A Tool for Fighting Superbugs Has Been Found Deep in the Desert
Scientists are turning to the world’s most extreme environments to find new ways of combating drug resistance.Continue Reading
2022-07-21
Architects Are Copying Nature to Make Low-Carbon Buildings
Plants and animals have adapted to their environments—and some hope biomimicry tools will help humans do the same.Continue Reading
2022-07-21
This Hardcore Band Is a Product of the Internet—in the Best Way
Turnstile breaks most of the rules of their genre. Their fans, who grew up online and care less about convention, follow them because of it.Continue Reading
2022-07-21
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to go head-to-head to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister – how their prospects compare
Conservative MPs in the UK parliament have selected former chancellor Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss as the final two candidates in the competition to become the next leader of their party. The winner of their head-to-head battle will also replace Boris Johnson as prime minister, following his resignationContinue Reading
2022-07-21
Four things cool countries can learn from hot ones about dealing with heatwaves
Taking a rest in the hottest part of the day has traditionally been a way of coping with high temperatures. D Bond/Shutterstock With our planet heating up, we all need help coping with increasing temperatures in our day-to-day lives. The UK provisionally recorded its highest ever temperature, 40.3℃, on JulyContinue Reading
2022-07-20
Mo Farah: here’s why it is so difficult for trafficking victims to disclose their experiences
Sir Mo Farah recently revealed that he was trafficked into the UK at the age of nine for domestic servitude. In a BBC documentary, the long-distance runner said it took him three decades to publicly discuss what happened to him, partly because he wanted to block it out, and isContinue Reading
2022-07-20
Glacier Collapses Are a Growing but Hard-to-Predict Threat
After 11 people were killed and eight hospitalized by a glacier in early July, Italian scientists are asking how future tragedies can be avoided.Continue Reading
2022-07-20
Ukraine war: why Moscow could go nuclear over Kyiv’s ‘threats’ to Crimea
As the war in Ukraine is about to head into its sixth month, the ferocity with which it is fought shows no signs of abating – neither on the battlefield, nor in the rhetoric emerging from Moscow and Kyiv. Russian attacks continue to target Ukrainian cities such as Vinnytsia inContinue Reading
2022-07-20
First Ukrainian refugees arrive at Gormanston military camp
The first Ukrainian refugees arrived at Gormanston military camp in Co Meath, where they will stay in tented accommodation. The first bus carrying the group of refugees arrived at the army camp shortly after 4pm on Tuesday, after their details were processed at the Citywest transit hub. Minister for ChildrenContinue Reading
2022-07-19
Love Island’s Tasha is the show’s first deaf contestant – here’s what you should know about deaf accents
Tasha Ghouri is the first deaf Islander on the popular ITV show. ITV / Lifted Entertainment I sat down to watch the first episode of this year’s Love Island with my daughter as I was told that there was a deaf contestant appearing on the show. I don’t usually watchContinue Reading
2022-07-19