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☆ Rafael Nadal withdraws from 2024 Indian Wells tournament
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Jacob Lev | Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, the night before he was scheduled to face Canadian Milos Raonic in the first round, he announced on social media Wednesday. In an announcement on X, the 22-time Grand Slam winner said he’s dropping out of the tennis tournament because he doesn’t feel prepared enough to compete at “the highest level.” The three-time Indian Wells champion holds a 59-11 record at Indian Wells, according to ATP Tour. “It is with great sadness that I have to withdraw from this amazing tournament at Indian Wells,” Nadal wrote. The BNP Paribas Open runs through March 17 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Nadal said in May 2023 that 2024 would likely be his last year on tour, though he didn’t rule out continuing past that date.

Persons: Rafael Nadal, Milos Raonic, he’s, ” Nadal, That’s, Sumit Nagal, Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz, Alcaraz, “, Tommy Haas, ”, ” Haas Organizations: CNN, BNP, Indian Wells, ATP Tour, Raonic, Indian Wells Tennis Garden, Brisbane International, Netflix Locations: Spanish, Indian Wells , California, Indian, Indian Wells, Las Vegas

☆ Last Chance Lake: A ‘soda lake’ in North America could point to the origin of life on Earth
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Ayurella Horn-Muller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Last Chance LakeLast Chance Lake is no more than 1 foot deep. Haas displays a piece of dry-season lake crust taken from Last Chance Lake in September 2022. Last Chance Lake isn’t 4 billion years old — in fact, it’s estimated to have been around less than 10,000 years. Past studies suggest a primordial version of the soda lake may very well have included the substance. “Understanding how life originated on Earth has this importance for our search for life outside of Earth,” Haas told CNN.

Persons: —, David Catling, “, ” Catling, It’s, Sebastian Haas, Haas, David C, isn’t, ”, ” Haas, Catling, Charles Darwin, Matthew Pasek, Pasek, they’re, Woodward Fischer, Ayurella, Muller Organizations: CNN, British Columbia, University of Washington, geosciences, University of South, California Institute of Technology, “, Climate Central Locations: Canadian, British, British Columbia, Chance, Yellowstone, University of South Florida, Axios, ”

Already given one career lifeline this season, Ricciardo missed the last five races with a broken left hand. But he returns this week to the U.S. Grand Prix, where the 34-year-old Australian has a history of having some cheeky fun. Long time no see," Ricciardo said to the group of his fellow drivers when he walked into Thursday's news conference. The hand feels good,” Ricciardo said, adding that the bone break that required surgery was worse than initially expected. Eventually there will have to be a serious side to the racing, which has not been so good for Ricciardo in recent years.

Persons: Daniel Ricciardo, Ricciardo, “, ” Ricciardo, I'm, ”, Red Bull, Lando Norris, AlphaTauri, Nyck De Vries, Liam Lawson, It’s, Lawson, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, “ Charles, ” Haas, Kevin Magnussen, Hamilton, let's, ” Hamilton, Williams, Logan Sargeant, Aston, Lance, Estebon Ocon, ” Sargeant Organizations: U.S, University of Texas Longhorns, Renault, McLaren, Austin, FIA, Qatar Grand Prix Locations: AUSTIN, Texas, Americas, Austin, Ricciardo, Hungary, Belgium, TEXAS, Qatar

☆ Fact Check-Hiroshima and Nagasaki hit by nuclear bombs in 1945, radiation dissipated
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Instantly, 78,000 people were killed, a number that increased to 140,000 by the end of 1945, Reuters has reported, citing the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (here). LINGERING HEALTH EFFECTSThe most enduring evidence of the 1945 nuclear explosions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki is the testimonials of survivors (time.com/after-the-bomb/) and (here) and their well-documented health effects due to the blasts. The RERF Life Span Study (here) of long-term health effects has followed 120,000 residents since 1950, including 94,000 blast survivors and 27,000 unexposed people. Further reading about health effects from the bombings can be found (here). Hiroshima and Nagasaki were each bombed with a nuclear weapon in 1945, killing more than 200,000 people, but radiation and radioactive contamination dissipated and decayed quickly.

Persons: Oppenheimer, Jeffrey Hart, RERF’s, ” Hart, Derek Haas, it’s, ” Haas, Haas, RERF, Read Organizations: Reuters, Research, Radiation, Radiation Engineering, University of Texas, ” Locations: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, U.S, Japan, Austin

☆ Nick Bollettieri, famed tennis coach, dies aged 91
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Nick Bollettieri, the famed tennis coach who taught the likes of the Williams sisters, Andre Agassi and Maria Sharapova, has died aged 91. Bollettieri’s death was confirmed by the IMG Academy, which Bollettieri is the founder of, in a statement sent to CNN. In 1977, he founded the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy – now the IMG Academy – after borrowing $1 million from a friend to build a live-in tennis academy for his students. During over 30 years as a coach, Bollettieri became one of the most sought-after teachers in world tennis due to the success players had under him. Bollettieri outside his tennis academy.

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