Monster Hunter: World’s PC port hasn’t even been out a full day and it is already breaking records. While Capcom hasn’t officially unveiled sales figures for the series’ PC debut, a cursory look at Steamcharts.com reveals a concurrent player count of around 239,000 so far. While that figure is impressive as hell, it starts to […]
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Defining the Upper Limits of Fitness
Back in 1937, researchers at Harvard University’s Fatigue Laboratory published a study they modestly titled “New Records in Human Power.” They’d studied five of the greatest distance runners in the world, including Glenn Cunningham, the fastest miler in history, and Don Lash, the fastest two-miler. The athletes’ ability to suck oxygen into their lungs, absorb […]
24 things that are considered 'normal' in the US but the rest of the world finds weird
Flickr/Mark Finney Sometimes people in the US forget that the way we do things isn’t necessarily the way it’s done everywhere else. That doesn’t necessarily mean these American customs are bad, it just means that they aren’t the norm throughout the world. Here are some regular things we do in the US that people from […]
Rupee falling to 70 is not the end of the world: Jamal Mecklai
Rupee was just 69.10 or 69.20 at the peak of the crisis, when Rajan came in and it is 70 now. In last five years, it has fallen only a little bit, Jamal Mecklai, CEO, 65397741 65399786 65395016 Mecklai Financial Services, tells ET Now.Edited excerpts: Rupee is at 70 to a dollar. What do you […]
Now your pets can pledge their loyalty to you, in samurai armor!
Image: Samurai Age If you’re looking for a way to instill a sense of loyalty in your pet, we have the perfect solution. Novelty retailer Pets In Style is making suits of armor inspired by the warriors of medieval Japan for your feline or canine friend. SEE ALSO: Inspirational golden retriever perfectly demonstrates how to […]
China’s New Law, One Dog Per Household!
Image: Shutterstock / dezi After China’s lifting of its longstanding one-child policy, it’s started to put in a one-dog policy. A couple of cities in China have introduced restrictions on dog ownership, allowing each household to only have one dog. SEE ALSO: China ending its one-child policy won’t change the sad reality for parents Qingdao, […]
Boeing’s Plane Boss Plots Assault on Airbus with New Jets
Boeing Co. is about to go on the offensive after watching Airbus SE creep into a market segment the U.S. planemaker had dominated since the 1980s. Responsibility for the success or failure of the new initiatives falls to a relative newcomer: Kevin McAllister, a 27-year General Electric Co. veteran. On the job a little more […]
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, dead at 87
(CNN)Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and author who fought for peace, human rights and simple human decency, has died at the age of 87, a spokesman for Israel’s Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem, said Saturday. His family said he died peacefully Saturday after a long illness. “My husband was a fighter. He fought for […]