Probably the world’s most famed statue of an athlete is of a discobolus (discus-thrower), by Myron, ancient Greek, restored by Professor Furtwangler. His restoration places the missile-hurler* in ...

Once in orbit, space telescopes can produce heavenly pictures. ESA’s new gamma-ray observatory INTEGRAL – just a year away from launch – will be focusing on some of the highest energy celestial ...

The shadows of early evening were creeping across Brussels’ Stadium last week as a hulking U.S. Army lieutenant in trackman’s flimsies stepped into the discus ring. At the international military ...

Figure of a male athlete about to throw a discus, his right arm is extended back, the weight of his body resting on his right foot, his eyes cast downward.