Who are the favourites to win the 2026 World Cup? The odds may well change over the next 12 months or so, but there are already some frontrunners to lift the trophy in New Jersey. Current champions Argentina, with their star man Lionel Messi, will be looking to retain their world champ...
The cause was not very small - the 7th Lord Petre cut off a lock of Miss Arabella Fermor's hair, and kept it as a trophy. Although Pope did not admit it, the title of the work was most likely influenced by Alessandro Tassoni's mock-epic The Rape of the Bucket, from 1622. Pope'...
Consider the following two human fighters. Hailing from the Dragonlance setting, Tika Waylan was a brash teenager who had a rough childhood. The daughter of a thief, she ran away from home and practiced her father’s trade on the streets of Solace. When she tried to rob the proprietor of...
Increased levels of fibre increase caecotrophy, whereas high protein levels reduce it. Key Points 1.4 Gut physiology • The gastrointestinal system of the rabbit is adapted for the digestion of large quantities of fibrous food. • Rabbits are hindgut fermenters with a large caecum that ...
The beauty of the trophy, and the memory of the circumstances under which I procured it, make me value it perhaps more highly than any other in my house. This is the only instance in which I have been regularly charged by a grizzly. On the whole, the danger of hunting these great ...
Academics with nutty beliefs which they cling to in the face of overwhelming evidence that they are wrong, such as those convinced that the neo-liberal capitalist system is about to collapse, are nothing new. The all time champion trophy for academic lunacy must go to Sydney and Beatrice Webb...
Over near the chasm wall was a web with a massive deadeyeless mummified skink hanging in it like a serial killer’s trophy. The webs crisscrossed the chasm from one side to the other. The gully had narrowed to 7 meters, and the spiders’ sticky nets could capture everything climbing or...
At 959 TWh, wind power accounted for 3.9% of world electricity generation last year. In terms of overall energy consumption, the share of wind was 1.6%. Every year we hear how wind power is going up by leaps and bounds. It is wise though to bear in mind just what a low base it is...