New Zealand

About a month ago, I posted a piece on the guys who chucked a basketball off a dam in New Zealand. Normally, dudes throwing basketballs is not really that newsworthy, but these guys had a cool twist. They dropped the basketballs with a certain spin, which causes what's called "The Magnus Effect...

A lot of sports fans, in particular, fans of combat sports have been buzzing about Ronda Rousey's spectacular knockout of Bethe Correia Saturday night (34 seconds into the fight) during UFC 190. That was an awesome knockout, but lost in the hoopla over that TKO is another even more devasting knockout in the ring Saturday night...

This is like a beer commercial come to life. From the Sydney Morning Herald comes the tale of New Zealand spearfisherman James Grant (who really ought to change his name to Captain Awesome, Commodore Manly, or something with the appropriate level of testosterone)...