Meet the Cyberpunk Albatrosses Scanning for Secret Explosions
Acoustic waves can detect all kinds of explosions and volcanic activity, but it’s hard to place sensors at sea—unless you’ve got a bird with a backpack.Continue Reading
2021-11-29
Over 10 suspected cases of Omicron variant being studied, Donnelly says
Updated at 13:30 The State is studying more than 10 possible cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant after initial tests showed they had a trait distinguishing it from the dominant Delta variant, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said. Unlike Delta, which has dominated infections worldwide this year, OmicronContinue Reading
2021-11-29
Man Utd news LIVE: Follow all the latest updates from Old Trafford
FRUSTRATED RON Cristiano Ronaldo stormed down the tunnel after Manchester United’s 1-1 draw at Chelsea. Ronaldo was named on United’s bench by caretaker boss Michael Carrick for the second time this season after October’s match with Everton, which also ended 1-1. Just like at Old Trafford last month, the five-time Ballon d’Or winnerContinue Reading
2021-11-29
Omicron: why the WHO designated it a variant of concern
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the B.1.1.529 lineage of Sars-CoV-2, thought to have emerged in southern Africa, is to be designated as a variant of concern (VoC) named omicron. This decision has already precipitated a broad shift in priorities in pandemic management on a global scale. TheContinue Reading
2021-11-29
Get into the ‘Spirit’ with Tom and William!
Spirit Of Nguru puts the judgement of his trainer William Haggas firmly on the line in the opening Novice Stakes over seven furlongs of Kempton polytrack today when there is also another eight-raced programme scheduled for Wolverhampton on its excellent tapeta surface; jumpers are catered for at Ayr where groundContinue Reading
2021-11-29
Omicron Covid variant poses ‘very high’ global risk and is likely to spread, WHO warns
A doctor monitors a Covid-19 patient in the Covid-19 intensive care unit of the community hospital in Germany on April 28, 2021. RONNY HARTMANN | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — The omicron Covid variant is likely to spread further and poses a “very high” global risk, according to theContinue Reading
2021-11-29
Endometriosis: understanding how sufferers describe pain could lead to faster diagnosis
Women wait up to eight years to receive an endometriosis diagnosis. Monkey Business Images/ Shutterstock Though endometriosis affects an estimated one in ten women of reproductive age, most women with the condition visit a GP over ten times before being referred to specialist care for a diagnosis. This can meanContinue Reading
2021-11-29
Why it’s still a scientific mystery how some can live past 100 – and how to crack it
Centenarian buddies in Sardinia. Sabino Parente/Shutterstock A 35-year-old man only has a 1.5% chance of dying in the next ten years. But the same man at 75 has a 45% chance of dying before he reaches 85. Clearly, ageing is bad for our health. On the bright side, we haveContinue Reading
2021-11-29
Long-distance raider ‘Lizard’ all set to pounce!
Not always as it seems, eh? Leicester has survived an inspection but Carlisle didn’t and so I’ve ‘penned’ the following which might interest ‘online’ readers. Manchester City and Chelsea are short-priced, odds-on favourites to beat West Ham and Manchester United respectively this afternoon; thousands of ‘big-hitters’ will be including themContinue Reading
2021-11-28
Klopp warns incoming Man Utd manager Rangnick will have ‘no time to train’
LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp is notoriously out-spoken when it comes to fixture congestion, and firmly believes the pile-up is too demanding on players. And he’s already told incoming Manchester United interim boss Ralf Rangnick that he will have ‘no time’ to implement his famed Gegenpressing philosophy. 2 Klopp is firmlyContinue Reading
2021-11-28