Michael Tubi / Shutterstock After weathering numerous storms that would have sunk others, Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister comes to an ignoble end, mired in scandal and having lost the support of nearly all his MPs. The resignation didn’t come out of nowhere – Johnson was already losing supportContinue Reading
Quantum-proof encryption is here—decades before it can be put to the test.Continue Reading
Emergency services in San Antonio were called out on June 27 to what turned out to be the deadliest migrant smuggling incident at the US-Mexico border region in the last decades. More than 50 undocumented migrants were found dead – among them 27 Mexicans, 14 Hondurans, seven Guatemalans and twoContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s resignation as prime minister is not just a portentous political event. His time in office – and the nature of his departure – throw up vital questions about democratic values and institutions. Blaming the failings of an entire political culture on the moral deficiencies of one leader mightContinue Reading
‘Always a choice’ Q. Was there one point yesterday where it was really bad, where you aggravated it? Was it just building up and the pain got bad? Was there a certain point that you reached or served hard or anything? RAFAEL NADAL: It’s difficult to say. I [got] this feelingContinue Reading
Regulating cortisol levels simultaneously improves sleep quality. Rido/ Shutterstock When you’re suffering from stress, it can affect almost every aspect of your life – even down to how well you sleep at night. While it’s normal to experience stress over things every now and again, if it continues to affectContinue Reading
The barred spiral galaxy UGC 12158. Wikimedia , CC BY-SA We can model the motions of planets in the Solar System quite accurately using Newton’s laws of physics. But in the early 1970s, scientists noticed that this didn’t work for disc galaxies – stars at their outer edges, far fromContinue Reading
For the duration of the war in Ukraine, we’ve received regular military updates from Frank Ledwidge, an expert in military strategy at the University of Portsmouth. A few weeks ago Ledwidge got in touch to say that he was moving temporarily to Kyiv, where he is a visiting fellow withContinue Reading
L ook out everyone: A is back, and they’re about to cause mischief to a whole new generation of Pretty Little Liars. The original show, which ended five years ago, followed the lives of four girls who were tormented by a mysterious person known only as ‘A’. In the newContinue Reading
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has welcomed the prospect of a no-confidence vote in his Government, saying it gives a chance to show that “this has been a competent, good government”. Sinn Féin is considering tabling a motion of no confidence in the Dáil next week, after the three-party coalition lost itsContinue Reading
