That’s the verdict of Mercedes chief Toto Wolff, who saw his team retain the World Drivers’ Championship and Constructors’ Championship this season. The German manufacturers had Lewis Hamilton to thank for securing their fourth drivers’ title in a row this time around. And the Brit’s performances, coupled with those of […]
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[embedded content] Subscribe on YouTube As a Renaissance polymath skilled in painting, science, and engineering (to name just a few of his interests), we think Leonardo da Vinci would have been impressed by a recent project carried out by researchers at the California Institute of Technology. They have taken his […]
Nanometer-scale pores etched into layers of graphene can provide a simple model for the complex operation of ion channels, researchers have demonstrated.
The drive by Catalans to form an independent country, separate from Spain has given fresh impetus to Flemish separatists who want to be independent from Belgium. About a dozen members of the Flemish nationalist party New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), including the speaker of the Flemish Parliament, Jan Peumans, joined the […]
The Thomas fire started in Santa Paula, which is about 17 miles from my house. There’s fire danger here all the time — we’re surrounded by National Forest — but those fires are almost always in the wilderness. I usually wake up in the morning after a fire has started […]
Lallana has missed Liverpool’s last three games after picking up a knock on his return from injury as a substitute against Chelsea last month. The 29-year-old had been out of action since the start of the season with a thigh injury, and the setback was yet another blow after several […]
The Los Angeles Angels have landed the most coveted free agent in baseball, Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani. The 23-year-old, dubbed ‘Japan’s Babe Ruth’, has been highly coveted by Major League Baseball clubs due to his rare two-way skills – his fastball has reached over 100mph and powerful left-handed swing allows […]
After a flurry of North Korean missile tests this year, a growing number of sanctions have been imposed on the secretive state in a bid to quell the growing tensions on the Korean peninsula. However, the missile test on November 29 suggested Pyongyang has no plans to give up its […]