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A team from the University of California San Diego revealed the workings of a protein found in the creatures—also known as “water bears” or “moss piglets”—which helps to protect them against extreme conditions, according to a study published in the journal eLife. Measuring between just 0.1 and 1 millimeter in size, the microscopic tardigrades are found in a wide range of water environments around the world, including the deep sea and the Arctic....

Security officers who don’t wish to arm themselves with deadly weapons will be offered further training in how to use disabling but non-lethal devices such as pepper spray, batons, tasers and stun guns, said authorities. The request was filed by Brad McFadin, the head of Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell security. McFadin told the board, “As you recall, part of enhancing student success is to enhance security. We’ve improved our lighting and our video surveillance to improve what we already have on campus....

A Twitter user who goes by the name M shared the photo of the large, wooly animal with a stern look on its face that tells anyone looking to pet it or shear its fluffy fur that they better not. The picture was taken in Outer Hebrides in Scotland. “[Cannot] stop laughing at the sheep my dad saw today. Absolute unit,” she tweeted. M thought the animal was so surprising that she even tweeted at the hosts of The Last Podcast on the Left to ask if it was a cryptid-an animal in the same vein as Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster....

During the event, Bethesda’s Todd Howard took to the stage to debut footage of The Elder Scrolls: Blades running on an iPhone XS Max. The new footage showed off a combat sequence as the player uses melee combat, shield blocking, and a magical attack to take down an opponent. Howard also explains that the iPhone XS Max’ OLED screen allows Bethesda to “pull out all of the detail that you’d usually miss in the bright and the dark areas....

Those events include some of the most dramatic of the age. ““Economic collapse’’ and ““1929’’ are encoded starting with a verse in Exodus and ending in Deuteronomy. (The code-breaking often spans several books.) ““Hitler,’’ ““Nazi and enemy’’ and ““slaughter’’ are hidden in Genesis. ““Wright brothers’’ and ““airplane’’ are also in Genesis; ““Edison,’’ ““electricity’’ and ““light bulb’’ are in Numbers. ““Atomic holocaust,’’ ““Japan’’ and ““1945’’ run from Numbers to Deuteronomy. The code does not confine itself to mere politics....

Sega West CEO Mike West is excited for the Vita, not only because it’s focus will be for the core gamers, but also because Sony is promising a wide variety of affordable options and price points for games - something that Nintendo’s 3DS eShop still struggles with. West went on to explain the implications of the different pricing systems, especially when it comes back to the developers and planning for a title....

The possible endings of Sekiro vary in terms of how hard they are to get. The “Bad Ending” is arguably the easiest and is achieved simply by choosing to ally with Wolf’s mentor Owl late in the game. The bittersweet Immortal Severance ending can be gotten by simply following Kuro’s wishes to end the immortal line and completing the game without doing any extra tasks. If the player chooses instead to follow Emma’s instructions and goes back in time to the Hirata Estate to retrieve the Everblossom, they’re rewarded with the “Purification” ending, where Sekiro saves Kuro at the cost of his own life....

Selangor head coach Maniam Pachaiappan is looking to sign only four foreign players for the coming season, he revealed to Goal on Thursday. Although M-League clubs will be allowed to register and field as many as five foreign players beginning in 2018, the trainer remarked that he will continue using four. In addition to the one Asian and three international player quota, next season Malaysian clubs will get to sign an additional one player with an Asean country passport....

American Conservative Union (ACU) Chairman Matt Schlapp made the announcement on Twitter Friday. “BREAKING: The ’extreme conservative’ and Junior Senator from the great state of Utah, @SenatorRomney is formally NOT invited to #CPAC2020.” Newsweek reached out to Senator Romney’s office for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication. Held yearly, the CPAC is conducted under the auspices of the ACU. Essentially a convention for conservatives, CPAC began in 1974 with then-California governor Ronald Reagan on hand to deliver the keynote address....

Vice President Kamala Harris served as the tiebreaker in the procedural vote. All 48 Democrats and the two independent lawmakers who caucus with them voted in favor of moving forward with the legislation. Meanwhile, every single Republican member voted against it. Next, the chamber’s clerks will read the nearly 700-page bill aloud—a request made by Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) to further delay the legislation’s passage. After the reading, lawmakers will have up to 20 hours to debate the bill before participating in a vote-a-rama with unlimited amendments....

