World champions Pavan, Humana-Paredes ending beach volleyball partnership
Canada's world beach volleyball champions Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes are ending their partnership.
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'No other material behaves this way': Scientists find substance that can 'remember' like human brain
Scientists in Switzerland have discovered that a compound used in electronics is capable of “remembering” previous external stimuli in a similar way to neurons in the human brain.
Talk like you: Scientists discover why humans evolved to talk while other primates can’t
Why did humans evolve to talk, while monkeys were left to hoot, squeak and grunt to communicate?
'Winter will be a humanitarian crisis unless dangerous hospital bottleneck is solved', warn NHS medics
‘Winter is going to be a humanitarian crisis unless urgent action is taken’, fear senior NHS sources. The grave concerns come as the number of patients who are medically fit to go home, but cannot be discharged from hospital, are ‘higher than ever’ in one Greater Manchester hospital.
Sport's eating disorder crisis: The time is now to treat elite athletes like human beings
An athlete’s health is worth its weight in gold. An athlete’s worth isn’t just weight and gold.
Serena Williams: Mats Wilander salutes ‘GOAT’ for changing tennis and showing ‘human’ side with near-misses
Serena Williams goes down as one of the greatest athletes of all time, according to Eurosport’s Mats Wilander, who says his admiration grew for the American after she showed her “human” side during her career near-misses. The 40-year-old looks set to retire after the US Open, having written a first-person piece for Vogue this week in which she stated she will “evolve away” from the sport.
Langya virus: How worrying is the new animal-to-human LayV virus spreading in China?
While the threat of COVID-19 still lingers two years on from the start of the pandemic and the outbreak of monkeypox is far from being contained, a new virus is looming over the horizon.
US Open to hold humanitarian aid effort for Ukraine
Ukraine, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) said on Wednesday, with a goal of raising $2 million in relief. The effort will kick off August 24 with an exhibition event at Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York, with 22-times Grand Slam winner Rafa Nadal, world number one Iga Swiatek and John McEnroe among the headliners. Ticket sales will go toward assisting impacted communities in Ukraine.