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'Drinking isn’t an option, it’s more of a requirement’: the reasons for high alcohol consumption among some student athletes
AstroStar/ShutterstockBinge drinking is commonplace in university sport. Students who play sport drink more heavily and frequently than other students. Research that surveyed students in England found that 62% of student sportspeople reported drinking at least twice per week, compared with 43% of those who didn’t play sport. The research also found that 54% who play sport reported drinking heavily – more than six units on one occasion – at least once a week. For the students who didn’t play sport, this figure was 34%. Alcohol use is even greater for those who play team sports. The same research found that...
5 Fun and Quirky Things to do in Tombstone, Arizona
Did you ever watch the HBO Series Westworld? It was this bizarre drama set in a futuristic “amusement park” in the American west where visitors are able to act out their violent fantasies against very realistic looking robots. Sound strange? So is stepping into real-life western town of Tombstone, Arizona, especially during its annual “Helldorado Days” festival. That was my first introduction to Tombstone. I was on a day trip from Tucson and determined to find the best things to do in Tombstone and had no idea what I was walking into. Ever since seeing the 1993 movie Tombstone, with...
Ducks lose 7th straight as Oilers clinch a playoff berth
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Leon Draisaitl scored three goals to reach 50 for the season, Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-0 on Saturday night to clinch their fourth straight playoff berth. Zach Hyman also had a goal and an assist, and Darnell Nurse also scored, and Mattias Ekholm had two assists to help Edmonton win its fourth straight and earn at least a point for the 10th straight game (9-0-1). “It was a good night. There were lots of great plays by the guys around me, looking for me....
How microservices have transformed enterprise security
Why microservices allow DevOps and security teams to respond to security threats far faster and more effectively than ever before.Read More
"Einstein Tile" mystery solved: amateur mathematician discovers unique 13-sided "hat"
Mathematicians have long wondered if there was an "einstein tile" – a tile that could be used only to make a non-repeating pattern on an infinite surface. An amateur mathematician named David Smith recently developed a 13-sided tile, nicknamed "the hat," that fits the bill. — Read the rest