Nothing moves slowly in soapland and Emmerdale is no different, as one unsuspecting couple may discover they are expecting a baby together in an upcoming episode of the ITV soap. At the beginning of the week Victoria Sugden (played by Isabel Hodgins) tries to help her new boyfriend Ellis Grant (Asan N’Jie) work through his […]
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Race for Cox Plate runner-up heats up
GODOLPHIN duo Benbatl and Blair House exposed the thin stocks in Australia’s middle distance ranks when they belted their Ladbrokes (Caulfield) Stakes opponents on Saturday and at the same time added a bit of spice to the Cox Plate in a fortnight. The imports made a mess of Australia’s ‘‘other’’ best horses, leaving a decent […]
‘Abomination’: Race for spoon heats up
THE race to avoid the NRL wooden spoon is well and truly alive after Parramatta ground out a dour 14-8 win over Canterbury at ANZ Stadium on Thursday night. The Bulldogs burst out of the blocks in the opening 15 minutes but fell in a heap in the second-half as the Eels ran over the […]
As its trade tussle with America heats up, China is on the back foot
FOR months Chinese officials have stuck to the same script: China does not want a trade war, but will win if dragged into one. As hostilities turn more serious, this confident façade has taken a blow. Chinese equities have plunged into bear-market territory. The yuan had its biggest monthly fall against the dollar on record. […]
5 storylines as NHL playoff push heats up
With the trade deadline in the rearview mirror, the NHL season has rounded the three-quarter pole and in only 38 days will hit the regular-season finish line. Here are five storylines to follow before the struggle for the Stanley Cup begins: Home ice matters Normally, we wouldn’t concern ourselves with the race for the Presidents’ Trophy. […]
The race to space heats up—on college campuses
The Eureka-1 rocket is just 40cm in diameter. (credit: Space Enterprise) No rocket ever launched by a team of college students has reached outer space. Last year, a group at the University of Southern California set what they believe to be the altitude record for such an endeavor, when its Fathom II booster ascended to […]
Co-living heats up in the U.S.: Communal-housing startups tap into a millennial need
GUEST: With current housing prices skyrocketing in cities like San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles, even grads with well-paying jobs are struggling to make rent on a place of their own. As a result, millennials and Gen Z’ers who don’t want to move back in with mom and dad are turning to co-living, sacrificing […]
Microsoft to rebuild its Seattle HQ as battle of the tech mega campuses heats up
Faced with a sprawling campus that’s grown long in the tooth, Microsoft today announced an ambitious “refresh” of its Redmond headquarters as it seeks to create an architectural wonderland that can compete with the space-age workplaces of rivals such as Amazon and Apple. In a blog post, Microsoft said it was recommitting to the 500-acre campus […]
War of Words Heats up as Airbnb Sends Scathing Letter to Marriott CEO
War of Words Heats up Between Airbnb and Marriott 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 […]
Enceladus heats up because its core is like a sponge
Enlarge (credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech) On Earth, the heat that drives geology is partly leftover from the planet’s formation and partly the result of radioactive decay. For the smaller bodies of our Solar System, neither of these should be big factors. Yet many of them are geologically active, thanks to heat generated by gravitational interactions. Uneven gravitational […]
