Exclusive | Ilona Maher reveals how to get ‘rugby thighs’ — and the way she handles men who challenge her in the gym

Olympic rugby’s biggest breakout star is not only a “girl’s girl,” she’s also a “team’s athlete.” Despite her singular personality, 29-year-old Ilona Maher always thinks of herself as part of a larger whole, especially at the gym. Every time a fan asks about her workout routine — which is often — she answers truthfully: “whatever my coach tells me to do.”  “I am kind of a team’s athlete through and through, where I just really listen to what my coach says and do his plan,” the Vermont-born athlete tells The Post. Typically, that involves some kind of lift and some kind…

AI compressed billions of years of evolution into seconds to create ‘Lego-like robots’ that can recover even when they lose limbs

Researchers have created artificial-intelligence-powered robots that can navigate all kinds of terrain autonomously and continue moving even when they’re severely damaged.Dubbed “legged metamachines,” these awkward-looking bots may reveal insight into human and animal evolution and provide a path for future robots to overcome mobility limitations, the machines’ creators say.The robots…

Why Drew Fortescue feels ‘lucky’ after signing Rangers contract

Growing up in Pearl River, Drew Fortescue’s dad, Billy, was an Islander fan. “But as soon as I got drafted [by the Rangers], that switched pretty quickly,” Fortescue told reporters after an optional skate at MSG Training Center on Monday, a couple days after signing his three-year entry-level contract with…

The Lakers missed their best defender in loss to Pistons 

DETROIT — It isn’t a coincidence that the Los Angeles Lakers’ best stretch of the season has come when they’ve had their full rotation available.  It also isn’t surprising that their season-best nine-game winning streak ended with Monday night’s narrow loss to the Pistons at Little Caesars Arena, which was…

Live Science Today: Jensen Huang AGI claim and major leap to reanimation after death

Today’s top story Nvidia’s Jensen Huang has claimed that humanity has already achieved AGI, but others are less than convinced. (Image credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Have large language models (LLMs) matched or exceeded human intelligence? Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says so — saying “I think we’ve achieved AGI”…

An MLB apocalypse looms — but so does a season for the ages

Two students decide before first period that they have such long-standing hatred and distrust that finding common ground on a persistent, ultra-vital issue feels impossible. So they are going to fight at 3 p.m. in the schoolyard. Classes go on around them, but all the other pupils fan those flames…

Strong start carries UCLA women’s basketball against Oklahoma State

With every shot that found the bottom of the net, every pass that was deflected, every trip down the court that resulted in one player pointing at another in appreciation, the UCLA women’s basketball team did something it could not two days earlier. Bury an overmatched opponent in the opening…

DeSantis doesn’t rule out a 2028 presidential run: ‘We’ll see’ 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis refused to rule out another White House run in a recent sitdown with Fox News host Sean Hannity.  “We’ll see,” the Republican Sunshine State governor responded when asked point-blank by Hannity if he would “run for president again.” DeSantis, 47, is term-limited and will leave office…

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