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Potato sector levy payers, AHDB wants you to vote
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Every young person deserves a good childhood
As someone who feels very strongly about the plight of children and young people, I wanted to draw attention to The Children’s Society, a charity whose story begins in 1881 when a young Sunday School teacher and Civil Servant in South London saw the effects of poverty on children andContinue Reading
David Warner Enters Draft For Inaugural Edition Of The Hundred | Cricket News
David Warner is one of 10 overseas players in the highest reserve price bracket.© AFP Australia star David Warner is on a list of more than 250 players vying for the seven remaining overseas places, in the draft for the inaugural edition of English cricket’s Hundred competition. The 100 balls-per-sideContinue Reading
Europe is recruiting astronauts: here’s what it takes to become one
Future astronauts will visit Mars. Shutterstock/Vadim Sadovski For the first time in 11 years, the European Space Agency (Esa) is recruiting new astronauts. Applications will open on the 31 March 2021 for eight weeks, followed by a six-stage selection process to identify the next generation of European astronauts. By 2030,Continue Reading
Coronavirus: is the Kent variant responsible for the rise in cases among young people in Israel and Italy?
At the start of the pandemic, one of the first questions scientists asked was: “What is the risk to children?” Information emerging from China was that – pre-existing conditions aside – the younger you are, the lower your risk of getting severe COVID. While children’s lives have been taken byContinue Reading
Ransomware gangs are running riot – paying them off doesn’t help
Jaruwan Jaiyangyuen/Shutterstock In the past five years, ransomware attacks have evolved from rare misfortunes into common and disruptive threats. Hijacking the IT systems of organisations and forcing them to pay a ransom in order to reclaim them, cybercriminals are freely extorting millions of pounds from companies – and they’re enjoyingContinue Reading
The science of ‘mind-reading’: our new test reveals how well we understand others
Nope, we are not talking about telepathy. Sanja Karin Music/Shutterstock Mind-reading sounds like science fiction. But the term, also referred to as “mentalising”, is a psychological concept used to describe the process of understanding what other people are thinking. We may not be aware of it, but we use mind-readingContinue Reading
‘Patriots’ in America: how fighting for your country has taken on new meaning for Trump supporters
Despite Donald Trump’s seeming lack of interest in the project, a number of his followers around the US have been flirting with the idea of forming a breakaway party of the right to challenge the Republican establishment. Most of these have names which use the word “patriot”. In Florida, formerContinue Reading
IPL Auction 2021: RCB Will Be Looking For Someone Like Glenn Maxwell, Feels Gautam Gambhir | Cricket News
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir feels that Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will be looking for someone like Glenn Maxwell in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 Auction. The 32-year-old was released by Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), after a poor 2020 season. Bought by KXIP ahead of the 2020 edition,Continue Reading
The model of an “inverted tree” for researching subcultures
Since the end of World War II, countries in Europe and North America, along with many other countries in the world, have witnessed a significant transformation, signaled by the emergence of groups whose representatives have their own worldview and culture that is often contradictory to the declared policies of theirContinue Reading