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Renee Baumgartner appointed to NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee
INDIANAPOLIS — Santa Clara Director of Athletics Renee Baumgartner has been appointed to the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee. Her five-year term begins immediately. A native of Portland, Oregon, Baumgartner earned a bachelor’s degree in sports information and broadcast journalist from Southern California in 1987. She completed her master’s degree from Oregon in 1989 and…
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Globo cobra R$ 2 bi por patrocínios do Brasileirão em 2024, o maior da história
A Globo reajustou sua tabela em quase 10% e vai cobrar um valor recorde para os patrocinadores que desejarem anunciar nas transmissões de futebol nacional da emissora em 2024. Pela primeira vez, o pacote comercial do Campeonato Brasileiro e Copa do Brasil terá uma arrecadação acima de R$ 2 bilhões para a empresa. A informação…
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School bus driver cited for 4-car pileup in Lincoln County
LINCOLN COUNTY, N.C. — A school bus driver was cited for a four-car crash in Lincoln County Thursday morning, state troopers said. North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to a crash involving a school bus on North Carolina 16 near Unity Church Road around 7:30 a.m. Troopers said a school bus driving north on the…
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The most ancient and distant fast radio burst to date
A global team led by Australian astronomers have discovered a record-breaking fast radio burst (FRB) that offers a way to measure the “missing” matter between galaxies. On 10 June 2022 CSIRO’s Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope, on Wajarri Yamaji Country in Western Australia, detected the FRB. At about 8 billion years old,…
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I’m A Celebrity 2023 FIRST LOOK: Ant and Dec open Jungle Retreat
By Eleanor Dye For Mailonline Published: 14:00 EDT, 19 October 2023 | Updated: 14:17 EDT, 19 October 2023
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Record-breaking radio burst could help us find the universe’s missing matter
An 8 billion-year-old rapid burst of radio waves, stemming from ancient colliding galaxies, could help astronomers solve the mystery of our universe’s missing matter. The record-breaking Fast Radio Burst (FRB), which is the oldest and most distant example of its kind ever spotted, demonstrates that scientists can use these emissions to effectively “weigh” the universe. …
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The Link between Political Representation and Forest Conservation? –
In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Komal Preet Kaur, covers the new article by Saad Gulzar, Princeton University, Apoorva Lal and Benjamin Pasquale, Independent Researchers, “Representation and Forest Conservation: Evidence from India’s Scheduled Areas.” The…
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Colorado Springs area entertainment events starting Oct. 19
THURSDAY Live Music in the Amphitheater — With WireWood Station, 6-8 p.m., Creekwalk, 100 E. Cheyenne Road, creekwalkcos.com. Michael Reece — 6-9 p.m., Rico’s Cafe & Wine Bar, 322 N. Tejon St.; poorrichardsrestaurant.com. Overtime x Crucifix — 7 p.m., The Black Sheep, 2106 E. Platte Ave., $25 and up; blacksheeprocks.com. Shadow Work — With Tiny Tomboy, inTheTeeth, 7 p.m.,…
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‘Dehumanising’: Models announce boycott amid fashion industry racism claims
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size More than a dozen black models have declared they are boycotting Melbourne Fashion Week (MFW) in response to multiple instances of racism they have experienced across the wider Australian fashion industry. The 13 models – some of whom turned down offers to appear at MFW, while others…
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As temperatures rise, songbirds struggle to keep young healthy, researchers find
Songbirds like cardinals and sparrows follow the same schedule every year. In spring, they build nests and raise their young from nestlings to fledglings — but as springtime temperatures get warmer due to climate change, scientists have observed bird populations struggling to keep their offspring alive. A study published Thursday in the journal Science examined…
