Women's rugby in the U.S. is going professional with the new Women's Elite Rugby competition. The league will officially launch next year with between 6 and 8 teams.
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. I don’t know about you, but I only learned last week that there’s something connecting MSG and computer chips. Inside most laptop and data center chips today, there’s a tiny component called…
With no mobile phones allowed, fans queue for two hours to capture their own unusual piece of Masters historyThe first thing you see when you make it through the gates at Augusta National is the grass, which, for the first time in your life, really is greener on the other side. Then it’s the rainbow of azaleas and above them the trees, dogwoods, magnolias and firethorns, snaking down around the driveway.It will be around about now, as you are making your way along towards the course, that you...
The former PM’s aides josh that it was good for his morale, and ours. Never mind his wifeHow have we managed without the expression “sunshine at sunset”? As in, when an older married man is granted sex with a much younger colleague and better still, keeps it quiet? So much so that his wife stays on to nurse him through Alzheimer’s disease?We owe this promising euphemism to the former Harold Wilson aide Bernard Donoughue, 89, who appeared on Radio 4’s Today programme last week. He was confirming...
As vast solar plants multiply, so does the scrap, set to reach 19m tonnes by 2050. But disposing of the waste often falls to informal traders who risk injury when dismantling broken panelsUnder the scorching sun, a sea of solar panels gleams in the semi-arid landscape. Pavagada, 100 miles north of Bengaluru in southern India, is the world’s third-largest solar power plant, with 25m panels across a huge 50 sq km site, and a capacity of 2,050MW of clean energy.India has 11 similarly vast solar...
Meet TikTok's NEWEST Queen Bee Leah Halton: The stunning Australian model, 23, becomes the app's most popular influencer ever - after captivating MILLIONS with a 12-second clip of her lip sync - You may have never heard the name Leah Halton before, but that hasn't stopped the stunning Australian from becoming one of the internet's most famous faces - and the model is now well on her way to setting the record for TikTok video with the most likes ever. Leah, 23, uploaded a seemingly simple...
Pruitt Taylor Vince will play Pa Kent.
Hopkinton, Massachusetts, celebrated its 100th anniversary as the starting line for the marathon, sending off a field of nearly 30,000 runners.
Amid strict restrictions on women’s employment, some have been able to meet the Taliban’s stringent requirements and obtain licences to become content creators.
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Unions scoring notable victories, not in manufacturing but in the service industry.
Speaking at the WNBA draft, Collingswood-born commissioner Cathy Engelbert name-dropped her "hometown" first on a list of cities the league has talked with.