Sam Wordley In the UK it’s estimated that 86% of people who access treatment for alcohol use experience mental health problems. Similarly, 70% of people in treatment for drug dependency also have a mental illness. For those people that report coexisting mental health difficulties, depressive and anxiety symptoms tend toContinue Reading
IPL 2020, MI vs RCB: Devdutt Padikkal took a remarkable catch to dismiss Saurabh Tiwary.© BCCI/IPL Devdutt Padikkal took a remarkable catch on Wednesday evening for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to dismiss Mumbai Indians’ (MI) Saurabh Tiwary. On the fourth ball of the 11th over in MI’s chase of 165Continue Reading
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View of Jaffa from Tel Aviv. Photo by Mor Shani on Unsplash A socially elite group, young secular Jewish-Israelis were once the backbone of the peace movement, working against Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories in the West Bank and Gaza. But increasing numbers of millennial secular Jewish-Israelis, known asContinue Reading
Two _Cimoliopterus_ pterosaurs, with 5m wing spans. Mark Witton/University of Reading, Author provided With a wingspan of 12m–15m, Quetzalcoatlus was one of the largest flying animals that ever lived. Indeed, it seems astonishing that such monsters could fly at all. Yet over a period of more than 150 million years,Continue Reading
In patients with MS, the body's immune system attacks the nerve cells. adike/ Shutterstock Usually our immune system protects us from harmful microbes such as bacteria or viruses. It does this either by directly attacking a microbe, or producing an antibody which recognises and removes microbes from the body. But,Continue Reading
Cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched surfaces and objects (such as door handles) can help prevent the spread of infectious diseases. This is more relevant now than ever. One way that COVID-19 can spread is when people who have the virus leave infected droplets on surfaces after sneezing or coughing. StudiesContinue Reading
An anxious Jane receives a text message from the NHS confirming she has tested positive for COVID-19. She had called in sick to work that morning, after she first began to experience a dry cough and mild fever. But she’d spent the previous week running around town for work andContinue Reading
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Match No.49 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. The contest is of great importance for KKR, who face strong competition for the fourth and final playoffs spot. The Kolkata based franchise are currently on the fifth spot, withContinue Reading
COVID-19 is an unprecedented doom loop between a severe health crisis and grave economic repercussions. Government interventions to handle the outbreak and its aftermath first stopped public life in its tracks and then entirely reshaped it. This has left us in a kind of “new normal”, in which social interactionsContinue Reading
