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NFT art: the bizarre world where burning a Banksy can make it more valuable
The Banksy print that was burnt. Flickr/eddiedangerous, CC BY-SA A blockchain company has bought a piece of Banksy artwork and burnt it. But instead of destroying the value of the art, they claim to have made it more valuable, because it was sold as a piece of blockchain art. TheContinue Reading
How coronavirus has changed us: join an online discussion with three experts in human behaviour
DisobeyArt/Shutterstock Do you remember where you were when you heard that the COVID-19 outbreak had become a pandemic? For many of us, that day – March 11 2020 – was the day that everything changed. Suddenly, a rumbling news story about a mystery illness became a matter of concern forContinue Reading
Why Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond were grilled by Scotland’s parliament – a legal expert explains
It is rare that a parliamentary panel into the creation and use of an internal government policy would get full-blown live media coverage, never mind an audience of thousands tuning in agog to hear the evidence. But a recent Scottish parliament hearing was not like any other held in HolyroodContinue Reading
Pope Francis in Iraq: visit highlights recent history of atrocities against Christians
Recording casualties during a conflict can provide a body of evidence of how violence has affected particular communities or groups, such as the Yazidis in Iraq and the Kurds in Syria. When the Islamic State entered Iraq in 2014, they immediately started committing gross human rights violations and displayed violenceContinue Reading
‘Backup’ pacemaker discovery in goats could have important implications for human hearts
This research could change our understanding of the heart. Liya Graphics/ Shutterstock Around sixty times every minute, your heart beats, delivering nutrients and removing waste from every cell in your body. It has been doing this since you were in the womb – the heart forms 18 days into foetalContinue Reading
What’s really behind Rishi Sunak’s decision to move part of the Treasury to Darlington?
The idea of relocating Whitehall departments to the regions has a long but rather mundane history in the UK. Already, more than 80% of civil servants are based outside London – probably higher than most of us assume, given Britain’s highly centralised political system. If we exclude the Ministry ofContinue Reading
How new social housing can help fight climate change
Houses as power stations. Shutterstock/Studio Harmony Homes are the places we spend most of our time, especially during lockdown. Heating your home in winter can be expensive, and comes at a huge environmental cost too. Technology to make homes more self sufficient could help the UK decarbonise, while also makeContinue Reading
Unique clamp covering now available for grass silage
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NZ vs AUS: Tim Southee Reprimanded For Breaching ICC Code Of Conduct | Cricket News
NZ vs AUS: Tim Southee was reprimanded for showing dissent at an umpire’s decision.© AFP New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee has been reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third T20I against Australia in Wellington. Southee was found to have breached Article 2.8Continue Reading
India vs England 4th Test, Day 2 Live Cricket Score: Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara Off To Steady Start | Cricket News
IND vs ENG Live: Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara looked solid in the last hour on Day 1.© BCCI India have put in a steady start against England on Day 2 of the fourth and final Test match, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The hosts currently have RohitContinue Reading