Research reveals why women journalists believe sports newsrooms are still dominated by men
New research has revealed why leading female sportswriters believe their newsrooms are still dominated by men.
New research has revealed why leading female sportswriters believe their newsrooms are still dominated by men.
Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2016
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Australians think the fairest way to judge the Olympic medal tally is by medals per capita while Americans think it should be judged on total medals.
Other
Aug 12, 2016
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Health and safety of Olympians has been an ongoing story at Summer Olympic games. In 2008, air quality raised concerns in Beijing, while 2016 has been dogged with questions about polluted water and the Zika virus. Now, a ...
Environment
Aug 12, 2016
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Faster, Higher, Stronger: Scientists, too, are doing their bit to make the Olympic motto real. Here are some potentially performance-boosting discoveries, just in time for the Rio Games:
Other
Jul 23, 2016
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How many medals will each country win in Rio at this Summer's Olympic Games? Researchers who derived predictions from two different models anticipate that the USA, China, Russia, and the UK will retain their top positions ...
Mathematics
Jun 8, 2016
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Although ski season is behind us, serious skiers are already looking ahead to next season and searching for ways to shave split-seconds off their race times. Now scientists may have a new way to help—perhaps in time for ...
Materials Science
May 11, 2016
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With graceful strides across the finish line and a smile breaking across her face, South African 800m runner Caster Semenya raised a finger to the air to signal she won the race for herself and her country, having no idea ...
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2016
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Using everything from a customized DC-8 jetliner to ground radars to four-inch rain gauges, scientists are fanning out across one of the soggiest places in the United States this month to measure raindrops and snowflakes ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 10, 2015
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The city that hosts next year's Olympic Games has become the first in Brazil to ban the use of smartphone-based ride-hailing-applications like Uber.
Business
Sep 30, 2015
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The International Olympic Committee is revisiting its standards for deciding which athletes are eligible to compete in men's or women's events. And in Washington, D.C., the signs on some public restrooms are changing to allow ...
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2015
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