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Four things cool countries can learn from hot ones about dealing with heatwaves
Taking a rest in the hottest part of the day has traditionally been a way of coping with high temperatures. D Bond/Shutterstock With our planet heating up, we all need help coping with increasing temperatures in our day-to-day lives. The UK provisionally recorded its highest ever temperature, 40.3℃, on JulyContinue Reading
Bruno casts doubt on Ronaldo future and admits he ‘doesn’t know what’s going on’
BRUNO FERNANDES says Manchester United must respect Cristiano Ronaldo’s decision if he wants to leave. Fernandes has been in touch with his fellow Portuguese international since he pulled out the club’s pre-season tour citing ‘family reasons’. 3 Bruno Fernandes is unsure if Cristiano Ronaldo will still be at Manchester UnitedContinue Reading
COVID: risk of diabetes and heart disease is higher after infection – but maybe only temporarily
After COVID, people are at increased risk of being diagnosed with diabetes. Ahmet Misirligul/Shutterstock Since the pandemic began, we’ve learned a great deal about the disease behind it. We now regard COVID-19 as not just a respiratory disease, but a multi-system condition. Many studies have reported on complications that canContinue Reading
Mo Farah: here’s why it is so difficult for trafficking victims to disclose their experiences
Sir Mo Farah recently revealed that he was trafficked into the UK at the age of nine for domestic servitude. In a BBC documentary, the long-distance runner said it took him three decades to publicly discuss what happened to him, partly because he wanted to block it out, and isContinue Reading
Glacier Collapses Are a Growing but Hard-to-Predict Threat
After 11 people were killed and eight hospitalized by a glacier in early July, Italian scientists are asking how future tragedies can be avoided.Continue Reading
Ukraine war: why Moscow could go nuclear over Kyiv’s ‘threats’ to Crimea
As the war in Ukraine is about to head into its sixth month, the ferocity with which it is fought shows no signs of abating – neither on the battlefield, nor in the rhetoric emerging from Moscow and Kyiv. Russian attacks continue to target Ukrainian cities such as Vinnytsia inContinue Reading
Director Milli Bhatia on raving, South Asian stories on stage and her new Young Vic play, Chasing Hares
A s a teenager – when she wasn’t making plays – Milli Bhatia often went out raving. And the time on the dancefloor still influences how one of London’s most exciting directing talents makes work for the stage. “You go to the theatre to be thrilled and shaken,” she says.Continue Reading
Face masks affect how children understand speech differently from adults – new research
Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock While mask-wearing is no longer required in many locations, it remains in use as a way to limit the spread of COVID-19. One of the criticisms of masks has been that they make communication more difficult. A recent report by the UK Department for Education, for example, suggestsContinue Reading
Heatwave: why extreme weather forecasts have improved so much
Neil Hall/EPA The UK has recorded its hottest ever temperature, passing 40℃ for the first time. But you can’t deny it had fair warning. The Met Office issued an amber weather warning six days before the heatwave and upgraded it to red three days later, enough time to trade cooling-downContinue Reading
Chelsea block gun control questions in Christian Pulisic’s US tour press conference after USMNT star’s Congress letter
CHELSEA blocked a question to United States international Christian Pulisic on gun control in a pre-match press conference. The Blues are currently touring America in pre-season, which comes after several mass shootings have taken place in the country this month alone. 1 Chelsea’s US star Christian Pulisic has been outspokenContinue Reading