DuckDuckGo’s Privacy Browser Finally Lands on Desktop
DuckDuckGo started out as a private search engine. Now its web browser is debuting on Macs to rival Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Brave.Continue Reading
2022-04-12
She Was Missing a Chunk of Her Brain. It Didn’t Matter
A woman grew up without her left temporal lobe, which highlights how amazingly plastic the brain is.Continue Reading
2022-04-12
How fans fall in love with women’s football
Women’s football is on the rise. Tickets for the final of the Women’s European Championship, due to take place at Wembley Stadium on 31 July 2022, recently sold out within less than an hour of going on sale. The match could break the attendance record for any European Championship match,Continue Reading
2022-04-12
Three reasons universal basic income pilots haven’t led to policy change – despite their success
Yulia Grigoryeva / Shutterstock Universal basic income – a tax-free, unconditional sum of money regularly given to everyone in a society – has repeatedly been shown to help the most vulnerable groups in society. Numerous successful trials have found that basic income, whether given to everyone or specific groups orContinue Reading
2022-04-12
Ukraine: Zelensky’s ‘special mechanism’ for prosecuting war crimes explained
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky announced recently that he had approved a decision to create a “special mechanism of justice in Ukraine” to investigate Russian “crimes” in Ukraine. The question now is what this special mechanism is and how it will fit with existing processes for ensuring accountability for crimes committedContinue Reading
2022-04-11
Ukraine: Nato exercises a happy coincidence ‘just in case’ of escalation
Military exercises are held regularly by armed forces throughout the world. An exercise can be seen as an act of diplomacy, a direct threat, a demonstration of military capability for deterrence or – in the case of Nato – an expression of unity. In purely military terms, exercises allow differentContinue Reading
2022-04-11
Lessons need to be learnt after Holohan controversy, says Taoiseach
Lessons need to be learnt after a controversy over Ireland’s chief medical officer being given a secondment to an academic role at Trinity College Dublin that was to be funded by the public purse, Taoiseach Micheal Martin has said. Dr Tony Holohan said on Saturday he will not go aheadContinue Reading
2022-04-10
British voters want lying politicians to face consequences – new study
Does the British public care about the integrity and honesty of its politicians? The answer to this question may profoundly shape domestic politics in the weeks ahead. The Metropolitan police are in the process of issuing fines to government officials who broke lockdown restrictions in 2020 and 2021, and theContinue Reading
2022-04-08
Murder accused barrister granted bail on strict conditions pending trial
A leading barrister who is accused of murdering a father-of-four in a fatal shooting on farmland in Tallaght has been granted bail, after the Court of Appeal overturned the rejection of his bail application by the High Court last month. Ruling on Diarmuid Rossa Phelan’s bail application on Friday evening,Continue Reading
2022-04-08
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to rule out another lockdown should Britain be hit by a pandemic again in Britain.
Speaking to Conservative MPs Esther McVey and Philip Davies, Mr Johnson was probed on plunging Britain into lockdowns during the Covid pandemic. In a GB News Exclusive the PM said the Government had to get the balance right while prioritising public health and saving lives. Despite admitting lockdowns had badlyContinue Reading
2022-04-08