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Why the government was right to introduce Tier 4 restrictions
Girts Ragelis/Shutterstock A new, potentially more infectious variant of the coronavirus is thought to be behind rising COVID-19 case numbers in southern parts of the UK. Fearing this version of the virus could spread out of control, the government has introduced a stricter level of restrictions across much of England:Continue Reading
Christmas cancelled? Here’s how to cope
SG SHOT/Shutterstock Millions of people in the UK have had their Christmas plans changed at the last moment after the discovery of a new variant of coronavirus led the government to place parts of the country under new restrictions. Many will be bitterly disappointed that their end of year festiveContinue Reading
We are facing a difficult winter – but philosophy can help
Sam Wordley/Shutterstock All around the world, Christmas dreams are becoming nightmares. As R numbers increase and the epidemic spikes, people are seeing long cherished plans go up in smoke. In England, plans have been curtailed as the five-day Christmas bubble which would have allowed three households to celebrate together hasContinue Reading
BCCI AGM Set To Approve 10-Team IPL But Only From 2022 Edition: Report | Cricket News
The BCCI’s AGM will be held in Ahmedabad is the inclusion of new IPL franchises.© AFP The BCCI’s all-powerful general body will give approval to a 10-team Indian Premier League (IPL) during its Annual General Body Meeting on Thursday but it will only materialise in 2022 instead of the currentContinue Reading
Why Apple Detectives Are Tracking Down Lost Varieties
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Why we need to get creative when it comes to talking about pain
Between a third and half of people in the UK suffer from chronic pain. Shutterstock What [do] I mean by sitting in a pit of fire? You’ve got every nerve ending that’s just going hellfire, and you just don’t know what to do with yourself. Forty-two year old Emma hasContinue Reading
Can the Queen save Christmas?
BBC/YouTube At 3pm UK time on Christmas day, the Queen’s Christmas message is broadcast across the Commonwealth. Each year the format is largely the same, with the Queen giving her own account of the main personal, national and international events of the year and reflecting on the meaning of Christmas.Continue Reading
Make drones sound less annoying by factoring in humans at the design stage
Shutterstock/DmitryKalinovsky These days almost everyone has either flown a drone or listened to the nasty whining sound they produce. Although small drones (up to 20kg) are about 40 decibels quieter than conventional civil aircraft, they produce a high pitched noise – which people tend to find very annoying. One NasaContinue Reading
CERN: discovery sheds light on the great mystery of why the universe has less ‘antimatter’ than matter
There's a lot of matter in the universe, here the cat paw nebula of dust and gas. NASA It’s one of the greatest puzzles in physics. All the particles that make up the matter around us, such electrons and protons, have antimatter versions which are nearly identical, but with mirroredContinue Reading
Nato-Russia tensions: what a Biden administration can do to lower the temperature
When Vladimir Putin faced the world’s media recently for his annual end-of-year press conference, he was characteristically aggressive. Asked by a BBC journalist whether, as Russia’s president for 20 years, he accepted any responsibility for the current “woeful state of relations” between his country and the west or whether theContinue Reading