Catastrophic fire conditions, a cyclone, snow, storms and floods set to roll in Australia
Wild, chaotic weather is set to be unleashedon Australia this weekend with scorching heat, catastrophic fire conditions, a cyclone, thunderstorms, flooding and snow all on the way Read more...
Fredrik Backman Walked Into A Potential Future Home. What He Found Surprised Him.
Some of us are struck by aspiration when were touring a staged property. For this best-selling author, the lightbulb moment was more productive. Read more...
George Szell review Remarkable performances
This better-late-than-never Warners box, drawing on original EMI recordings, celebrates the recorded legacy of the Hungarian/American conductor George Szell. Read more...
Inside the Howard Springs hotel quarantine facility in Darwin
The workers camp on the outskirts of Darwin in the Northern Territory was re-purposed for quarantine in October and takes in 650 travellers a fortnight. Read more...
After Much Different Bubble Stays, Rangers and Islanders Start New Year
The Rangers lost in the play-in round, while the Islanders reached their first conference finals since the early 1990s. Both teams have reason for excitement as they open the 2021 against each other. Read more...
Patriots39; Belichick Won39;t Accept Award From Trump
President Trump had planned to give Bill Belichick the Presidential Medal of Freedom, but the coach cited last weeks violence at the Capitol in a statement announcing that he would not receive it. Read more...
False Reports of a New U.S. Variant Came From White House Task Force
Reports of a highly contagious new variant, published on Friday by multiple news outlets, were based on speculative statements made by Dr. Deborah Birx. Read more...
A Question Hidden in the Platypus Genome Are We the Weird Ones?
Researchers have produced the most comprehensive platypus genome yet, as well as that of another monotreme, an echidna. Read more...
Tim Henman
On May 15 we said Tim Henman was being paid 200,000 by the BBC for commentating at Wimbledon this year. In fact we have been informed that his fee will be substantially less than that. We apologise for the mistake and are happy to set the record straight. Read more...
Baseball star took a knee and then his life unraveled in Trump's America
As the votes trickled in, millions of Americans held their breath. Arguably the most consequential election in recent US history took five days to be called in favor of the Democratic candidate Joe Biden, and for many people, the wait was unbearable. Read more...
Navratilova meets Evert Friendly foes reunite
Tennis greats Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova share their views on the players hoping to take top billing in the women's game. Read more...
CRAIG BROWN Jules Renard writes with exquisite wit and timeless wisdom
Has anyone ever written of the natural world with the piercing wit of Jules Renard? Read more...
This Spicy White Bean Soup Is a Poem in a Pot
Filled with winter greens, savory beans and just a little bit of turkey, this piquant soup is both hearty and light. Read more...
Cheating on your Mediterranean diet with traditional Western can speed up brain aging, study reveals
A study finds cheating on your diet can make your brain age faster. Participants who stuck to the Mediterranean diet had brains that were six years younger than those who added unhealthy foods. Read more...
Olivia Newton-John blasts 'scammers' for using her name to 'falsely promote and sell a CBD oil'
Olivia Newton-John has warned her fans after scammers used her name to promote and sell Cannabidiol, a popular natural remedy better known as CBD oil. Read more...