Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Ten years ago, PayPal founder Peter Thiel condensed the growing sense of disappointment in new technologies down to just nine words. “We wanted flying cars,” he wrote, “instead we got 140 characters”. That these words still ring true a decade later shows just how far short of expectations newContinue Reading
All-rounder Washington Sundar enjoyed a dream Test debut for India, as he impressed with both bat and ball as the visitors beat Australia by three wickets at the Gabba to win the series Down Under 2-1. His family, where he is not the only cricketer, was left duly impressed byContinue Reading
Sam Mewis scored the first three goals for the USWNT in an international friendly against Colombia, giving her the first international hat trick of her career. After she was subbed out, her sister, Kristie Mewis, scored the team’s fourth goal, putting the game on ice and giving the Americans aContinue Reading
IND vs AUS Live: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill during Day 5 of the 4th Test.© AFP Australia have registered an early crucial wicket against India, on Day 5 of the ongoing fourth and final Test match, at The Gabba in Brisbane. The hosts have registered the crucial wicket of RohitContinue Reading
Rafael Nada-led Spain became Davis Cup champion in 2019.© Instagram The Davis Cup Finals will be expanded to an 11-day event starting this year, and could be held across three European cities, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced on Monday. The competition was reformed in 2019, with Rafael Nadal’s SpainContinue Reading
After the dramatic flight into Moscow by Russian opposition figurehead Alexei Navalny – who arrived on a plane full of journalists, live streamed his defiant speech on arrival and was promptly detained at passport control – the basic question is: “What’s his plan?” It had been clear for some timeContinue Reading
The loss of neurons leads to degeneration. adike/ Shutterstock Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating condition that is currently unstoppable and incurable. The main cause of the disease is the loss of neurons and other brain cells in the brain – also know as degeneration. This degeneration is what leads toContinue Reading
Tom Wang/Shutterstock England is deep into its third lockdown, yet the daily tally of new COVID cases and deaths remains sickeningly high. As Chris Whitty, the country’s chief medical officer, said recently, more needs to be done to bring the pandemic under control. Masks, which when worn correctly are highlyContinue Reading
Do atheists think differently? patrice6000/Shutterstock The cognitive study of religion has recently reached a new, unknown land: the minds of unbelievers. Do atheists think differently from religious people? Is there something special about how their brains work? To illustrate what they’ve found, I will focus on three key snapshots. TheContinue Reading
Shutterstock/dencg A senior doctor in charge of the NHS anti-disinformation campaign has said that language and cultural barriers could be causing people from ethnic minorities to reject the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr Harpreet Sood told the BBC it was “a big concern” and officials were working hard to reach different groupsContinue Reading
