Rare tidal phenomenon in Chinese river creates pec

The Qiantang River in eastern China was a sight to behold as a fish scale-shaped tide was seen forming on the water's surface. This type of tide is rare, discovered only in the past few years, and usually lasts only about a dozen minutes before fading. There was also a crossing tide — where two tides collide into each other — on the Qiantang River, creating a different but equally striking visual.

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Remember this botched Spanish fresco? An opera about it just hit the stage in Vegas

Behold The Man, a musical opera, tells the story of Cecilia Giménez, an elderly church parishioner who inadvertently changed the course of her town's history

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IOC president Thomas Bach explains policy on helping Russians compete at Olympics with neutral status

Comparing the plight of Ukrainian athletes with those in another war-ravaged country Yemen, IOC president Thomas Bach explained to Olympic athlete groups Monday its policy on helping Russians compete with neutral status before the 2024 Paris Games.

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WHO backs new malaria vaccine that's cheaper, more available, but won't replace other measures

Research suggests the new three-dose vaccine, called R21/Matrix-M, is more than 75 per cent effective and protection is maintained for at least another year with a booster. It's cheaper and more available than the current vaccine, but won't replace other measures, experts say.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/malaria-vaccine-cheaper-1.6984415?cmp=rss

Spanish women's soccer players appear before judge in Rubiales probe

Two-time Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas and two of her teammates on Spain's women's national team appeared before a judge Monday as witnesses in the investigation of former soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for kissing a player on the lips.

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Scientists who spurred development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines win Nobel medicine prize

Scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that enabled the development of effective vaccines against COVID-19, the award-giving body said on Monday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/nobel-prize-medicine-1.6984244?cmp=rss