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MERCEDES have released images of the car they hope will power Lewis Hamilton to a record eighth world title. Hamilton , who is currently tied on seven with Michael Schumacher, will be going all out in 2021 to move into a class of his own. The Brit already has the most wins (95), pole positions (98) and podium finishes (165) in F1 and can now go on to become the undisputed champ. He said: "The launch day of a new car is always a really exciting one. It's great to reveal to the world the result of everyone's hard work at the factories and to see some of my team-mates in person, which has been so rare during the past year. "I've been in touch with the engineers through the winter, keeping track of their preparations as I prepare myself for the season ahead. "The excitement has been building and building, so now I just can't wait to get out on track in the W12." The car - or to give it its full title the Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance - is an evolution of last … [Read more...] about Mercedes release images of Lewis Hamilton’s new F1 2021 car which Brit helped engineers build to go for another title

HE was born Vincent Furnier but the world knows and loves him as Alice Cooper. “The only person who calls me Vince is Keith Richards,” admits the American shock rock icon. “He’ll say, ‘Vinnie, Vinnie, how long has it been since you had a drink?’ “And I’ll reply, ‘More than 30 years’. And he goes, ‘Ah, begs the question, why???’ ” There was a time, however, when Alice was a match for the Rolling Stones rogue when it came to hellraising. Let’s go back to one Christmas Eve in the early Seventies when rabble-rousing anthems like School’s Out and Elected were delivering teenage kicks years before the punk explosion. Alice and his band of renegades were playing cavernous Madison Square Garden in New York City. It may have been bitterly cold outside but the heat was rising inside one of America’s most hallowed music venues. “At the end of the show, Santa Claus came on stage and took a big bow,” remembers the frontman who still wears trademark ghoulish black eye … [Read more...] about Alice Cooper on the prophetic School’s Out and his new album Detroit Stories

A new type of malaria control has significantly brought down infection rates among children in the Ivory Coast in western Africa, according to new research published in The Lancet . The device , developed by Dutch researchers and trialed over two years in combination with the use of window screens and insecticide-coated b ed nets, was found to lower the incidence of malaria by around 40-50% in children aged between six months and 10 years old. "Any reduction would be great, but something as significant as 40 to 50% is substantial — particularly in high-burden countries like Cote d'Ivoire," said Jaishree Raman, a professor at the Institute of Sustainable Malaria Control at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, who was not involved in the study. Malaria — a disease transmitted from person to person by infected Anopheles mosquitoes — is still one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, causing more deaths than all other parasitic … [Read more...] about Malaria: Infections halved in children in Ivory Coast using new technology