It is a long-standing matter of humour in the Formula 1 paddock that the “possible race strategies” infographic Pirelli circulates on Sunday mornings often bears no relationship at all to the way the race pans out. So it proved at the Hungaroring as Lando Norris ended up being effectively forced onto an u favourable one-stop strategy after a poor start, …
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You look up from your phone screen and suddenly realize you weren’t thinking about anything. It’s not a lapse in memory or a daydream; it’s literally a moment when you’re not thinking of anything at all. Neuroscientists have a term for it — mind blanking — which they define as a brief, waking state when conscious thought simply stops. Scientists …
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David Bednar was one of a handful of closers dealt at the trade deadline, with the likes of Mason Miller, who went from the A’s to the Padres, and Jhoan Duran — shipped from the Twins to the Phillies — netting prospects that pop out on league-wide rankings lists. Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said he had a chance to …
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You say potato, I say tomato? Turns out one helped create the other: Natural interbreeding between wild tomatoes and potato-like plants in South America gave rise to the modern day spud around nine million years ago, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Cell. Co-author Loren Rieseberg, a professor at the University of British Columbia, told AFP …
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In a groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Human Evolution, researchers have uncovered fascinating details about human evolution in ancient Asia through fossilized teeth discovered at the Hualongdong site in Anhui Province, China. The findings, led by Professor Wu Xiujie, director of the Hualongdong excavations, challenge established theories of Homo evolution, particularly in Asia during the Middle Pleistocene era. …
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The upcoming X-Men MCU movie has received a big casting update. Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier has been tapped to direct an X-Men movie for Marvel Studios; however, this film isn’t expected to arrive until after Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. Official details for the film have not been released at this time. What is the X-Men casting update? According …
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We’re just six weeks away from the launch of new iPhone models, and rumors are ramping up as September creeps closer. We’ve heard plenty of details about the prospective colors for the iPhone 17 lineup, but leaker Sonny Dickson today shared iPhone 17 dummy models that supposedly feature the shades that Apple has picked. Dickson’s images feature the iPhone 17 …
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Could there be an ocean buried deep beneath our feet, hidden some 700 kilometers below the Earth’s surface? If the recent discoveries from scientific teams in Brazil and Botswana are to be believed, this might not be as far-fetched as it seems. The findings suggest that a vast amount of water could be trapped in minerals deep within the Earth’s …
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The PGA Tour returns to North Carolina this week for the first time since Scottie Scheffler won the PGA Championship. However, the 2025 Wyndham Championship field won’t have the World No. 1 or many of the other top golfers, with their slots in the FedEx Cup Playoffs already locked in. Keegan Bradley is the lone top-10 ranked player in the …
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A woman has revealed the surprising side effects she experienced while temporarily coming off Mounjaro. Symone Jade recently stopped taking the weight loss jabs for a total of eight weeks and was shocked by some of the complications she experienced. The 35-year-old, who regularly shares her Mounjaro journey on TikTok, suffers from fibromyalgia, a chronic health condition which causes widespread …
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