The most anticipated WNBA Draft in recent memory has come and gone. Once again, it was a franchise-changing day for the Indiana Fever, who drafted Caitlin Clark. Meanwhile, several teams made meaningful investments in their futures while others fine-tuned in their pursuit of a championship in the near term.
Let’s take a look at how well each team accomplished its goals in the 2024 WNBA Draft. The grades are a little bit higher across the board than last year, but
Flowering plants may have a secret power for knowing when to lure pollinators.
They could act as antennas for bees’ electrical signals and transmit those signals through the soil, biophysicist Daniel Robert reported March 6 in Minneapolis at the American Physical Society meeting. The finding offers a possible clue to how floral neighbors share information about when to produce nectar, saving energy for when pollination looks promising.
If a bee’s flapping wings trigger even a small voltage difference in plants,
Over the past few years, Apple has been getting perilously close to becoming a full-fledged bank. Features like Apple Pay, Apple Cash, the Apple Card, and the most recent additions, the Apple Card Savings Account and Apple Pay Later service, are blurring the lines between your bank account and your iPhone — and that’s not a bad thing for those who enjoy life in Apple’s walled garden.
Next to Apple Pay, perhaps the most useful of Apple’s iPhone-integrated financial features
Royal experts and politicians have rallied round Kate Middleton as she and Prince William were greeted by raucous applause at the Royal Variety Performance.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, who were joined by Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden, got a standing ovation as they headed into the Royal Albert Hall.
Showing no sign of anguish after a turbulent week for the Royal Family after Omid Scobie’s book Endgame came out, the couple looked delighted to greet crowds.
Victory for Fluminense would create some difficulty for Liverpool to pull off a move this summer as they would then progress to the quarter-finals. The second leg of the Copa Libertadores quarter-finals are scheduled to be played on the very last day of August, just hours before the Premier League transfer window closes.
Jurgen Klopp won’t want a last-minute transfer saga like last season, which ultimately saw them sign Arthur on loan from Juventus. But if Fluminense lose to Argentinos
Harry Maguire has performed a U-turn on his Manchester United exit stance after West Ham United submitted a third improved bid for a summer transfer, according to reports. West Ham are gunning for Maguire and Red Devils team-mate Scott McTominay as David Moyes pushes for reinforcements.
Maguire had previously snubbed the idea of an Old Trafford exit this summer, despite starting just eight Premier League games last season.
The 30-year-old was allegedly hungry to fight for his place under Erik
“He comes off an injury, he had a relapse. Ansu wants to succeed at Barca, Xavi is determined to give him opportunities. There are players ahead but we must make rotation the norm and not rotate out of necessity as has happened this season.
“It is one of the pending subjects: make a rotation to avoid more injuries. We have Raphinha, Dembele, Ansu, Lewandowski, Abde [Ezzalzouli] and Ferran [Torres]. It’s very nice.”
Speaking earlier this year, Bori Fati said his
Migraine sufferers could receive a daily pill on the NHS which can slash in half the frequency of their crippling headaches.
NHS spending watchdog, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), will decide later this month whether to offer the drug, named atogepant, to patients who have failed to respond to other treatments.
Experts expect the pill, which costs about £8,000 a year per patient, to be approved after studies revealed that it is significantly more effective than
A retired bookkeeper has won her case against the government over its pensions failure.
Daphne Bennett, began claiming her state pension in 2003 but gaps in her contributions meant she received just £38.66 a week.
When husband Tim retired in 2008, she was eligible for a 60 percent married woman’s pension.
Payments were dependent on a new state pension claim form being filled out.
But Mr Bennett was told on the phone that no forms needed to be signed and
Nottingham Forest have submitted an opening offer for Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner after negotiations stalled with Manchester United for Dean Henderson. Steve Cooper’s side are still without an undisputed No.1 heading into their Premier League opener against the Gunners on August 12 after last season’s loanees Keylor Navas and Henderson returned to their parent clubs after helping the Tricky Trees beat the drop.
Forest have tried to sign England international Henderson on a permanent deal which was likely to be
