How figure skating thawed the era of the heated rivalries.

The term ‘figure’ in the sport’s name is not unique to English, as several languages, from Irish to Polish and Russian, also translate the name literally as ‘figure skating.’ In contrast, Japanese and Korean adopt ‘figure’ as a phonetic loan word, preserving the English sound.

Figure AI has given us a look at its idea of the robotic equivalent of the Model T as it rolls out its Figure 3 humanoid robot – the company's third-generation bipedal autonomous machine designed for general purpose work that's built for mass production.

The women's figure skating event kicked off with the short program on Tuesday, with Japan's Ami Nakai and Kaori Sakamoto in the lead and U.S. reigning world champion Alysa Liu in 3rd. Next up is the free skate,