. 1s Ruoning Yin, Atthaya Thitikul prevail in LPGA team event
Nelly Korda currently sits atop the women’s world golf rankings, but on Sunday Luoning Ying and Attaya Thitikul looked like the best players in the world. Ying and Thitikul, both 21, briefly held the world No. 1 ranking last fall before ceding it to Korda, but the pair of players from China and Thailand shot […]
DP World Tour’s Italian Open sees ‘Comeback King’ Marcel Siem triumph in playoff
of DP World Tour has officially named Marcel Siem the “Comeback King” – and rightly so. The 43-year-old underwent hip surgery in February, about a year after winning the Hero Indian Open, his first title since 2014. He then sat out three months before returning to the Soudal Open in late May, where he missed […]
The end of the world is just a matter of where you stand
We seem to be staggering towards the abyss. Like in a Roger Corman horror movie, we hear ghostly voices predicting that the end is near. We must fall into it. The signs of doom are everywhere, but since punishment for our sins is the object of our training, we will have to swallow our punishment […]
World reaction to US presidential debate: Mockery from China and Russia, concern from allies
America’s opponents argue not only that President Biden suffered a major defeat in Thursday’s debate, but that America is the real loser. After Biden’s lackluster performance stunned viewers, Russia, China, Iran and others spoke out. Their media, many of them government-controlled, seized on the debate debacle to criticize the US. “News outlets of all sizes […]
T20 World Cup final: India v South Africa – live | T20 World Cup 2024
Important Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Wickets! Suryakumar c Klaassen b Rabada 3 (India 34-3) Kusun lies on his back, grabs Suryakumar at fine leg and then pumps his arm up and down. A typical Sky flick, but this time it hits the fielder. Rabada roars. share Fourth […]