Singapore is set to ease most Covid measures from April 26, authorities said. Lauryn Ishak | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore is set to remove nearly all virus safety measures from Tuesday as the city-state seeks to return to pre-Covid living, authorities announced on Friday. There will beContinue Reading
The open science movement pushes for making scientific knowledge quickly accessible to all. But a new paper warns that speed can come at a cost.Continue Reading
Director Robert Eggers’ new movie has an opportunity to prove an artful viking epic can battle the summer superheroes.Continue Reading
Idle electric vehicles could act as massive batteries for homes and the energy grid. But the technology to pull this off is tricky.Continue Reading
The stress of exercising while sick could potentially make our immune cells less effective. Dmytrenko Vlad/ Shutterstock Exercising regularly is good for your immune system – with some research suggesting that it may even lower the risk of getting upper respiratory infections, such as the common cold. Even as littleContinue Reading
Green headed tanager in Ubatuba, Brazil Lars Falkdalen Lindahl, CC BY-SA 3.0., CC BY For many of us, the tropics conjure up thoughts of lush vegetation teaming with vibrant and strikingly colourful birds, insects and other creatures. It’s been a widespread belief that the tropical regions of the world areContinue Reading
Words influence the way we see the world. In 2015, we warned that the language used by the west to describe Russia’s armed intervention in Ukraine was a jumble of euphemism and understatement that failed to serve the public interest. The problem hasn’t gone away. Today there may be aContinue Reading
Since Imran Khan was ousted as prime minister of Pakistan on April 9, the future of the long disputed and war-torn Kashmir region, on the borders of India and Pakistan, is at the forefront of many minds. Khan had made little headway in resolving the Kashmir conflict, despite his ambitionContinue Reading
Review at a glance T he packaging is the most obvious reference point: a medical design which in its £70 vinyl form comes with eight pieces of card you can pop out and fold into pill boxes. Then there’s the beginning: a female voice saying the album title (in thisContinue Reading
One of the last lines jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny speaks in the eponymous new CNN documentary is a quote usually attributed to the 18th-century philosopher Edmund Burke: “The triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.” It is unclear whether Navalny sees Russian politics as aContinue Reading
