Springbok assistant coach Matt Proudfoot showing the visiting players from the University of Michigan how to scrum... (Photo supplied by SA Rugby) The Covid-19 pandemic might lead to changes to the rules of rugby when the sport eventually resumes.According to The Times, World Rugby will consider a number of rule alterations specifically related to how…
By Jake Buehler Climate change could put the weird Welwitschia plant in dangerEvenfh/Getty Images The Welwitschia plant is one of the world’s strangest and most resilient plants, living in Africa’s exceptionally dry Namib Desert. But climate change may push these hardy plants past their limits, suggesting they should be placed on the IUCN Red List…
A top World Health Organization official warned Wednesday against trying to predict when COVID-19 will disappear. Instead, WHO Emergencies Director Dr. Mike Ryan said the novel coronavirus will be hard to wipe out completely. According to John Hopkins University's latest data, more than 4.4 million people worldwide have been infected and nearly 300,000 have died…
Makazole Mapimpi (Getty Images) Lloyd Burnard - Sport24 The Sharks have held onto their 2019 World Cup winning Springboks, including Makazole Mapimpi, after South African rugby's very own transfer deadline day on Thursday.Register your interest for the British & Irish Lions tickets in South Africa 2021Professional rugby players in the country had until midnight on Thursday - the…
The dangers of coronavirus "super spreaders" A top World Health Organization official warned Wednesday against trying to predict when COVID-19 will disappear. Instead, WHO Emergencies Director Dr. Mike Ryan said the novel coronavirus will be hard to wipe out completely. According to John Hopkins University's latest data, more than 4.4 million people worldwide have been…
Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights (1939) United Artists Laurence Olivier’s performance embodies Heathcliff’s dichotomy of hard and soft. Oliver’s presence on screen is distinguished and sympathetic, given his deep, dark eyes, knife-sharp jaw, and a background in Shakespearean productions that made him a household name. In the 1930s, masculinity was in a crisis (Isn’t it always?).
4 min read The following story contains spoilers for The Pitt season 2, episode 6, "12:00 P.M." LIKE SO MANY other viewers of The Pitt, I watched the show's first season in a binge. And for a show that's so fast-paced and where each episode truly bleeds directly into the next, that felt right. For
6 min read Kimmie Ng, M.D., a Boston oncologist, started noticing an alarming trend in her work a few years ago. Men in their 20s, 30s, and 40s—runners, CrossFitters, lifelong nonsmokers—were streaming through her door at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They all appeared lively and strong—yet there they were, battling colorectal cancers, a family of