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Opinion: Swimmer breaking taboo was feminist moment

10 years 1 month ago
Go ahead. Admit it. If you are a Western woman who watched Olympic swimmer Fu Yuanhui tell the world that she was having her period but that it was no excuse for losing, you were shocked that such a frank, public, feminist comment came from a Chinese woman, of all people.

Watching a star explode

10 years 1 month ago
Amidst the billions of stars in the Milky Way, astronomers have witnessed the evolution of one as it exploded in what's known as a classical nova after hibernating for years, according to a new study (PDF). It is the first time the transition of a white dwarf star with a low and unstable mass-transfer rate to a classical nova eruption has been observed, study author Przemek Mróz said.

Soccer star Alex Morgan on Olympic loss

10 years 1 month ago
If US soccer star Alex Morgan could have written her own script for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, a stunning upset to Sweden in the quarterfinals would not have been part of the narrative.

Anti-science claims dog Green Party's Jill Stein

10 years 1 month ago
Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein has been waging an uphill battle for name recognition as she pursues her White House bid. But as she emerges in the public eye -- she is participating in a CNN-hosted town hall on Wednesday -- so have some of the retired medical doctor's past controversial comments on vaccines, her concerns about internet use being linked to poor health and GMOs.
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