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Does COVID really damage your immune system and make you more vulnerable to infections? The evidence is lacking
The northern hemisphere has seen a surge in winter viruses. Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Over the past month or two, many northern hemisphere countries including the US and the UK have seen a large wave of respiratory viral infections. These include RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), flu and COVID in all ages, asContinue Reading
Scientists have started steering lightning with lasers – here’s how
Triff/Shutterstock Lightning may look beautiful but every year it kills thousands of people, does huge amounts of damage to buildings and infrastructure, and causes power outages. The only protection we have is lightning rods, which were invented 300 years ago and only protect a small area. The cost of damageContinue Reading
Five big challenges for Lula’s presidency of Brazil
The storming of democratic intuitions in Brazil’s capital – the supreme court, the national congress and the presidential palace – on January 8 further exposed the deep divide that the nation’s new government has to address. Newly elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, now faces even greater challenges thanContinue Reading
Ukraine war: as Russia falters on the battlefield, Putin is trying to raise the stakes
During a recent visit to St Petersburg, Russian president Vladimir Putin reiterated his confidence in his country’s victory over Ukraine. Visiting a defence contractor, he also took the opportunity to reassure workers that his so-called “special military operation” was in defence of ethnic Russians and Russian speakers in Ukraine againstContinue Reading
Ukraine recap: world leaders gather at Davos to make the case for more military aid to Kyiv
“We’re tired of fighting Putin with rubbish kit”. This recent headline in The Times was an eloquent expression of the feelings of a Ukrainian tank sergeant, part of the 24th Mechanised Brigade fighting in Bakhmut in the country’s east. “Spider” Bogdan, whose Soviet-era T-62 had ground to a halt, dreamsContinue Reading
Andrew Bridgen: how anti-vaccine misinformation hampers the conversation about genuine vaccine injuries
Rindang Art/Shutterstock MP Andrew Bridgen was suspended from the Conservative party on January 11 for persistent misinformation about COVID vaccines, including numerous false claims around their safety. The final straw appears to have been his comments comparing the vaccination programme to the Holocaust. With more than 13 billion doses administeredContinue Reading
Ronaldo AND Messi net in thrilling clash in PSG’s mid-season tour
LIONEL MESSI wasted no time in stealing the limelight on Cristiano Ronaldo’s big day in Saudi Arabia. Ronaldo had touched the ball just once, a throw-in, when his old nemesis opened the scoring inside three minutes. 4 Lionel Messi opened the scoring with a neat finish in the 3rd minuteCredit:Continue Reading
China’s population decline is a result of decades of botched family planning measures and will have global implications
China’s population has fallen for the first time in 60 years and is set to be reduced by half by the end of the century. After declining for some years, China is now in what a government official called an “era of negative population growth”, with the national birth rateContinue Reading
Cartier Beams That Diamond Ring Right to Your Finger
The luxury brand embraces augmented reality retail with an in-store gadget that renders pieces of jewelry on your hands in 4K.Continue Reading
Sundance Film Festival: Our selection of the festival’s most anticipated films
S undance Film Festival is just around the corner, taking place between January 19 and January 29 in Utah’s Salt Lake City. Now America’s largest independent film festival, Sundance is one of the most important events on any film-lover’s calendar: as the first major festival of the film festival circuit,Continue Reading