Carlos Alcaraz defeats Frances Tiafoe in 5 sets at Wimbledon

LONDON — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz came back to defeat Frances Tiafoe 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon on Friday in an entertaining match between two friends, full of moments of brilliance and a series of changes of momentum. The third-seeded Alcaraz was outclassed by No. 29 Tiafoe … Read more

This is the hardest maze, according to physicists

A team of physicists have created what they claim is the most difficult maze ever created, using a chess pattern to create its structure. To the untrained eye, the maze looks like the most complicated snowflake. But for the puzzle enthusiasts among us, it probably looks like a challenge. The maze is constructed from a … Read more

Ballot boxes return to Wisconsin after Supreme Court ruling

Liberals on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for absentee ballot drop boxes, changing voting rules four months before the presidential election and reversing a decision made two years ago by conservatives when they held the court’s majority. The 4-3 ruling came a year after liberals won a majority on the high … Read more

S&P 500 holds near record as jobs numbers come in

U.S. stocks remained at record highs on Friday as investors eyed the June jobs report, which will play a role in calculating interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell just below the flatline on the heels of the report after a record close in a shortened session on Wednesday. The … Read more

Human-sized salamander with fangs offers evolutionary clues

Tusks for the memories. The Tyrannosaurus rex was not the first toothy predator on Earth. Forty million years before dinosaurs became the world’s largest predators, a human-sized salamander with four-inch-long tusks existed, according to a revealing study published in the journal Nature. A fossilized skeleton of the amphibian was excavated in Namibia by scientists from … Read more