“By cutting off these briefings and particularly the in-person part, what we’re basically saying is, the intelligence community may know something nefarious is going on. They may know Russia is attacking us in a variety of ways, but they’re not going to tell us,” King, an independent from Maine, told CNN during a Monday interview. “And if they don’t tell us, they’re effectively not telling the American people,” he said....

Dr. Zhong Nanshan, a pulmonologist who rose to prominence during a SARS epidemic in the early 2000s, made his remarks this weekend after new clusters of the novel coronavirus re-surfaced in some regions of China, including in the city of Wuhan where the infectious respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus is believed to have originated last year. Dr. Nanshan does not hold an official government position, but has emerged during the health crisis as a figurehead for China’s containment efforts on state TV, relaying the confirmation in January that the disease spreads from person-to-person....

The original sanction — imposed because of an approximately $1.9 million payment in 2011 made to Platini while he was UEFA president and signed off on by Blatter while he was FIFA president — was issued by the adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s ethics committee last month, although both men have appealed the verdicts. MORE: Magic Messi moments | Messi wins Ballon d’Or Platini has withdrawn from the race to succeed Blatter as FIFA president in February’s election in order to defend his name....

How To Play Wordle This game a simple word game that was the brain child of programmer Josh Wardle, and then Wordle was purchased by the New York Times Games website earlier in 2022. This game was massively popular at the beginning of the year, with thousands of people logging in every day to play. However, there are still some word puzzle fans that have yet to try out this easy little game, so here is a quick breakdown of the rules....

Before the Surgery As with most surgeries, there are a number of tests and examinations your healthcare provider will likely perform before your surgery. These include: Lab work to rule out pre-existing conditions or prevent complications like bleedingA physical examinationImaging studies like X-rays and/or a CT scan Your healthcare provider may also recommend the following steps be taken before and on the day of surgery: Avoid consuming alcohol at least one or two days before surgery (although abstaining a week beforehand is ideal)....

Williams needed just 44 minutes to crush 18-year-old Anisimova 6-1 6-1 in the semi-finals of the WTA International event. The 23-time grand slam champion was in fine form in the lead up to the Australian Open, producing 17 winners and six unforced errors to move into the final against Jessica Pegula. “I was definitely in the zone today. It was just one of those days,” Williams said during an on-court interview....

Williams, a three-time champion at the WTA Premier event, was in good form in her first appearance since Wimbledon, beating Elise Mertens in the second round. Osaka moved a step closer to reclaiming the number one ranking, while Halep edged through. SUPER SERENA, OSAKA CLOSE TO TOP Williams, the eighth seed, came from a break down in each set to get past Mertens 6-3 6-3. The American 23-time grand slam champion was in decent form against Mertens, who troubled Williams at different times....

The seven-time winner had watched on as world number two Caroline Wozniacki, pre-tournament favourite Petra Kvitova and defending champion Garbine Muguruza all crashed out, with only two of the top 10 seeds remaining in the draw. But Williams, whose sister Venus was knocked out by Kiki Bertens, fought past a valiant effort from Frenchwoman Mladenovic to avoid a similar fate and keep alive her hopes of a 24th grand slam title, and first since giving birth to her child Olympia Alexis last September....

The 23-time Grand Slam champion became the first-ever athlete to make it onto the Forbes’ Richest Self-Made Women list behind big endorsements, including Nike, JPMorgan Chase and Gatorade, investing in startups — Williams has put money into 34 over the past five years — and her recently launched company, Serena Ventures, which focuses on companies founded by women and minorities. Forbes released the list Tuesday which also featured Oprah Winfrey (No....

“I want everyone to be able to do that and to step into their power,” she said Wednesday night at the launch of her first pop-up shop. Williams launched her shop at the luxe Faena hotel during Miami’s Art Basel where guests, including fellow tennis star Caroline Wozniacki, drank cocktails draped with fluffy pink cotton candy and snapped selfies from a life-size swing covered with botanicals. Everything in the line, from a black sequined top with the word “Unbothered” to a crisp, white button-down that says “Slay” in red letters, is under $200....