Shriver’s contentious views on diversity thread through the story of a couple’s strained relationship with exercise

Lionel Shriver’s scabrously funny 15th novel presents a dyspeptic view of people in thrall to exercise. In 2013 Shriver’s own daily regime involved “130 press-ups, 200 side crunches, 500 sit-ups and 3,000 star jumps … The jumps take 32½ minutes, or three every two seconds”. The Motion Of The Body Through Space was written, she recently revealed, after she realised that she may be more dedicated to her exercise than to her writing.

The protagonist, Serenata Terpsichore (“rhymes with chicory”), is a 60-year-old woman from upstate New York with a beguiling voice and ruined knees. The former she puts to lucrative use as a voiceover artist and narrator of audiobooks. The latter are the result of a lifetime’s adherence to the doctrine of working out; in particular the belief that 10-mile runs are the key to longevity and good health.

The European Space Agency said Friday that human urine could one day become a useful ingredient in making concrete to build on the moon.

Tom Cruise is set to team up with Nasa to shoot a movie in space.

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Tom Cruise is making the first-ever feature film to be shot in outer space.

The once-acclaimed actor then admitted he felt lost when the #MeToo movement turned his life upside down.

Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales has come up with a new proposal for a fast-track finish to the lower leagues in Spain once football is back under way following the current break due to coronavirus.

LaLiga has agreed with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the National Sports Council that Spanish clubs can return to training, subject to health recommendations.

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero will host Spanish lessons for children as part of the BBC's new homeschooling service.

Spanish clubs have been given the green light to return to individual training next week by prime minister Pedro Sanchez.

Michael Robinson was smiling until the very end. "I'm still battling away," he said as he walked up the steps to take his commentary position at the Benito Villamarin for Real Betis against Real Madrid in LaLiga last month.

Every club has one, and every fan thinks theirs is the best.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hopes LaLiga will return "soon" and says that it will be up to federations and clubs to decide when.

A trumpet-playing Real Madrid fan has won applause in the street and now online with his rendition of the club's La Decima song during lockdown in the Spanish capital.

LaLiga clubs will return to training this week amid plans to restart the competition in June, it has been announced.

Space advocates spruik the human benefits but critics say it costs far too much. Ever since the moon landing, space has been seen as a "giant leap" for humankind, but is it in the wrong direction?

An entire wing of the school is being taken over for three weeks including "art bombing" of the halls with bubble wrap and transforming classrooms into discos and caves.

Geoffrey Rush's barrister tells an appeal hearing his client has been "slurred" by The Daily Telegraph's lawyer, who yesterday accused the actor of "delivering lines" when describing the impact the newspaper's articles had on his life.

Los Angeles-based tech company Production Club is currently working to provide an alternative to social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

After it launched on Tuesday and nailed a series of maneuvers, China’s future crewed spacecraft has made a successful desert touchdown. Built by China’s main space contractor, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC), the uncrewed prot...

The former Leafs forward commented on the physical appearances of Vancouver forward Tanner Pearson’s wife and Edmonton captain Connor McDavid’s girlfriend. He also called Capitals linemates Garnet Hathaway and Nick Dowd losers.

Respawn Entertainment began with a mission to build a better shooter. That became the hit "Titanfall." In 2019, the studio expanded with the free-to-play "Apex Legends" and "Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order." The studio run by Vince Zampella is just getting started, with a virtual reality project on tap for 2020. Zampella also is taking over the Los Angeles offices of DICE.

The Sparks have hired former UCLA guard Kari Korver as its director of basketball operations, the team announced Tuesday.

SpaceX plans to make its satellites "generally invisible to the naked eye within a week of launch" following complaints about light pollution.

Action star Tom Cruise is working on a movie shot in outer space, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said on Tuesday.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the ground-based Gemini Observatory in Hawaii have teamed up with the Juno spacecraft to probe the mightiest storms in the solar system, taking place more than 500 million miles away on the giant planet Jupiter.

Survey finds people are appreciating their local parks, countryside and green belt more.

ITV Tonight is out with Merseyside Police to investigate the extraordinary impact the pandemic is having on their ability to combat crime.

COVIDCon will explore how "tyranny sparked and is exploiting the novel coronavirus pandemic to crack down on civil liberties."

Projections from a new report suggest that if the US fails to take bold action to reduce the mental health toll of COVID-19, an additional 75,000 people could die by suicide, drugs, or alcohol abuse.
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An Australian company that's set to own the world's largest privately operated rocket test range says the Australian space industry is well protected from the economic downturn caused by COVID-19.

Michael Waite ran for office in Washington and worked for Bill Gates' private investment company, but helping establish a community newspaper could be his toughest challenge yet.

A journalist left out of work after Australian Community Media shut down his regional printing press starts his own online newspaper in an effort to keep the community informed.

Fewer than 250 people have been on the International Space Station but Mission Impossible actor Tom Cruise looks set to become one of them, in part to "inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists".

The new documentary "Spaceship Earth" breaks the mystery of the Biosphere 2 experiment wide open, revealing the facts in a story that feels more like science fiction than reality.

Almost every day a new study is published that shines light on the way in which the new coronavirus is spread. It will be years before the precise dynamics of transmission are nailed down, but the broad outline of how the disease...

Manitoba Sen. Patricia Bovey has left the Independent Senators Group (ISG) and will now sit as a member of the Progressive caucus, a group composed of former Liberal senators.

Senior media figures have warned of the coronavirus "perfect storm" hitting newspapers, saying the drop in circulation and ad revenue could lead to some outlets disappearing completely.

The Northern Territory's Tiwi Islands football grand final will go ahead tomorrow, but will be restricted to local spectators only because of coronavirus concerns, authorities say.

Madison Prespakis of Carlton is named the winner of the 2020 AFL Women's Best and Fairest award, and Isabell Huntington takes out the rising star award.