Eugene Lu/Shutterstock There are now quite a few COVID-19 vaccines in the pipeline, but two seem to be making promising progress: the one designed by the US biotechnology company Moderna, and the one developed by the University of Oxford in collaboration with AstraZeneca. In both cases, the research teams haveContinue Reading
IPL 2020, MI vs RR: Kartik Tyagi grabbed a wicket in his side’s defeat© BCCI/IPL England and Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Ben Stokes reckons that Kartik Tyagi’s run-up is like former Australian pacer Brett Lee but the debutant delivers the ball like Ishant Sharma. Tyagi made his Indian Premier League debutContinue Reading
We actually need to eat more protein as we age. Monkey Business Images/ Shutterstock Protein is an essential part of a healthy diet. It helps us build and maintain strong muscles and bones, helps us better recover from illness and injury, and reduces likelihood of falls and fractures. But, asContinue Reading
The temporary loss of data relating to 16,000 positive cases of COVID-19 has raised serious concerns about the operation of the UK’s test and trace system. The NHS body responsible, Public Health England, blamed a technical glitch and said cases were added to the system immediately after the problem wasContinue Reading
Follow the Indian Premier League 2020 live cricket score on Sports.NDTV.com. After 1.0 overs, Rajasthan Royals, chasing a target of 194, are 5/1. Get live score, ball by ball commentary and much more. Keep track of Indian Premier League 2020 today match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals. Everything relatedContinue Reading
Pixpan_creative/Shutterstock Despite early predictions that the coronavirus pandemic would cause international student numbers to decline, the UK is set for a record increase, with enrolments from non-EU international students up 9% this academic year. Universities had feared that a fall in international student numbers would lead to a significant lossContinue Reading
XiXinXing/Shutterstock Depending on what you read, speaking more than one language may or may not make your smarter. These mixed messages are understandably confusing, and they’re due to the fact that nothing is quite as simple as it’s typically portrayed when it comes to neuroscience. We can’t give a simpleContinue Reading
In 1968, at the height of the last great influenza pandemic, at least a million people worldwide died, including 100,000 Americans. That year A.M.M. Payne, a professor of epidemiology at Yale University, wrote: In the conquest of Mount Everest anything less than 100% success is failure, but in most communicableContinue Reading
Photographs of Jewish families at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC. GiuseppeCrimeni/Shutterstock A significant number of young adults in the US cannot name a single concentration camp or ghetto, believe that Jews caused the Holocaust and that two million or fewer Jews were killed. These are the findings of aContinue Reading
French Open: Prosecutors said they have opened a probe for “fraud in an organised group”.© AFP French prosecutors said Tuesday they have opened an investigation into alleged match-fixing in a French Open women’s doubles encounter. The probe for “fraud in an organised group” and “active and passive corruption in sport”Continue Reading
