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The mountains that will be the setting of the Alpine events for the forthcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing boast spectacular scenery and breathtaking runs, but lack just one vital ingredient: real snow. Between January and March this year, the National Alpine Ski Centre in Yanqing, about 55 miles north-west of Beijing, had just 2cm of […]
The hippocampus is an area of the brain known to play a key role in the encoding of long-term memories. In addition to contributing to the formation of event-related memories, this brain region supports the creation of so-called cognitive maps. These are mental maps of the world that guide humans as they navigate known environments; […]
Ferragamo’s new Chief Executive Marco Gobbetti will take the helm from Jan. 1, the Italian luxury group said on Tuesday, after beating analysts’ expectations with a 17.4% increase in third quarter sales at constant exchange rates. Revenues rose by 35% to 785 million euros ($907 million) in the first nine months of the year, mainly […]
Seagate showed off a hard disk drive that connects through NVMe at the Open Computing Project (OCP) global summit this week. Limiting a faster PCIe connection to the speeds of a spinning disk drive might be counterintuitive, but it could still have benefits outside of consumer desktop use. Seagate has detailed the project on its […]
Lauren Johnson, 33, was killed after a speeding Toyota Auris driven by an elderly man mounted the pavement and hit her, leaving her family devastated A mum-of-two on maternity leave was killed in a horrific smash with her “whole life ahead of her”, a court has been told. Lauren Johnson, 33, was killed after a […]
Johnny Sexton celebrated his 100th cap with a second-half try as Ireland warmed up for a meeting with the All Blacks next Saturday with a crushing 60-5 win over Japan. The Ireland captain marked his milestone appearance by claiming the fifth of nine tries at a below-capacity Aviva Stadium. He also kicked 11 points. Andrew […]
Three-banded panther worms are an incredibly impressive marine animal. Known scientifically as the acoel worm named Hofstenia miamia, these tiny animals that grow to only 500 micrometers can perform one of the greatest feats in the animal world, whole-body regeneration. Remove Hofstenia miamia’s tail and it will grow another. Remove its head and another one, […]
Anne Perrot, an economist who has written in the past about the need for more regulation of Big Tech, is on the final short list to become France’s new antitrust chief, three sources close to the matter said. The role is deemed strategic by Paris as it seeks to tame the dominance of U.S. tech […]
Another day, another delay. Just one day removed of Valve delaying its Steam Deck handheld into 2022, Panic has done the same with the Playdate. This time, however, it wasn’t a component shortage but rather, a faulty set of batteries that resulted in the delay. Panic, the company that published adventure game Firewatch in late […]
Kelly Walker spent the money she had saved for her house deposit to bring two cats she found during a holiday in Turkey home in the UK. It took almost a year, but she was finally reunited with them A hairdresser has spent almost £14,000 to bring two feral cats she found in Turkey to […]
