Could Indoor Vertical Farms Be the Future of Livestock Feed?
2021-01-16
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Carillion: move to disqualify directors signals UK authorities getting tougher on ‘corporate wrongdoing’
2021-01-15
Dead and buried. Joe Giddens/PA Archive It was a dramatic end for government super-contractor Carillion when it crashed into insolvent liquidation in January 2018. Part-completed road projects, unfinished hospital buildings and disruption to hospital cleaning and catering heralded the end of this self-styled “integrated support services business”. Carillion owed itsContinue Reading
Mutating coronavirus: reaching herd immunity just got harder, but there is still hope
2021-01-15
Andrii Vodolazhskyi/Shutterstock A year after the first cases of COVID-19 were found in China, mass vaccination programmes are now offering a chance to end the pandemic. At the same time, new strains, some of which appear to be more infectious than the original one, are threatening to derail progress inContinue Reading
Uganda election: Museveni social media ban caps violent campaign
2021-01-15
Forty-eight hours before Ugandan voters went to the polls the country’s Communications Commission (UCC) imposed a social media blackout. It had been a bitter and violent election campaign pitting the 76-year-old veteran president, Yoweri Museveni against Robert Kyagulanyi – better known as Bobi Wine – a 38-year-old pop-star-turned-politician. Museveni hasContinue Reading
Capitol attacks may jeopardise public access to democratic institutions
2021-01-15
Washington DC’s Capitol building has been placed under extremely tight security since supporters of Donald Trump overran its halls. Their actions forced members of congress and staff to take shelter and barricade doors. A police officer lost his life as well as four other people. In the days that followed,Continue Reading
Why you should consider adding classical music to your exercise playlist
2021-01-15
Shutterstock/Soloviova Liudmyla For many people, an essential part of any exercise regime is the music that accompanies it. Whether you’re a runner, a rower or a bodybuilder, there’s a good chance you have a favourite selection of tunes and some headphones to help you through. The right choice of musicContinue Reading
Digital hoarders: we’ve identified four types – which are you?
2021-01-15
rawf8/Shutterstock How many emails are in your inbox? If the answer is thousands, or if you often struggle to find a file on your computer among its cluttered hard drive, then you might be classed as a digital hoarder. In the physical world, hoarding disorder has been recognised as aContinue Reading
What if the world was one country? A psychologist on why we need to think beyond borders
2021-01-15
shutterstock Aphelleon There are countless different species on the surface of this planet. One of these is the human race, which has over seven billion members. In one sense, there are no nations, just groups of humans inhabiting different areas of the planet. In some cases, there are natural bordersContinue Reading
Type 2 diabetes: short-term low-carb diet linked to remission – but only if weight is lost
2021-01-15
Were low-carb diets really better at achieving remission? Flotsam/ Shutterstock Whether restricting carbohydrate intake is an effective way to manage type 2 diabetes is a topic of some controversy in nutrition – largely because trial results have so far been pretty inconclusive. While multiple meta-analyses have reviewed the current bodyContinue Reading
Synced brains: how to bond with your kids – according to neuroscience
2021-01-15
Coordinated brains. Jacob Lund/Shutterstock Many people across the world are still living under tough restrictions or lockdowns because of the pandemic, staying home as much as possible. This means that a lot of parents are spending more time than ever with their children. But how do you turn that timeContinue Reading