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The argument for playing one-day matches before a Test series has always been straightforward. You have an entree before the main. For spectators, shorter matches rouse the appetite. For players, it follows the principle of building up training loads, working their way into the most demanding format a day at a time. On both sides […]
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Water sustains life on earth. The first life originated in an ancient sea, and since then, nearly every species that has existed in the past or lives today depends on the exact balance of salt and water (~145 mM; called body-fluid homeostasis or salt homeostasis) for survival. Humans can go weeks without food but will […]
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Exxon Mobil Corp on Monday said it would write down the value of natural gas properties by $17 billion to $20 billion, its biggest ever impairment, and slash project spending next year to its lowest level in 15 years. The oil major is reeling from the sharp decline in oil demand and prices from the […]
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It was only last week when Musk saw his wealth increase by $15 billion following Tesla’s acceptance into the S&P 500, which measures the stock performance of 500 large companies listed on the US stock exchanges. Musk, who owns 20 percent in the EV giant, saw his personal fortune leap to $117.5 billion as Tesla’s […]
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A dad was swept to his death by a freak wave during a fishing trip after the first lockdown ended. Richard Wooff, 46, a labourer, had set out with three friends to the beach at South Gare, near Middlesbrough. The four men planned to spend the day fishing at a popular fishing spot by the […]
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Cricket Australia has hit back at the Seven Network, claiming it is talking the game down after the broadcaster lodged paperwork in the federal court. In an extraordinary 24 hours that puts at risk their $450m deal, the free-to-air broadcaster on Monday evening lodged an application to see emails between CA, the Board of Cricket […]
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When Rebecca Acabchuk was studying mild traumatic brain injuries while working on her doctorate in physiology and neurobiology at UConn, she met a student athlete who had suffered multiple concussions. “When I started doing research on concussions, people just started coming to me,” Acabchuk says. “Families at my daughter’s school, anytime somebody had a concussion, […]
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Data giant S&P Global Inc’s plan to buy IHS Markit Ltd for $44 billion will face hard questions from the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden, which has indicated that antitrust enforcement will get tougher, anti-trust experts said on Monday. The deal creates a stronger No. 3 in the financial information market by bringing together […]
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Gigabyte says the Aorus RTX 3090/3080 Gaming Box is the world’s first water-cooled external graphics solution, the same claim it made about the enclosure it launched last year that features an RTX 2080 Ti—though the company is likely referring to the box itself, rather than specific models. The Aorus Gaming Box features a cooling system […]
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More than 10,000 turkeys will be culled at a site in North Yorkshire following an outbreak of bird flu. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced the cull on Sunday adding that it should not have an impact on supplies of turkey over Christmas. The discovery of the H5N8 strain of […]
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