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Monkeypox may not mutate as fast as coronaviruses, but that doesn’t mean it can’t adapt to its new hosts
The recent outbreak of monkeypox virus has called into question the capabilities of these kinds large DNA viruses to evolve, adapt and change their biology. Compared with small RNA viruses such as coronavirus, monkeypox virus and other large DNA viruses are thought to evolve slowly. Yet there’s clear evidence thatContinue Reading
Curious Kids: what is cosmic microwave background radiation?
Yaroslav Vitkovskiy/Shutterstock What is cosmic microwave background radiation? Did it happen after the Big Bang? – Sreehari, aged nine, Kerala State, India The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB for short), is light: the oldest and most distant light that we can see in the entire universe. It comes from soon afterContinue Reading
Expect more bitter Dáil rows like Varadkar and Doherty, says politics professor
The bitter and personal Dáil exchange between Leo Varadkar and Pearse Doherty last week grabbed plenty of headlines and similar rows are likely in the immediate future, according to a politics professor. The debate started last week during leaders’ questions, when Sinn Féin’s finance spokesperson accused the Tánaiste of beingContinue Reading
Georgina Rodriguez shows bikini tan lines as Ronaldo goes fishing on £5.5m yacht
GEORGINA RODRIGUEZ left little to the imagination as she showed off her tan lines in a bikini. But partner Cristiano Ronaldo was more interested in fishing as he enjoyed his summer holidays on a £5.5million yacht. 3 Georgina Rodriguez showed off her tan lines while on holiday in MajorcaCredit: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfOydu7sJaK/Continue Reading
How to Move Your WhatsApp Chats Across Devices and Apps
It’s never been easier to switch between iPhone and Android—and to get your messages out of the Meta ecosystem entirely.Continue Reading
When are Glastonbury 2023 tickets on sale? How to register for next year’s festival
The gates to the famous festival have finally opened after a three-year hiatus due to Covid-19, and festival-goers are already pouring onto Worthy Farm. Tickets for this year’s festival sold out in just 30 minutes—back in 2019—and although 200,000 people managed to grab a spot, 2.2 million were left disappointed.Continue Reading
Ukraine war: Nato summit to meet in a world reordered by Russian aggression and Chinese ambition
Leaders of Nato’s 30 nations meet in Madrid at the end of June for what the secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has dubbed an “historic and transformative” summit. The war in Ukraine provides the backdrop, but preparations for the meeting began well before the Russian invasion. The conflict will focus mindsContinue Reading
Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton byelections: even Boris Johnson loyalists will now be worried for the next election
Is Johnson in danger? Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock The scale of byelection defeats in Tiverton and Honiton in south-west England and Wakefield in the north of England might have Conservative rebels wishing they had waited a few weeks to hold a no-confidence vote in Boris Johnson. For the 148 MPsContinue Reading
Roe v Wade overturned: what abortion access and reproductive rights look like around the world
People protesting Poland's near-total abortion ban. Salvatore Allotta / Shutterstock The global landscape of reproductive rights is constantly shifting. The US Supreme Court ruling that has overturned Roe v Wade – the landmark 1973 decision that protected a woman’s right to have an abortion – marks a significant regression forContinue Reading
Roe v Wade: men benefit from abortion rights too – and should speak about them more
It’s striking that, as with many other gender equality issues, the positions of men in relation to abortion are rarely discussed. In some regards, this is for good reasons. Abortion is a healthcare issue for women (and trans and non-binary people with uteruses). It’s about them having the right toContinue Reading