Our “food reward” system can seriously undermine our ability to resist temptation. Roman Samborskyi/ Shutterstock Food cravings are very familiar to most people. We may see or smell food and want to eat, or sometimes we suddenly feel like eating something delicious. These intense desires occur even when we’re notContinue Reading
Quantum computers may be more trustworthy. Yurchanka Siarhei/Shutterstock MIP* = RE is not a typo. It is a groundbreaking discovery and the catchy title of a recent paper in the field of quantum complexity theory. Complexity theory is a zoo of “complexity classes” – collections of computational problems – ofContinue Reading
It's possible that changes to the immune system during pregnancy protect parent and child from COVID-19. Syda Productions/Shutterstock Any new infectious disease poses unique challenges to people who are pregnant during an outbreak. The effects of Sars, Zika and influenza in pregnancy highlight the potential immediate and longer term detrimentalContinue Reading
Kirsty O'Connor/PA The number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats has increased significantly – up to 4,343 this year compared with 857 in the same period last year. The number of lurid headlines calling for action has also increased significantly but the issue is not always wellContinue Reading
A return to pre-pandemic normal life seems impossible for the foreseeable future. In the absence of control measures, it would result in the rapid spread of coronavirus and many deaths. About 70% of a population needs to be immune to establish herd immunity, a level of immunity in the populationContinue Reading
Zoka74/Shutterstock Every time you put on a coat, hug somebody or sit on a sofa you leave behind tiny little fibres from your clothing. You also pick up fibres left behind by other people. This movement of fibres is known as fibre transfer and forensic scientists can use this toContinue Reading
When more than 200 police officers raided the headquarters of Hong Kong’s biggest – and only – pro-democracy mass-circulation newspaper, Apple Daily, on August 10, many people feared this spelled the end of press freedom in the territory. Earlier that day, they had arrested the paper’s owner, 72 year-old tycoonContinue Reading
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When Jangul’s* village on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan was bombed in the war between the Soviet communist regime and the Mujahedeen in the 1980s, it was some opium buried under his house that enabled him to build a new home. Then, in the 1990s, when he was joblessContinue Reading
On Twitter, the tag #黑命貴 usually includes negative views of BLM Chinese poster on #blacklivesmatter. Image from Liang Xiao Wen’s Twitter. As the Black Lives Matter protests that followed the killing of George Floyd in the United States evolved into a global anti-racism movement, communities around the world were inspiredContinue Reading
