Sleep isn’t just a time to rest and give your body and brain a break. It’s a critical biological function that restores and replenishes important body systems. Now, yet another study on shift workers shows that their unusual hours may be cutting their lives short—and that’s especially true for those who have rotating night shifts, rather than permanent graveyard duty. In a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, scientists led by Dr.

If American Sam Watson wins the inaugural Olympic gold medal in speed climbing—the new stand-alone event in which athletes scale a 15-m wall in around five sec., or less—he’ll have some pretty sweet bragging rights. “My claim to fame is that I'm the fastest Olympian, assuming I get the world record at the Olympic Games,” Watson says in a video interview from Salt Lake City, where in early July he was training for the Paris Games.

The name doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue—Stephen Nedoroscik—but you can just call him The Pommel Horse guy. That’s what social media is dubbing their newly minted star. It’s Nedoroscik’s specialty in gymnastics, and the sole reason he was put on the U.S. men’s team. The Massachusetts native now trains in Florida, and is a four-time U.S., two-time NCAA, and 2021 world champion on the event. Pommel horse? What’s that? That’s the event in which gymnasts mount—yes, mount—what’s called a horse that is 160-cm.

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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Taylor Swift “made the whole place shimmer” at the Grammys on Sunday night, sparkling in a heavy set of Lorraine Schwartz jewels that reportedly cost close to $3 million. The jewels made for a striking red carpet look, paired with a bejeweled midnight blue Robert Cavalli set as an obvious reference to her latest album “Midnights.