Denver’s Nikola Jokic Wins N.B.A.’s Most Valuable Player Award
Nikola Jokic was an afterthought in 2014. A pudgy center from Serbia, he was a role player for a club in the Adriatic League when the Denver Nuggets took a low-risk gamble in the second round of the N.B.A. draft and selected him with the 41st pick — then promptlyContinue Reading
Hong Kong is so desperate to get people vaccinated that it’s auctioning off a Tesla, a year’s worth of stays at a 5-star hotel, and a $1.4 million apartment
Anyone fancy a free stay at the Shangri-La Hong Kong? S3studio / Contributor / Getty Images Hong Kong businesses are offering residents high ticket rewards if they agree to get vaccinated. Vaccinated residents can win a Tesla, free airline tickets, and a year's worth of stays at the Shangri-La, aContinue Reading
21 Shocking Events In Movie History That Are All But Forgotten Today
You: “Hollywood is weird.” This list: “Hold my cosmo.” View Entire Post › Panda PlannerContinue Reading
Gerrit Cole Stumbles Through Answer About Doctoring Baseballs
Asked directly on Tuesday if he had used Spider Tack — a sticky paste that can greatly increase the spin on pitches — while on the mound, the Yankees’ Gerrit Cole stammered through an answer by citing the shadowy tradition of pitchers breaking rules to get an edge. “I don’tContinue Reading
Marketing’s Evolution: A Look at the Jobs and Training Skills in Highest Demand
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of four weekly blog posts that explores our new report, The Changing Marketing Jobs Landscape. Read the first post in the series and look for our third post next Tuesday, June 15, which explores how remote work is reshaping the marketingContinue Reading
See how police tricked criminals with phone app trap
It was supposed to be the underworld’s impenetrable communication tool, a digital safe space to plot crimes ranging from drug trafficking to murder away from the prying eyes of the law.But for nearly three years, an encrypted app used by criminals was covertly monitored by the FBI and Australia’s FederalContinue Reading
Muslim lawyer calls on people to speak out against hate
Following the killing of four Muslims in London, Ont., Faisal Joseph, former chairperson of the Association of London Muslims, says ‘hate is a disease’ and people ‘have a choice to make’ when they see it. ‘We have to bring all of this out from the darkness and shine a lightContinue Reading
How UFOs conquered the world – without firing a shot
On the clear bright summer afternoon of 24 June 1947, pilot Kenneth Arnold was flying above the Cascades, a mountain range in Washington, USA, when he saw nine bat-wing shaped objects that “flew like a saucer would if you skipped it across the water”. When he later tried to calculateContinue Reading
Low on Natural Light? These 6 Indoor Plants Will Thrive Anyway
Looking for a plant that will survive in your dark bathroom or next to a north-facing window in your home? Or maybe in your basement window? Don’t fret—there are lots of different houseplants that thrive in low-light conditions. But can a plant survive in a totally windowless room? The shortContinue Reading
SYFY Celebrates Pride Month with Pride of Chucky Marathon This Wednesday
In celebration of Pride Month, SYFY will be airing a murderer’s row of Child’s Play movies all day on Wednesday, June 9, starting at 8 a.m. ET. The marathon will call attention to the well-loved horror series’ LGBTQ+ elements and serve up some summer scares at the same time. AllContinue Reading
