Mark Stratton September 6, 2018 Share this article It’s been a 10-year quest for travel writer Mark Stratton to see an aye-aye, one of Madagascar’s rarest lemurs, in the wild. Would this road trip end with a sighting? Five years ago, I slipped a security guard €5 and snuck into Antananarivo zoo at night. I […]
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Messi, Ronaldo leave World Cup without elusive crown
Lionel Messi stared, hands on hips, pain etched across a face once boyish and filled with limitless joy, now obscured by a brown beard and hardened by expectations for his nation unmet. Four hours later and 1,530 kilometres away, Cristiano Ronaldo's eyes were wide in anger as he shouted in protest just ahead of the […]
How esports is keeping the elusive millennials engaged
Esports may not be bigger than traditional sports when it comes to revenues yet. But the industry is in its early days, and the good thing is that it is keeping a highly desirable demographic very engaged with both esports spectating and game playing. Peter Levin is chairman of Immortals esports team as well as […]
Flying the World’s Most Elusive 747: the Houston Express to Angola
Flying the World’s Most Elusive 747: the Houston Express Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not […]
Gaddafi’s elusive son can unite Libyans in the national interest – Saif’s lawyer to RT
Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif Al-Islam, who plans to run in the presidential election this year, is widely supported by ordinary people hoping to rescue Libya from the chaos caused by the NATO-backed revolt, his lawyer told RT. While it is not yet certain when Libya will vote in a presidential election, due to varying interpretations […]
Ratings: Dynasty Hits the Elusive 0.1
The CW’s Dynasty this week drew 680,000 total viewers while slipping a precious tenth to the almost mythical 0.1. demo rating, marking a new series low with its second Friday outing. The ignominious milestone — previously only reached by The CW’s own Cult* circa March 2013, the blogger @betagirl96 points out — came opposite March […]
Mark Arendz ready to risk it all for elusive biathlon gold
Mark Arendz knew he needed to take a risk if he wanted to win the men’s 12.5-kilometre standing biathlon at the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. With a stiff wind in his face and less-than-ideal conditions as the hot sun turned the snow inside the arena area of the race into slush, Arendz buckled down […]
Elusive Higgs-Like State Created in Exotic Materials
Two teams of physicists have figured out how to create a “mini universe,” which could help researchers understand the strange behavior of deeply quantum systems. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a9988781091334c9f7341ba/master/pass/HiggsFakes_2880x1620-2880×1620.jpg
US captures elusive gold in women’s hockey with thrilling shootout win
Jamie Squire/Getty Images The United States women’s hockey team beat Canada in the gold medal match on Wednesday night, taking home Olympic gold for the first time since 1998. The game came down to 20 minutes of scoreless overtime, and then finally to a shootout, where it took six attempts for the Americans to finally prevail. […]
Justyn Knight seeks elusive gold at final NCAA cross-country championships
A top-10 debut at the track and field world championships in August changed Canadian Justyn Knight as an athlete. While preparing for his fourth and final NCAA Division I cross-country championships this Saturday, the Syracuse senior spoke of how a confidence-boosting ninth-place performance in the men’s 5,000 metres at London has altered the way he […]