Biofuels Are Getting a Second Look—and Some Tough Questions
Bioethanol has been touted as a green way to cut reliance on Russian oil. But new modeling suggests it isn’t the climate solution we’d hoped for.Continue Reading
2022-04-13
Russia Is Leaking Data Like a Sieve
Ukraine claims to have doxed Russian troops and spies, while hacktivists are regularly leaking private information from Russian organizations.Continue Reading
2022-04-13
20 Audiobooks You Should Listen to Right Now
With A-list actors narrating and a host of new productions of old favorites, it’s a great time to get into audiobooks. Here are some of the best around.Continue Reading
2022-04-13
Melatonin’s role in protecting the heart – the evidence so far
fizkes/Shutterstock Many people know of melatonin as the sleep hormone – and, indeed, that’s what most of the research on melatonin has focused on. However, melatonin is also an antioxidant, protecting cells from harmful “free radicals” that can damage DNA – and this includes protecting cells in the heart andContinue Reading
2022-04-13
Could lead makeup really kill you? A scientist recreated centuries-old skin whitening recipes to find out – podcast
The Countess of Coventry, Maria Gunning, was rumoured to have died of lead poisoning from her makeup. Jean-Étienne Liotard via Wikimedia Can makeup really kill you? That’s the myth attached to Maria Gunning, the Countess of Coventry, an 18th-century socialite who reportedly died from her lead-based makeup in 1760, agedContinue Reading
2022-04-13
Ukraine: the battle for Donbas will be protracted and bloody – military expert
There will be no peace deals, no ceasefires and no surrenders in Ukraine. The next two months will bring what US defence officials have called “a knife fight” in the area the Ukrainian army call “The Joint Forces Operation” (JFO). We know this region better as Donbas. For eight yearsContinue Reading
2022-04-13
Ukraine war: ‘vranyo’ – Russian for when you lie and everyone knows it, but you don’t care
The bloody and terrible war in Ukraine has been accompanied by a war of words. One of the more frequent words heard in the Russian media is vranyo, which means a “lie”. The Russian government and media have hurled it at Ukraine and its allies, accusing them of exaggerating theContinue Reading
2022-04-13
Stranger Things: season four trailer is here
D ark times are ahead for the town of Hawkins, Indiana in the new trailer for Stranger Things. Netflix dropped its hotly-anticipated trailer for the fourth season of the hit show on Tuesday, and it looks set to be just as tense as the previous three. In the trailer, weContinue Reading
2022-04-12
Boris Johnson fined by police over partygate – what happens next?
After months of dodging the issue, it appears that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson did in fact break his own emergency laws during COVID restrictions. The police have fined Johnson, his wife Carrie and – in a new twist to the story – Chancellor Rishi Sunak in relation to theContinue Reading
2022-04-12
Bayern Munich vs Villarreal LIVE: Updates as Champions League quarter-final UNDERWAY – latest
Bayern 0-0 Villarreal 28, Good chance for Bayern. The ball is laid off for Goretzka who curls one into Musiala first time. The Frenchman gets his head to it, but i’s straight at the keeper from close range. Musiala looks to have a headache after that, now.Continue Reading
2022-04-12