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If there were an Olympics for making an apology, swimmer Ryan Lochte wouldn’t qualify. After being outed for his fake claim that he was robbed by men identifying themselves as Brazilian police officers, he took to social media for damage control. His Instragram apology on August 19 went this way
The post Ryan Lochte’s “over-exaggerating” appeared first on OUPblog.
महिलाएं – खेल, खिलाडी और आत्मविश्वास Rio Olympic 2016, रियो ओलम्पिक 2016 में भारत की महिलाओं का ही बोल बाला रहा … जहां एक बार भारतीयों ने पदक की आस छोड दी थी वहीं साक्षी मलिक और पीवी सिंधु एक उम्मीद बन कर आईं और दीपा कर्माकर ने जिस तरह से महिला जिमनास्ट में चौथा […]
The post महिलाएं – खेल, खिलाडी और आत्मविश्वास appeared first on Monica Gupta.
We’re told that we can insert a gene to confer sterility and this trait would race like wildfire through Aedes aegypti. Why this species? Because it’s the vector of the Zika virus—along with the dengue and yellow fever viruses. The problem is that A. aegypti isn’t the only culprit. It’s just one of a dozen or more bloodsuckers that will also have to be wiped out. After we’ve driven these species to extinction, we’ll presumably move on to the Anopheles species that transmit malaria.
The post Designer nature: mosquitoes first and then what? appeared first on OUPblog.
Every four years, when the Olympics come around, everyone suddenly becomes an expert in one, many, or all of the sports on show. Whilst you watch you know exactly when an athlete goes wrong with their run-up, or when a horse steps out of line in the Dressage, or how a tennis player could better their serve.
The post Ten interesting facts about a selection of Olympic sports appeared first on OUPblog.
Every four years, when the Olympics come around, everyone suddenly becomes an expert in one, many, or all of the sports on show. Whilst you watch you know exactly when an athlete goes wrong with their run-up, or when a horse steps out of line in the Dressage, or how a tennis player could better their serve.
The post Ten interesting facts about a selection of Olympic sports appeared first on OUPblog.