While the world's best athletes competed during last month's winter Olympics, doctors and scientists were waging a different battle behind the scenes to make sure no one had an unfair advantage from banned performance-enhancing ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 18, 2014
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Beijing's air pollution is far below acceptable World Health Organization levels with the Chinese capital a month away from hosting the Winter Olympics –- but environmental data shows its skies have improved dramatically ...
Environment
Jan 5, 2022
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Climate change will limit where the Winter Olympics can be held as winter changes across the Northern Hemisphere, according to a study by an international team of researchers led by the University of Waterloo.
Environment
Jan 18, 2022
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What do making artificial snow and cutting down trees in a nature reserve have in common?
Environment
Feb 16, 2022
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A teenage skier from the Nepalese national team who went missing while training in the Alps has been found wandering the streets of Paris thanks to a Facebook campaign, his team said Monday.
Internet
May 11, 2009
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Climate change is threatening the future of the Winter Olympics, reducing the number of suitable venues for the event around the globe, a report warned ahead of the Beijing Games.
Environment
Jan 26, 2022
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Eight crashes that sent more than a dozen competitors to the hospital marred bobsled practice runs leading up to the 1932 winter Olympic games in Lake Placid, N.Y., but as dramatic as those incidents were, they also provide ...
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2014
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A year into the job US Secretary of State John Kerry Tuesday enthusiastically relaunched his Twitter account, and appeared ready to flood the social networking site with messages.
Internet
Feb 4, 2014
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Gender equality boosts a country's Olympic medal count for both women and men, shows a new study from the University of British Columbia.
Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2014
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It is a sign of the times that last week's declaration by the Williams Formula One team of its aim to become a climate-positive organisation by 2030, was greeted in muted terms.
Environment
Oct 19, 2021
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