Mercedes boss Toto Wolff isn’t worried about a title rivalry souring the relationship of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas in the way that it did between Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.With Hamilton and Bottas comfortably heading the standings from any non-Mercedes drivers, it seems that the 2019 drivers’ championship battle will be fought out by Mercedes. Already, Max Verstappen sits 46 points behind leader Hamilton, and the gap from the top to Sebastian Vettel, the lead Ferrari challenger, already stands at 48.Faced with an in-house battle scenario before, the animosity between Hamilton and Rosberg quickly boiled over, with accusations of favoritism thrown about by fans and also from time to time by the drivers.Wolff doesn’t see this as a problem that he will face with their current driver lineup, though, saying that Hamilton and Bottas don’t carry the same level of baggage as Hamilton and Rosberg did."I think it’s very different because I’m not sure … [Read more...] about No animosity brewing between Mercedes F1 championship rivals
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The Predator leads a Shane Black monster squad, plus 22 other movies coming this September
So many movies, so little time. Every week brings a new crop of them, opening in multiplexes and arthouse theaters across the nation, and arriving in increasingly high volumes on streaming platforms like Netflix. How’s a voracious moviegoer to keep up? That’s where The A.V. Club comes in. The first week of every month, we’ll be previewing all the major movies coming to theaters (or laptops or gaming systems or Rokus) near you, helping narrow down these upcoming releases by making educated guesses on whether they’re worth your time and money. Bisbee ’17 Select theaters September 5 In his latest blurring of the lines between performance and identity, fiction and nonfiction, documentarian Robert Greene (Actress, Kate Plays Christine) treks out to Bisbee, a mining town turned tourist destination in Arizona. Here, a group of the locals provide an oral history of their community, while also agreeing to reenact a century-old atrocity: the deportation of some … [Read more...] about The Predator leads a Shane Black monster squad, plus 22 other movies coming this September
The Mastodon Boneyard That Stole Thomas Jefferson’s Heart
This illustration of a prehistoric mastodon shows the size of the animals Founding Father Thomas Jefferson believed might still be roaming the plains in the early 1800s. Bettmann/Getty Images For the Sage of Monticello, science was a patriotic pursuit. When he wasn't drafting declarations or making land deals with Napoleon, Thomas Jefferson kept himself busy by studying the natural world. Paleontology was among his favorite subjects and during the American revolution, he used mastodon bones to defend the honor of his emerging country. Here's the story of how that came to pass. Giants in the Land of Bluegrass During the last ice age, Boone County in northern Kentucky was a swampy wetland teeming with mega-mammals. On the ground lay exposed deposits of salt — or "salt licks" — that attracted herbivores in need of sodium supplements. Predators, such as humans, grew wise to this and ambushed careless plant-eaters at the licks. The swamps were not safe loitering places. … [Read more...] about The Mastodon Boneyard That Stole Thomas Jefferson’s Heart