Новости за 14.03.2019

When it comes to regeneration, some animals are capable of amazing feats—if you cut the leg off a salamander, it will grow back. When threatened, some geckos drop their tails as a distraction, and regrow them later.

How liquids are repelled by a surface, a property called "wettability," is important for engineers to develop aircraft that resist ice formation, for fashion designers developing outdoor gear that repels rain and dirt, and many other fields. Researchers developing whole new surface materials in the lab also need accurate measurement of wetting properties so they can compare how different surfaces behave.

THE Foxhunter Chase is the fifth race on day four of the Cheltenham Festival. The race will be shown live on ITV and is due off at 4.10pm. Reuters Foxhunter Chase racecard: How can I watch the race? The race will be broadcast live on Racing TV and ITV. ITV1 is on Sky channel 103 […]

Jorge Mendes, the agent of Cristiano Ronaldo, says the Juventus striker is the best footballer in the history of the sport.

The development of agriculture in the Neolithic transformed world languages thanks to softer food – a finding that resolves a long-standing puzzle of the origin of speech sounds

Researchers have been baffled by tropical rainforest diversity for over a century; 650 different tree species can exist in an area covering two football fields, yet similar species never grow next to each other. It seems like it's good to be different than your neighbors, but why?

Our resident horse racing tipster DAVID YATES provides his 1-2-3 selections and best bets for Day Four at Cheltenham Festival

Free-streaming TV service Tubi has accepted the rose — with a throwback to the very first runs of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette.” Starting April 1, the ad-supported video on demand service will offer the first seasons of reality-dating shows “The Bachelor” (from 2002) and “The Bachelorette” (from 2003). It also will stream “The Bachelorette: […]

In 2012, when Xinxin Ren Gudbjörnsson, a Chinese expat living in Denmark, told experts about her idea to spend just 600 kroner on producing a sitcom about vampires sharing a house, the reaction wasn’t good – and it wasn’t just because everyone was sick of shows about blood-sucking layabouts who were born in 1672 and … Continue reading On Screens: Vampires who suck blood, balls and ideas

FOXHUNTER CHASE Key trends: A run within 40 days is vital A first-three finish last time is a major plus 11 is the oldest you want to go Look above 134 in the official ratings PA:Press Association FIRST thing to do is cross out any horse older than 11. That means Ardkilly Witness, Balnaslow, Dont […]

1. The rise of farming altered our bite and changed how people talk  Science News
2. We Can Thank Agriculture and Soft Food for the 'F' Word, Claims Provocative New Study  Gizmodo
3. The Science Behind Why We Use ‘F’ Words  The Wall Street Journal
4. Human speech sounds evolved because of our diet, study says  CNN
5. Holy fudge: soft foods helped humans form 'f' and 'v' sounds – study  The Guardian
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1. The curious reason humans could not say the word 'farming' before it even existed  Telegraph.co.uk
2. Holy fudge: soft foods helped humans form 'f' and 'v' sounds – study  The Guardian
3. A change in our diets may have changed human languages  National Geographic
4. Diet-induced changes favor innovation in speech sounds  Phys.org
5. We Can Thank Agriculture and Soft Food for the 'F' Word, Claims Provocative New Study  Gizmodo
6. View full coverage on Google News

Desay SV completes acquisition of ATBB   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 15 March 2019 – On March 13, 2019, Huizhou Desay SV Automotive Co., Ltd. announced the closing of the acquisition of Antennentechnik ABB Bad Blankenburg GmbH (ATBB), an advanced antenna technology company based in Germany. This marks ATBB’s formal joining into Desay SV as a […]

The event took place on 9th March, a day after Hong Kong Blockchain Week 2019   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – March 15, 2019 – The TOOL Global Ecosystem Alliance Conference in Hong Kong, organized by the WOLOT Foundation, successfully drew in over 600 industry professionals and executives hailing from Asia’s blockchain and […]

"I think when things are going your way it feels good and the puck keeps coming back to you and it seems like al the bounces are going your way and that's how it felt last weekend and it felt good," he added.

Fans have long clamored for superfights. Now that we’ve been receiving them, are they worth the trouble?

Ryan Mourton joins the Chase Down to discuss the growth of Collin Sexton.

Our own Stephen Tolbert broke down the proposed rules changes for the 2019 and 2020 season.

The good news is that Stop and Frisk—the NYPD’s practice of stopping and patting down people in New York City—has dropped by more than 98 percent since its height and the rate of violent crime continues to drop.

The 32-year-old reached 100 last weekend

Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest footballer of all time and will make history at Juventus, says the Portugal superstar’s agent Jorge Mendes. Ronaldo has won five Champions League titles, four of those successes coming in the past five years at Real Madrid. Without Ronaldo, Madrid suffered a shock last-16 exit at the hands of Ajax, […]

“This case is hugely significant,” says one legal scholar.