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A fingerprint is both complex and unique, and that is why it has fascinated scientists for so long. New research reveals the details relating to their formation and how their characteristic variability is achieved during embryonic development.

The inaugural Global Solo Challenge 2023-24 seeks to be a budget-friendly solo, non-stop race around the world. For boats from 32 to 55 feet with an IRC

The second edition of the Vendée Arctique is shortly to get underway, which will see 25 solo skippers take on a gruelling course in their IMOCA 60s.

In this week's Editor's Diary, Angela has been spending some much-needed time with family. It's just what she needed!

Vendée Globe © Jean-Marie Liot / Alea The huge wave of enthusiasm for the Vendée Globe during and after the last edition means there are more and more solo skippers intimating their plans to do the next race which will start November 2024. They have done it before and already said yes to 2024, and have boats. Fabrice Amedeo - Frustrated by that early retirement in South Africa, journalist turned pro-sailor Amedeo wasted no time in getting back on his mount. He is a major advo...

Claude man dead after rollover south of Santa Rosa VIDEO: Claude man dead after rollover south of Santa Rosa By Tamlyn Cochran | February 15, 2021 at 3:36 PM CST - Updated February 15 at 5:56 PM GUADALUPE COUNTY, N.M. (KFDA) - A Claude resident died after a rollover car crash on Saturday morning on the U.S. Highway 54 near 235 south of Santa Rosa. Around 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 13, the Mexico State police were alerted about a single-vehicle rollover on U.S. Highway 54. 31-year-old Derek Ray Hatf...