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9/11 twenty years on: al-Qaida is defeated – but jihadism is here to stay
Maurice Savage / Alamy Stock Photo Twenty years ago, the terrorist group al-Qaida carried out the deadliest attack on US soil the world had ever seen. Overnight, al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden became the most notorious terrorist to date. Inspired by pan-Islamist ambitions and outraged by US foreign presence andContinue Reading
Ronaldo takes FIVE-naps-a-day… so how much do other sports stars sleep
BEING one of the most well known sporting icons on the planet is tiring work. But rather than sleep all night, Cristiano Ronaldo instead takes FIVE naps a day while Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson snoozes for just four hours to keep himself going. 17 Cristiano Ronaldo takes FIVE naps-a-day LastContinue Reading
9/11: how politicians and the media turned terrorism into an Islamic issue
As we mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, it is important to reflect on the legacy that event – and the “war on terror” more broadly – has had for the way news media cover terrorism. Though we should be clear that terrorism as we define itContinue Reading
Cholesterol jab: why gene silencing drugs may work better than current treatments
The jab would be given twice a year. Girts Ragelis/ Shutterstock The NHS has very recently approved a new cholesterol-lowering jab which will be offered to 300,000 people over the next three years. The drug – inclisiran – will be administered twice a year as an injection. It will mainlyContinue Reading
Exposure of faked dishonesty study makes me proud to be a behavioural scientist
Lucky Raccoon/Shutterstock The story has a lot to recommend it: psychologist Dan Ariely, the author of a bestselling book on the behavioural science of dishonesty, retracts his study because the data was faked. No wonder it’s been picked up by the world’s media. Buzzfeed declared this “the latest blow toContinue Reading
COVID-19: further lockdowns unlikely but some winter restrictions are possible
On July 19 2021, nearly all legal restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 were removed in England. A requirement to isolate at the request of NHS Track and Trace remains for people exposed to an infected person and who aren’t double vaccinated, but other control measures such asContinue Reading
Man Utd’s Ronaldo naps five times a day, while Dwayne Johnson snoozes for four hours… how much sports stars sleep
BEING one of the most well known sporting icons on the planet is tiring work. But rather than sleep all night, Cristiano Ronaldo instead takes FIVE naps a day while Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson snoozes for just four hours to keep himself going. 17 Cristiano Ronaldo takes FIVE naps-a-day LastContinue Reading
Anna Lytical is a TikTok star teaching coding in drag
Aiming to demystify STEM subjects – and bring much-needed diversity to the field – Anna Lytical helps coders get to grips with tricky conceptsContinue Reading
Mass Covid vaccination in schools for kids aged 12-15 ‘to start from September 22 after green light from chief medics’
A MASS covid jab rollout for kids aged 12 to 15-year-old is reported to be announced next week. The move follows a review by the chief medical officers (CMOs) of all four UK nations, led by professor Chris Whitty. Alamy Children between 12 and 15 are set to be jabbed[/caption]Continue Reading
Mindset of Mossie O’Sullivan comes into focus leading up to murder-suicide
A picture of what possibly could have been on Mossie O’Sullivan’s mind in the run-up to murdering his family in rural Kerry earlier this week has slowly begun to emerge. As the Irish Examiner report, weeks before the 63-year-old killed his long-term partner Eileen, 56, and his son Jamie, 24,Continue Reading