Monthly Archives: August 2011

The World’s Highest-Paid Female Athletes

Maria Sharapova struggled in recent years with injuries and inconsistent play on the tennis court and has not won a grand slam title since 2008 with her worldwide ranking plummeted to a low of No. 126 in 2009. But this year Sharapova has rebounded with a vengeance, winning 80% of her matches. She is now ranked No. 5 in the ...

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Are You Telling Me To Exercise?

Everyone says exercise like walking, jogging, swimming or cycling is good for your health. The tiny reef fish known as pygmy goby swims all day and yet its lifespan is only about 59 days, making it the vertebrate animal with the shortest lifespan of any vertebrate animal. A rabbit runs and hops and only lives 9-12 years. A tortoise doesn’t ...

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