goffkein.pro/Shutterstock Type 1 diabetes used to be a death sentence. After a diagnosis, patients were put on a starvation diet. The lucky ones would have a year or two to live. But, thanks to the discovery of insulin in the early 1920s, this is no longer the case. We needContinue Reading
The book profiles activists, leaders, mothers fighting for memory and truth Cover of the “Heroines of this story — Women searching justice for relatives killed by the dictatorship” book, that reunites 15 profiles of women who fought for memory, justice and truth in Brazil | Image: Used with permission. MarliContinue Reading
SRH vs CSK IPL 2020 Score: Chennai Super Kings languish at the seventh place in the points table.© BCCI/IPL Both SunRisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings find themselves in the lower half of the points table and will look for a change of fortunes as the Indian Premier League (IPL)Continue Reading
Our immune cells become less able to fight off infections as we get older. Viktoriia Hnatiuk/ Shutterstock As we age, every major organ system progressively declines – including the immune system. Ageing causes our immune cells to become less able to fight off infections. This leaves older people hundreds ofContinue Reading
Artist's impression of early mammals. John Sibbick/University of Bristol, Author provided Warm blood is one of the key traits that led to the success of mammals as they evolved from scurrying beneath the feet of dinosaurs to spreading into the wild and wonderful collection of animals we know today. ButContinue Reading
‘Send me my guitar and try to have the wardens accept it’ A 2018 video interview with Pham Doan Trang. Source: Screenshot of YouTube video by Člověk v tísni Prominent Vietnamese activist and journalist Pham Doan Trang was arrested by the police on October 6 for charges related to “conductingContinue Reading
aelitta/Shutterstock UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently suggested that coronavirus infections are higher in the UK than Germany or Italy because Britons love freedom more, and find it harder to adhere to control measures. Unsurprisingly, this view has attracted a lot of criticism. Some have argued that Germany and ItalyContinue Reading
Shutterstock/eamesBOT As we move into the last quarter of 2020, the virus that has defined this troubled year is showing no signs of going away. In the absence of a vaccine or a broadly effective treatment, some are now saying that we must learn to live with COVID-19. But whatContinue Reading
As the US election campaign nears its end point, one thing about the result is certain: a lot of people won’t vote. Turnout at the 2016 US presidential election was only 60.1% – even without a pandemic. In 2020 there is a risk that COVID-19 will further undermine turnout. TheContinue Reading
IPL 2020: Delhi Capitals beat Rajasthan Royals in their last encounter.© BCCI/IPL Delhi Capitals won’t be in too unhappy a frame of mind, irrespective of their loss to Mumbai Indians. At this moment, as they stand among the top two on the IPL 2020 Points Table, DC will be keenContinue Reading
