Miscanthus key to Shropshire Farmer’s net zero ambitions
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2021-01-28
Sourav Ganguly Undergoes Successful Angiolpasty, Gets Two More Stents | Cricket News
Sourav Ganguly, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, underwent a successful angioplasty at the Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Kolkata on Thursday where the doctors inserted two more stents. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was also present at the hospital to check on the BCCI chief’sContinue Reading
2021-01-28
COVID-19 has changed university teaching – here are five things to stick with in the future
insta_photos/Shutterstock COVID-19 has been extraordinarily challenging for universities and students, and the disruption will likely persist beyond the rollout of a vaccine. The demands on academic staff and students have been – and continue to be – unparalleled. Both must manage work-life balance while teaching and learning in a largelyContinue Reading
2021-01-28
Coronavirus variants: are they really more deadly? Here’s what scientists know so far
Is it true that the British variant is 30% more deadly? Halfpoint/Shutterstock One certainty during a pandemic is that the virus will mutate. SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, is no different. But how concerned should we be about the new variants of the virus that are arising in places such asContinue Reading
2021-01-28
Thousands more satellites will soon orbit Earth – we need better rules to prevent space crashes
Congestion in the sky. Shutterstock/OSORIOartist In recent years, satellites have become smaller, cheaper, and easier to make with commercial off the shelf parts. Some even weigh as little as one gram. This means more people can afford to send them into orbit. Now, satellite operators have started launching mega-constellations –Continue Reading
2021-01-28
Sourav Ganguly To Get Additional Stent Tomorrow | Cricket News
Sourav Ganguly, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, will have a stenting procedure done on Thursday, Woodlands hospital in Kolkata said on Wednesday. The procedure will be done by Dr Aftab Khan in the presence of renowned cardiologist Dr Devi Shetty, with Dr Saptarshi Basu andContinue Reading
2021-01-28
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Mahipal Lomror Stars As Rajasthan Beat Bihar To Reach Semi-Finals | Cricket News
Mahipal Lomror smashed 78 runs off just 37 deliveries to help Rajasthan post a strong total.© Twitter Mahipal Lomror was the standout performer as Rajasthan defeated Bihar by 16 runs in the fourth quarterfinal of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Wednesday here at the Motera Stadium. While Bihar hasContinue Reading
2021-01-28
Anti-ageing treatments: these two drug types are being investigated
Repurposed drugs and senolytics could bring us five more years of disease-free life. Zoran Pucarevic/ Shutterstock While more people may be living longer than ever before, this increase in life expectancy is accompanied by the development of age-related diseases – such as cancer or type 2 diabetes. This is whyContinue Reading
2021-01-27
Feeling lonely during the pandemic? You’re up to ten times more likely to have worse mental health
Shutter.B/Shutterstock While COVID-19 may itself compromise a person’s mental health, the social conditions of the pandemic are also having a negative impact. Economic hardship, heavy COVID-related media exposure, reduced social contact and domestic violence are just some factors that may have affected people. Indeed, studies have shown that mental healthContinue Reading
2021-01-27
Five unusual technologies for harvesting water in dry areas
Parthbhatt/shutterstock.com Water scarcity is among the top five global risks affecting people’s wellbeing. In water-scarce areas, the situation is grim. Conventional sources like snowfall, rainfall, river runoff and easily accessible groundwater are being affected by climate change, and supplies are shrinking as demand grows. In these countries, water is aContinue Reading
2021-01-27