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Opendoor’s iBuyer Model Is a Canary in the Economic Coal Mine
The company is losing huge sums of money on cookie-cutter homes—suggesting a fundamental weakness in the US housing market.Continue Reading
Queen Elizabeth: what we mean when we say we are mourning her for the values she embodied
The feeling and public expression of grief and sorrow following the death of Queen Elizabeth on September 8, 2022 has caught much of the British population off guard. It was inescapable that, at the age of 96, the Queen was nearing the end of her life. As retired palliative careContinue Reading
Boehly said Chelsea women’s facilities ‘unacceptable’, says Lionesses hero Kirby
CHELSEA owner Todd Boehly blasted the facilities of the women’s team, according to Lionesses hero Fran Kirby. Kirby, 29, was part of the England squad which brought the European Championships home last summer and is currently Chelsea’s all-time leading goalscorer. 2 Fran Kirby celebrates with the Euro 2022 trophy overContinue Reading
The WHO has advised against the use of two antibody therapies against COVID – here’s what that means
Sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab are no longer recommended for patients with COVID. ice_blue/Shutterstock New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly advises against using the antibody therapies sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab to treat patients with COVID-19. This guidance, published in the British Medical Journal, replaces previous conditional recommendations for the useContinue Reading
Malaria vaccine: the road has been long and tortuous, but we’re getting there
A vaccine candidate, called R21, has been shown to be up to 80% effective at preventing malaria in young children, according to the latest trial results. This follows from a study published in 2021 from the same team at Oxford University which showed that the three-dose vaccine was up toContinue Reading
A fossil baby helped scientists explain how mammals thrived after the dinosaur extinction – new research
An artist's impression of the _Pantolambda bathmodon_ H Sharpe, Author provided Sixty-two million years ago, a mother gave birth to a baby. Overcoming the shock of birth in a matter of minutes, the baby began to explore the world around it. The baby started to suckle from its mother, aContinue Reading
Ukraine war: with Russia bogged down on the battlefield, trouble has flared up again in the Caucasus
Almost two years ago, what is now referred to as the “Second Karabakh War” broke the uneasy truce which had been in effect between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 1994. After 44 days of intense fighting – with thousands of dead on both sides – it ended in a precarious, Russian-mediatedContinue Reading
The World Has Reached Peak Attenborough
The British documentarian is a national treasure. But soaring strings and stunning drone shots feel frozen in an earlier era of climate activism.Continue Reading
Swedish election: what we know so far about the influence the nationalist right will have in the new government
With final election results announced, it is now clear that Sweden is to have a new government. Magdalena Andersson, the Social Democratic leader and prime minister, has resigned and Ulf Kristersson, party leader for the centre-right Conservatives (Moderaterna) has already begun informal negotiations over who will sit in his cabinet.Continue Reading
Prince of Wales: why William inheriting the title from Charles has sparked a debate
In his first televised address the day after the passing of the Queen, King Charles proclaimed Prince William and his wife Catherine as the new prince and princess of Wales. The speed of the appointment reflected the crown’s desire to outwardly project stability and continuity in the wake of QueenContinue Reading