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Horse trainer hit with huge string of ‘proven’ charges including ‘corrupt’ passing of insider info for betting purposes
HORSE trainer Ronan McNally has been hit with a massive string of ‘proven’ charges – including the alleged passing of insider info for betting purposes. The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board released a giant charge sheet aimed at McNally and several others on Tuesday. 1 McNally has been accused of doingContinue Reading
Measles: why the World Health Organization has declared it an ‘imminent global threat’
One consequence of the pandemic was reduced access to routine healthcare and lower uptake of immunisations. As a result, in November 2022, the World Health Organization declared measles to be an “imminent threat in every region of the world”. They described how a record number of nearly 40 million childrenContinue Reading
Crabs have evolved five separate times – why do the same forms keep appearing in nature?
Full size blue crab Charles Darwin believed evolution created “endless forms most beautiful”. It’s a nice sentiment but it doesn’t explain why evolution keeps making crabs. Scientists have long wondered whether there are limits to what evolution can do or if Darwin had the right idea. The truth may lieContinue Reading
Park Rangers Are Using Silent Ebikes to Catch Poachers
A Swedish electric bike is helping Mozambique’s park rangers protect game and reducing the need for fossil fuel infrastructure in Africa’s remotest areas.Continue Reading
What to watch for as J&J gets ready to split into two separate companies next year
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is preparing next year to spin off its consumer health unit into a publicly traded company separate from its pharmaceutical and medical technology operations. Ahead of the split, Morgan Stanley put out a research note, highlighting some of the debates in the market over the move,Continue Reading
Should sports cheats be prosecuted? When violence in the ring or on the field becomes criminal
Andrey Burmakin / Shutterstock Professional boxing is no stranger to controversy. The British Medical Association, the trade union for doctors in the UK, has called for years for the sport to be banned due to its damaging effects. It has a higher potential for injury than any other contact sport.Continue Reading
How celebrity footballers can help reduce prejudice against minorities – podcast
In the latest episode of Discovery, an ongoing series via The Conversation Weekly podcast, we hear about recent research that showed how a Muslim celebrity footballer helped reduce Islamophobia. When Mohamed Salah joined Liverpool football club in 2017, he quickly became the Premier League team’s star player. As Liverpool wentContinue Reading
Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to save communism, but he buried it instead
h The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, under whose leadership the communist bloc was brought to an end, was met in the west with tributes and personal reminiscences by leaders who had met him and enjoyed his company. This reverence wasn’t matched in RussiaContinue Reading
James Cameron says inspiration for his biggest films come to him ‘in dreams’
J ames Cameron says the inspiration and “imagery” for some of his biggest films has come to him in his dreams. The Hollywood director said humans were always “telling ourselves stories” at night and that the job of a screenwriter was finding a way to “formalise” those stories. It comesContinue Reading
Qatar: why we are critical of some countries’ human rights records and not others
Freedom House ranks gap year favourite Vietnam lower than Qatar on political rights and civil liberties. Raphael Rivest / Shutterstock As host of the World Cup, Qatar is currently in the spotlight for years of human rights violations, particularly concerning the treatment of migrant workers and laws on homosexuality. ManyContinue Reading