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Five ways you can get involved in fighting for women’s reproductive rights
Participants on a Women's March rally in front of San Francisco's City Hall in 2019. Sundry Photography | Shutterstock Since 2021, hard-won women’s reproductive rights and bodily autonomy have been rolled back in the US in an alarming fashion. With state bans on abortion past as little as six weeksContinue Reading
Women in states that ban abortion will still be able to get abortion pills online from overseas
In this photo illustration, a person looks at an Abortion Pill (RU-486) for unintended pregnancy from Mifepristone displayed on a smartphone on May 8, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Women in states that ban abortion will still be able to end unwanted pregnancies withContinue Reading
Premier League boost: Man City & Liverpool both to get 90+ points at 8/1
MANCHESTER CITY and Liverpool are set to knuckle down and battle it out for Premier League glory again this season. And Sky Bet have boosted the odds for both sides to again hit at least 90 points to 8/1 from 6/1 with a £10 max stake – and you canContinue Reading
COVID reinfections could be more severe for some – but overall evidence doesn’t give us cause for concern
Photoroyalty/Shutterstock The COVID pandemic has been going on for well over two years now. During this time, SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) has slowly mutated, allowing it to evade the immune system enough to infect people many times. As so many of us have had COVID already, it’s noContinue Reading
Taoiseach rejects Johnson’s claim that protocol breach will not see major diplomatic row
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rejected British prime minister Boris Johnson’s claim that he does not see a major diplomatic row erupting over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Mr Johnson is attending the G7 summit in Germany alongside EU leaders, and indicated that the controversial topic is not making priority conversation. HeContinue Reading
Ukraine and Moldova gain EU candidate status but face a long road to full membership
For four months, Ukraine has been fighting for its very existence. Having successfully forced Russia to shift focus from a four-fronted offensive to concentrating on the Donbas region in the east of the country, Ukraine is now fighting a bitter war of attrition – losing, depending on whose figures youContinue Reading
Forget Lasers. The Hot New Tool for Physicists Is Sound
From acoustic tweezers to holograms, engineers are taking inspiration from the field of optics—and riding the sound wave.Continue Reading
Belfast’s silent public health crisis? Why we need widespread testing for lead-contaminated water
Eduardo Blanco/Alamy The water crisis at Flint, a town in Michigan, US in 2014 has focused public attention on the dangers of lead exposure, especially in children. A late 2016 investigation found that nearly 3,000 other communities in the US had even worse lead water levels than Flint. A recentlyContinue Reading
The mathematics of human behaviour: how my new model can spot liars and counter disinformation
Maths can describe how we update our views to make a decision based on the information available. Triff/Shutterstock Understanding the human mind and behaviour lies at the core of the discipline of psychology. But to characterise how people’s behaviour changes over time, I believe psychology alone is insufficient – andContinue Reading
Glastonbury: George Ezra takes the stage for his’ not so secret’ show
T his afternoon huge crowds flocked to see George Ezra after the English singer announced that he would be performing a surprise show at Glastonbury. “SURPRISE! glastonbury see you 2pm on the John Peel Stage for a big old party,” Tweeted Ezra at 11 o’clock. Just three days earlier, EzraContinue Reading