After Team USA beat Japan, 90-75, in the women’s Olympic basketball final at the Saitama Super Arena north of Tokyo on Sunday afternoon, clinching a seventh straight Olympic gold medal for the U.S.—and a fifth gold medal for Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, a new Olympic record for any basketball player—Bird ran over to the stands to kiss and hug her fiancée, U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe, who has one gold of her own (from the London Games). Read More...
May 2, 2024 8:15 AM EDT
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Jeremy Farrar was thinking about how to keep the world safe from infectious diseases. For more than 30 years, he has dedicated his career to understanding and containing the threat posed by emerging pathogens, including during a decade-long stint leading the influential global health charity Wellcome Trust. Now, as the chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), Farrar is doing that work—and more—for the world’s pre-eminent health authority. Read More...
Deadpool, expertly played by Ryan Reynolds, is a rarity in the Marvel canon. He’s a foul-mouthed hero cursed with immortality and humor curated explicitly for a teenage boy. He’s already gotten two movies from 20th Century Fox. After Disney merged with the company, it absorbed the rights to superheroes like the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and, of course, Deadpool. The merger means that the motor-mouthed antihero can officially make his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Read More...