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Article by Nancy Sexton: With the death of Galileo, the world’s group of most expensive sires underwent a seismic shift. Galileo stood as a ‘private’ stallion for the last 14 years of his life, although off-the-record reports suggested that outside breeders were at one time happy to pay in excess of €500,000 to secure a nomination. As such, he cast a major shadow over this list as the world’s most expensive sire; now gone, that accolade falls to Darley’s flagsh...

'As a climate campaigner, researcher, and journalist, I can say that I and my fellow advocates have either experienced or seen with our own eyes the realities depicted in the movie'

The film's science adviser shares what it was like working with the star-studded cast, and what we can learn from the disaster flick about science denialism.

Article by James Willoughby: Many will argue that he was the best racehorse there’s ever been, and certainly he was the best in the world for two seasons a decade ago, and now – after his sixth crop of runners as a sire – Frankel has moved into a realm so few greats on the track have achieved in the breeding shed, for in 2021 he was the world’s outstanding stallion. In the third part of our four-part series comparing the TRC Global Rankings with those at the start of 2021...

4/5 stars Adam McKay's all-star Netflix film Don't Look Up comes packaged with a premise typical of many a Hollywood disaster movie: a giant comet is heading towards Earth to wreak apocalyptic destruction. It's the sort of plot device we've seen in everything from Armageddon and Deep Impact to the recent Greenland with Gerard Butler. The twist here is that...

BREEDING INSIGHTS: Do Deuce stakes claim to be champion 2021-12-22

It’s a scene we’ve seen on screen before: Giant object hurtles toward us, scientists ring alarms, everyone panics. But while it’s a common trope in movies, just how likely is it that we’ll experience an Earth-ending hit from a comet or asteroid in our lifetime?

While it might not be a car film per se, the Transformers film franchise is arguably one of the most succes...

HONG KONG: Loves leaves in another thriller 2021-12-17

Asteroid impacts are unlikely but potentially catastrophic (just ask the dinosaurs). A new NASA mission has been launched to test the technology that could one day save us.