Gas Gasol is hoping the NBA will make a comeback and have a place in Spain’s Olympic team in Tokyo, the six-time All-Star and two-time NBA champion told ESPN on Wednesday. Gasol, 40, identifies the Los Angeles Lakers as his dream destination. “There’s meaning and history,” said Gasol, who won …
Read More »‘They are guilty’: Countries supplying guns to Mexican journalists | Mexico
IT was on the verge of breaking the day when Mexican crime reporter Luis Vallejo received a call from a local police officer saying he had found a bag of human remains in the town of Salmanca where he lives. Vallejojo was accustomed to such calls: in recent years, Guanajuato, …
Read More »Physicists solve the 150-year-old mystery of sandcastle physics-driven equations
Zoom in / The secret of the stable sandcastle lies primarily in the proportion of sand to water. Mathematically, the forces in the game are described by the “Kelvin equation”, first referenced in 1871. AC Productions / Getty Images Making sandcastles on the beach is a time-honored tradition around the …
Read More »The science of building sandcastles has been mysteriously explained for over 150 years by the “Kelvin equation”.
Water vapor from the ambient air will condense spontaneously inside the porous material or between touching surfaces. But this ubiquitous and important phenomenon still lacks understanding as the liquid layer is only a few atoms thick. Researchers at the University of Manchester, led by Nobel laureate Andre Game, who, along …
Read More »Shark Attack Surfer in Hawaii, Maui Pro competition postponed
A surfer was attacked by a shark on Tuesday morning near Honolua Bay in Hawaii, forcing a surfing competition to be postponed, officials said. A 56-year-old man, who has not yet been identified by authorities, fled the shores of Maui when the accident happened, state wildlife officials said. The victim …
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