Participants lost around 15% of their body weight on average. Rostislav_Sedlacek/ Shutterstock A recently published clinical trial of the anti-obesity drug, semaglutide, has produced a degree of weight loss which has led some to dub the medication a “game changer” in the treatment of obesity. The trial looked at 1,961Continue Reading
IPL 2021 Player Auction: 292 players will go under the hammer as franchises look to fill 61 slots.© Twitter The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 player auction is set to take place in Chennai on Thursday. A total of 292 players will go under the hammer at the auction. AllContinue Reading
England head coach Chris Silverwood on Wednesday said cricketers do need to spend some time with their families, and as a result, his side would continue with their rotation policy. England’s squad was named for the third and fourth Test after the result of the second Test, and it wasContinue Reading
England Test skipper Joe Root has apologised to Moeen Ali for his comments made during a press conference after the visitors stumbled to a 317-run defeat against India in the second Test. England’s squad was named for the third and fourth Tests after the result of the second Test, andContinue Reading
Antibodies (blue) neutralising SARS-CoV-2 (orange), the virus that causes COVID-19. Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock The goal of the COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out worldwide is to stimulate our immune systems into creating a protective response against the coronavirus, particularly by generating antibodies. These antibodies then circulate in our blood until needed inContinue Reading
Inna Bigun/Shutterstock Once, holograms were just a scientific curiosity. But thanks to the rapid development of lasers, they have gradually moved centre stage, appearing on the security imagery for credit cards and bank notes, in science fiction movies – most memorably Star Wars – and even “live” on stage whenContinue Reading
Current view of the steppe mammoth, an ancestor to the woolly mammoth. Beth Zaiken/Centre for Palaeogenetics, Author provided Most people think of mammoths as the iconic woolly species from the last Ice Age, which ended around 12,000 years ago. But mammoths originated in Africa around 5 million years ago, thenContinue Reading
Italy loves technocrats. The latest proof is the decision to install Mario Draghi, former governor of the Bank of Italy and former president of the European Central Bank, as prime minister. This followed the resignation of Giuseppe Conte, who lost the support of one of the parties that formed hisContinue Reading
Gorynvd/Shutterstock The most recent lockdown and school closures have, once again, thrown educational provision in England into crisis. Nearly a full year of disruption of schooling will have had a serious effect on children’s education. The outgoing children’s commissioner, Anne Longfield, has called for children to be at the heartContinue Reading
