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Dopey policy: is the IOC fit for purpose?

Jul 27, 2016 07:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports

The scandal of systematic doping orchestrated by Russian government agencies and the Russian anti-doping body (RUSADA), involving the disposal of thousands of biological samples or their replacement with clean urine, has...

Media-led investigations aren't the way to beat doping in sport

Jul 19, 2016 08:09 am UTC| Sports Law

New allegations of doping in Kenya have surfaced just ahead of the Rio Olympics. They include athletes and coaches from other countries, making Kenya seem like a dopers paradise with little testing or concern about drug...

Exercise in childhood benefits those with cerebral palsy in later life

Jul 10, 2016 19:38 pm UTC| Health Sports

There were two groups of athletes. First they cycled for 30 seconds as fast as they could on a stationary bicycle. Then they ran as fast as they could for 40m. And then they were asked to jump as high as possible off each...

What other industries can learn from the failures of greyhound racing

Jul 08, 2016 23:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports Law

Those in the greyhound racing industry were surprised by the Premier of NSWs has announcement on the banning of the industry in NSW from 1 July 2017, closely followed in the ACT. But the writing has been on the wall...

How does a Tour de France favourite win on the scorching mountain slopes?

Jul 07, 2016 17:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports

The Tour de France is winding its way from the flat, windswept coast of northern France down through the Loire valley and the lumpy terrain of the Massif Central. So far, it has been a time for the bulky sprinters and the...

Lionel's messy tax affairs are part of a bigger problem in football

Jul 07, 2016 17:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports Law

One things for sure, it has not been a good summer for Lionel Messi. Following a fourth international cup final defeat, the diminutive Argentine announced his retirement from international football on June 26, aged just...

Money ball: the often overlooked object at the heart of Euro 2016

Jul 05, 2016 18:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports Business

As we enter the closing stages of the UEFA Euro 2016 finals, heres a curiosity about major football tournaments. The thing at the very centre of the action gets the least attention the ball itself. Not that this stops...

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Economy

Some experts say the US economy is on the up, but here’s why voters don’t think so

Many Americans are gloomy about the economy, despite some data saying it is improving. The Economist even took this discussion to TikTok. When its US editor John Prideaux examined inflation, wage and employment numbers,...

Electric air taxis are on the way – quiet eVTOLs may be flying passengers as early as 2025

Imagine a future with nearly silent air taxis flying above traffic jams and navigating between skyscrapers and suburban droneports. Transportation arrives at the touch of your smartphone and with minimal environmental...

Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power

In sub-Saharan Africa, over 600 million people (more than 50% of the population) are without access to electricity. Malawi has one of the worlds lowest electricity access rates just 14.1% of the total population have...

High interest rates aren’t going away anytime soon – a business economist explains why

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its May 1, 2024, policy meeting, dashing the hopes of potential homebuyers and others who were hoping for a cut. Not only will rates remain at their current level a...

US long-term care costs are sky-high, but Washington state’s new way to help pay for them could be nixed

If you needed long-term care, could you afford it? For many Americans, especially those with a middle-class income and little savings, the answer to that question is absolutely not. Nursing homes charge somewhere...

Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

Taiwan is experiencing millions of cyberattacks every day

Taiwan stands out as a beacon of democracy, innovation and resilience in an increasingly autocratic region. But this is under growing threat. In recent years, China has used a variety of grey zone tactics to pressure...

What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case

Following the nearly three-hour oral argument about presidential immunity in the Supreme Court on April 25, 2024, many commentators were aghast. The general theme, among legal and political experts alike, was a...

US Urges China, Russia to Reject AI Control in Nuclear Arms, Align with Global Norms

Paul Dean, a senior U.S. arms control official, emphasized the critical need for China and Russia to join the U.S. in declaring that humans will always decide on the deployment of nuclear weapons, not artificial...

US election: why it’s not the protesters’ votes that the Democrats should worry about

As hundreds of New York police officers in riot gear were called in to clear away a student protest at Columbia University on Tuesday night, the university president Nemat Shafik was saying she had no choice but to take...

Science

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Technology

Former SEC Commissioner Criticizes Broad Crypto Definitions, Lubin Challenges SEC

At the TokenizeThis 2024 conference, former SEC Commissioner Troy Paredes criticized the SEC for its expansive interpretation of digital assets as securities. Concurrently, Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin at the F.T. Live...

Pantera Capital Sets Record with Massive Investment in Telegram's TON

Pantera Capital has announced a record-breaking investment in Telegrams TON blockchain, marking its largest commitment to date and signifying robust confidence in blockchains future. This strategic move underscores a major...

Xiaomi SU7 Fails After 39km, Company Offers Compensation and Replacement

In a recent setback, a Xiaomi SU7 electric vehicle owned by Mr. Wen malfunctioned after just 39 kilometers, leading to significant customer dissatisfaction. Xiaomi has responded by offering compensation and agreeing to...

OpenAI Set to Unveil Google Rival Search Tool Next Monday, Sources Reveal

OpenAI, in partnership with Microsoft, is slated to announce a groundbreaking AI-powered search tool on May 13, challenging Googles dominance just a day before its major I/O conference, according to sources. OpenAIs...

Ripple Partner SBI Holdings to Form Joint Venture in Japan with Chiliz for Sports Tokens

SBI Digital Holdings, a Ripple Labs partner, has revealed plans to deliver sports fan tokens to the Japanese market. The company announced a deal with Chiliz on May 9 to launch a sports and entertainment joint...