It all started with a row. When a spindly 20-year-old from Vancouver called Percy Williams won the Olympics 100m final in Amsterdam in 1928, it was such an improbable result…
Day: August 9, 2022

Technique based on artificial intelligence detects Chagas disease using images taken with smartphone
When Brazilian immunologist Helder Nakaya visited Evandro Chagas Institute in Belém (the capital of Pará state, Brazil) in 2017, there was a commotion because one of its best microscopists was…

Global equity funds record fifth weekly outflow in a row
Global equity funds witnessed weekly outflows for a fifth straight week in the week to July 27 on caution ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting and on lingering…

2K quietly delists four WWE games
Four WWE 2K games have been quietly removed from sale on Steam, video game sports fans have noticed. WWE 2K17, 2K18, 2K19 and 2K20 are all now missing from the…

‘Out-of-control Japanese knotweed growing towards our homes like Day of the Triffids’
Residents say they’re living in a scene from a horror movie after Japanese knotweed encompassed a park and started to spread towards their homes. The fast-growing plant has taken over…