Saturday, 27 January 2018
Caroline Wozniacki defeated Samona Helip to win the title of Grand Grand Salem
Denmark's Caroline Minerie Becky defeated Romanian Sima's Helip to win the title of her first grandmother Salem and won the number one rating in the Australian Open. The second seed won 7-6 (7-2) 3-6 6-4 in...
Friday, 26 January 2018
Australia Open: Roger Federer retired Hainan Cheng by the final.
Roger Federer won 20 major singles and sixth eight Australian Opens, when he defeated his opposing Hunen Chen on Friday night semi-final after promoting the fight. Federer led 6-1, 5-2 on the Road Laureate Arena, when...
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Women to get equal prize money in Tour Down Under cycling event
South Australian government’s announcement hailed by this year’s winner Amanda Spratt as ‘a huge step forward for equality’ Riders in the Women’s Tour Down Under will receive the same pay as their male counterparts for the...
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
The IQ test wars: why screening for intelligence is still so controversial – podcast
shutterstock.com Daphne Martschenko, University of Cambridge Online IQ “quizzes” purport to be able to tell you whether or not “you have what it takes to be a member of the world’s most prestigious high IQ society”....
North and South Korea to unite at Winter Olympics: here are the hidden agendas behind this sports diplomacy
North and South Korean officials meet with International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach in Lausanne on January 20. Laurent Gillieron/EPA Udo Merkel, University of Brighton For many Western ears, Pyongyang and Pyeongchang sound very similar. Both are...
Sunday, 21 January 2018
NASA Examines Technology To Fold Aircraft Wings In Flight.
NASA conducts a flight test series to investigate the ability of an innovative technology to fold the outer portions of wings in flight as part of the Spanwise Adaptive Wing project, or SAW. Flight tests took...
Saturday, 20 January 2018
Robots and smart devices at tech show : CES 2018.
The biggest consumer technology expo in the world is wrapping up in Las Vegas. The Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, featured thousands of smart gadgets, artificial intelligence devices and hi-tech cars. One of the main trends...
Friday, 19 January 2018
The Dutch city that's more like Dubai.
You should always arrive in Rotterdam by train. That way, as you leave the station, you can turn around, as I did last month, put your bag down and look back at one of the most...
A Better Way to Get Kids in Libraries: Stop Fining Them.
Over a million kids in New York City have public library cards. But about a fifth of them have blocked accounts due to fines. It’s not so hard to get blocked. Your card gets suspended if you hit...
Thursday, 18 January 2018
Donald Trump faces backlash as he reveals 'Fake News Awards' winners.
President highlights journalists’ errors despite anger from some in his own party over his treatment of the media Donald Trump, who has routinely peddled conspiracy theories and mistruths from the office of the presidency, sought to...
With Scarlett Johansson front and centre, finally it's Black Widow's time to shine.
Long-delayed plans for a female-led Marvel superhero movie following Wonder Woman’s triumph should deliver one of the studio’s biggest hitters It’s not difficult to follow Hollywood’s logic in avoiding female-led superhero movies for most of the...
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Babies can learn the value of persistence by watching grownups stick with a challenge.
When you quit in frustration, little eyes are watching and learning. Victor Maschek/Shutterstock.com Julia Leonard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology You’re at home trying to make fresh tomato sauce, but can’t seem to get the tomatoes out...
